The reasons for putting in the hours on the mat are bountiful: visible triceps, a steady mind, licence to spend silly money on a yoga bralette. Less appealing to many is that bit, post-savasana, when ...

June 21 is marked as the International Yoga Day and the AYUSH Ministry has stated that chanting of 'Om' and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on this day is not compulsory but voluntary.

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has announced to observe International Yoga Day on June 21 with the chanting of 'Om’. The government, however, clarified that there is no compulsion to chant 'Om’ ...

International Yoga Day to be celebrated on June 21 Letter to schools, colleges, offices says 'chant Om, prayers' Yoga Day celebrations to be held in Chandigarh this year New Delhi: In a move ...

The AYUSH Ministry on Tuesday said chanting of 'Om' and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on International Yoga Day on June 21 is not compulsory but voluntary. The AYUSH Ministry on Tuesday ...

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), May 23: Referring to the ongoing controversy over chanting of vedic mantras while performing Yoga, vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari on Monday said that ...

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said chanting of 'Om' during yoga sessions on the International Yoga Day on June 21 is not mandatory. New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister ...

New Delhi, May 17: After huge controversy the AYUSH ministry on Tuesday clarified that chanting ‘Om’ and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on International Yoga Day which will be held next ...

NEW DELHI: Muslim groups on Wednesday slammed a directive from India's Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant “Om”, citing religious bias. The mass outdoor ...

Amid row over chanting of ‘Om’ before yoga session on International Yoga Day, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said it is not mandatory. He said it is just a sort of exercise or discipline ...

Lucknow: In another twist to the controversy over Yoga Day, the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that chanting of ‘Om’ is against the tenets of Islam and has asked Muslims to stay away ...

New Delhi: Amid controversy over UGC’s directive asking universities and colleges to follow the Ayush Ministry’s yoga protocol that begins with chanting of ‘OM’, Salma Ansari, wife of Vice President ...