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Mathura Pandas burn effigies of CM Yogi in protest of his statement against...
Pandas of Mathura burned effigies of CM Yogi Adityanath for calling them anti-social elements who needed to be brought in check. Vrindavann, 2017.05.09 (Siraj Qureshi, IT, Edited by Vishakha Saxena):...
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Mathura-Vrindavan Merger Announced
Vrindavan, 2017.05.13 (VT): On May 9, UP Cabinet Minister Shrikant Sharma announced that the merger of Mathura and Vrindavan will take place. This comes as a shock to many in Vrindavan who feel the...
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Radharamanji’s 475th Appearance Day
Vrindavan, 2017.05.14 (VT) Almost 5,000 years ago, Shri Krishna performed the Raas Lila with Shri Radha and the gopis. In the midst of that festival of bliss, he disappeared and took Radha away alone....
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Binode Baba on Vairagya and Pratikul Kripa
Vrindavan, 2017.05.14 (Shri Binod Bihari Das Babaji Maharaj): There are two ways in front of the jeevatma (soul): one towards samsaar and another towards God. This is why the jeev is called...
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India Considers 100% Electric Vehicles By 2030
Lately, the Indian governement has been toying with an agressive plan to reduce pollution by introducing more electric cars. Although Vrindavan and Mathura are not mentioned in this article, the holy...
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Blessings Through Water
Vrindavan, 2017.05.15 (Care for Cows): I was wandering the streets, desperate for a drink of water. My precious little calf followed closely behind me, also eager to quench his thirst. I felt helpless....
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NGT Allows Sheet-Piling Work on Yamuna Riverbed in Vrindavan
Agra, 2017.05.16 (TOI): The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Mathura irrigation department to carry out sheet piling activity on the Yamuna river bed. Moreover, it directed the department...
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“The only target of our government is development”: municipal merger and a...
UP government so far: Decisions on temples, tourism and Ramayana museum Lucknow, 2017.05.16 (Lalmani Verma, Indian Express): In the nearly two months of the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh — it...
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Disappearance of bhajan due to acute austerities
Vrindavan, 2017.05.17 (Kuladananda Brahmachari): I have heard that all conditions such as good or bad, pleasure or pain, are always changing. I do not know how long this rare state of realizing...
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Protest in Mathura after jeweller’s sensational killing; DGP to visit district
Agra, 2017.05.17 (Anuja Jaiswal, TNN): On a day the state assembly witnessed uproar over the deteriorating law and order situation and chief minister Yogi Adityanath sought a year’s time to get things...
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Tragic end to pilgrimage, 3 from Assam die of ‘heat’ in train journey
Guwahati, 2017.05.18 (Prabin Kalita, TNN): What was supposed to be a pilgrimage by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)-run budget ‘Astha Circuit Special Tourist Train’, turned...
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4 more murders in Mathura; minister admits laxity
Agra, 2017.05.18 (Anuja Jaiswal, TNN): On Wednesday when UP minister and Mathura MLA Shrikant Sharma admitted police laxity in the sensational murder of a jeweller, Vikas Agarwal and his associate,...
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Radharani’s Guests: A Story from Radha Baba
Radha Baba (1913-1992) was a devotee of Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krishna who lived in Gorakhpur. Born in a Vaishnav Brahmin family in Gaya, he became an Advaitin sannyasi, but later took the path of Braj...
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Vrindavan’s “Jaipur Mandir” Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh Vrindavan, 2017.05.19 (VT): Just across from Ramkrishna Mission Hospital, on the Mathura-Vrindavan Road, lies an enormous temple carved gorgeously out of sandstone. This is...
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Mathura traders’ killing: UP jewellers observe day-long strike
Jewellers across Uttar Pradesh observed a day-long strike as a mark of protest against the recent killings of two traders in Mathura. Lucknow, 2017.05.19 (PTI): Jewellers across Uttar Pradesh observed...
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Mathura Murders: Six Suspects Arrested
Mathura, 2017.05.20 (VT, AU): Mathura police this morning arrested six suspects in the controversial murder-robbery of a jeweller in Mathura. It was reported that the arrest was made in an encounter...
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Ten die due to diarrhoea outbreak in Mathura
Agra, 2017.05.20 (Anuja Jaiswal, TNN): In a suspected outbreak of diarrhoea in Mat and Surir villages of Mathura, 9 children, between the age group of one and a half years to 12 years, and a...
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An Invitation to ISKCON Vrindavan’s 40th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s...
Vrindavan, 05.21.2017 (Kusha Devi Dasi): It is with our whole heart that we humbly invite all of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples to Sri Vrindavan Dham, in honor of the solemn and auspicious occasion of...
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Laddu Gopal Murti, Valuables Stolen from Mahaprabhu Baithak at Govind Kund
Govardhan, 2017.05.21 (VT, AU): The Mahaprabhu Baithak in Govind Kund, Govardhan, was robbed on Friday night after hoodlums broke the lock of the front gate. Heartbreakingly, the robbers kiddnapped the...
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Diarrhea Outbreak: Ice factory closed in Maant over pollution fears
Maant/Mathura (VT, AU): Authorities suspect polluted groundwater may be the cause of the diarrhea epidemic which has killed at least thirteen in the district over the past few days. Groundwater samples...
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