Allahabad, Feb 9 : Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the legendary spiritual guru, lined up in Allahabad on Saturday to pay tribute to the mystic who took transcendental meditation to the West.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi passed away in Holland on February 6. He was 91.
The body of the Maharishi was flown in to Varanasi from Holland. It was then taken to his Guru Brahmanand Saraswati's ashram at Allahabad.
The body of the Maharishi will be taken in a grand procession to his ashram at Arail, where it will be kept for last respects till February 11. His funeral will be held in Allahabad on Monday.
Kochi, Feb 9 : The Coir Board's scheme to set up authorised retail outlets (AROs) of coir products across the country is expected to promote the welfare of workers in the coir sector.
Qazikund (Jammu and Kashmir)/ Mumbai/ New Delhi, Feb 9: At least 17 people have been killed and several others injured in five separate incidents of snow avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rescue teams of the Jammu and Kashmir police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Rashtriya Rifles have so far rescued 34 people who were trapped under a snow avalanche at Gulab Bagh in Qazigund.
The police have been asked by the Inspector General of Police (Jammu Zone), S P Vaid, to shift the people from avalanche-prone areas to safer places in the Jammu division.
Meanwhile, eighty passengers were airlifted by the Indian Air Force today from Udhampur.
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