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Written by admin on 07 January 2010
Patna, Jan 7 – Hollywood star Richard Gere, who is in Bodh Gaya in Bihar to attend a five-day discourse on Buddhism by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Thursday supported the demand to turn the town where Buddha attained enlightenment into a vegetarian zone.
‘I am strongly in favour of turning Bodh Gaya into a vegetarian zone,’ Richard Gere told mediapersons at Bodh Gaya Thursday before going to participate in a discourse on Buddhism by the Dalai Lama.
He also appealed to locals as well as tourists to adopt vegetarianism.
Richard Gere said he was happy to be in Bodh Gaya, and would love to visit it again. ‘I wish to visit Bodh Gaya again and again,’ he said smiling.
‘Richard Gere arrived in Bodh Gaya Monday evening. He met Dalai Lama Wednesday. Gere is like any ordinary devotee of Dalai Lama. He may be busy in offering prayers, worshipping at the Mahabodhi temple and listening to religious discourses,’ an official at the Tibetan monastery said.
Richard Gere, known for his performances in ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Runaway Bride’, and ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’, is considered one of Dalai Lama’s most high-profile followers.
He regularly visits Dharamsala — the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Himachal Pradesh.
Richard Gere along with hundreds of Buddhist monks, nuns and devotees took out a candle light march in Bodh Gaya Wednesday evening appealing to people to adopt vegetarianism.
The march was organised by Tibetans for Vegetarian Society, a non-profit public charitable trust. ‘Gere’s support to our cause will definitely create awareness and mobilise support of locals as well as tourists from abroad in making Bodh Gaya a vegetarian zone,’ Tenzin Kunga Luding of Tibetans for Vegetarian Society said.
The organisation has requested Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to make Bodh Gaya a vegetarian zone.
Tibetans for Vegetarian Society have been campaigning since 2006 asking people to abstain from buying, selling, or consuming any form of meat during the pilgrimage tour in the holy land. The society has been spreading awareness about the drive through pamphlets, posters, stickers and signature campaigns.
Luding said the society has been urging the people to follow vegetarianism within the Bodh Gaya zone, 110 km from Bihar state capital Patna.
‘Since Bodh Gaya is the holy land where the Buddha attained enlightenment, a vegetarian Bodh Gaya zone would be in accordance with the true teachings of the Buddha,’ he added.
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Patna, Jan 7 – The Patna High Court Thursday granted bail to Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former MP Vijay Krishna, who along with his son Chanakya, has been accused of abducting and murdering a businessman.
A division bench passed the bail order on the petition filed by Vijay Krishna, official sources in court said.
Krishna, who is in his late 50s and is currently in jail here, was arrested from Faridabad in Haryana last year in connection with the abduction and subsequent murder of businessman Satyendra Singh.
In November 2009, the police charge-sheeted him under Section 302 (Murder) and 364 (Kidnapping in order to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
Satyendra Singh, 50, was abducted in the last week of May. His decomposed body was found floating in the Ganga river June 11.
Krishna’s son is still absconding.
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Written by admin on 07 January 2010
Patna, Jan 7 – As many as 18 children were born blind in the last three months in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, an eye specialist said Thursday. Local and outside doctors have failed to understand the reason.
But there is a ray of hope for parents of the children as American eye specialist M. Marlin will visit Ara, district headquarters of Bhojpur, to study and examine the rare case.
Dr S.K. Kedia, a local eye specialist, who was first consulted by parents of most of the children born blind, said: ‘I come across one or two children being born blind in four to five years but 18 such children in three months was something unheard for me.’
‘I sent the DNA samples of the children to the Madurai-based Arvind Eye Hospital for help but there was no significant progress,’ Kedia told IANS over telephone.
The hospital’s senior doctor P. Vijaylakshmi informed Marlin, who agreed to visit Ara to study and examine the blind children.
‘We have requested the parents of the children to come to Ara Jan 18 for examination by Marlin and other experts,’ Kedia said.
The team of experts will also visit villages Bihiya, Sahpur and Barehara, where the children were born, to study the environment.
The Bhojpur district health officials said they have sent a report about the children to the state health department. ‘We expect a high-level team to visit the district in this connection,’ an official said.
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Written by admin on 06 January 2010
Patna, Jan 6 – Hollywood star Richard Gere met the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya in Bihar where the actor is attending a five-day long religious discourse on Buddhism by the Tibetan spiritual leader, an official at a Tibetan monastery said Wednesday.
A senior official associated with the Tibetan monastery in Bodh Gaya where the Dalai Lama is staying, said that Richard Gere is in Bodh Gaya to attend a religious discourse on Buddhism by the Tibetan spiritual leader.
‘Richard Gere arrived in Bodh Gaya Monday evening. Gere is like any ordinary devotee of Dalai Lama. He may be busy in offering prayers, worshipping at the Mahabodhi temple and listening to religious discourses,’ another official at the Tibetan monastery said.
‘Gere is in Bodh Gaya as a devotee of Dalai Lama and not as a Hollywood star. He met Dalai Lama,’ an official close to Dalai Lalma told IANS Wednesday.
Thousands of devotees, many of them foreigners, have gathered at Bodh Gaya, where the Dalai Lama is giving religious discourses for five days. Thousands of Tibetans have also gathered in Bodh Gaya. Dalai Lama commenced his teachings Tuesday.
The Dalai Lama reached Bodh Gaya, 110 km from here, on a chartered flight Monday.
The 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya is the holiest Buddhist shrine as it was built near the spot where the Buddha attained enlightenment.
Over 50,000 people from all over the world are expected to assemble at Bodh Gaya’s Kalchakra Maidan to hear the discourses by the Dalai Lama. The discourses are being broadcast on FM radio channels in different languages including English and Hindi.
Richard Gere, known for his performances in ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Runaway Bride’, and ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’, is considered one of Dalai Lama’s most high-profile followers.
He regularly visits Dharamsala — the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Himachal Pradesh.
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Patna, Jan 6 – Fourteen suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested from a Bihar village, police said Wednesday.
The suspected rebels were arrested Tuesday night from Kachuar village in Rohtas district, about 150 km from state capital Patna.
‘Fourteen suspected Maoists were arrested by a police team from Kachuar village,’ Rohtas Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav said.
He said 11 detonators, cameras, a wireless set, solar chargers, a medical kit and communication equipment were recovered from them.
Another police officer said the 14 were suspected to be members of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army of outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.
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Written by admin on 06 January 2010
Patna, Jan 6 – Fourteen suspected Maoist guerrillas were arrested from a Bihar village, police said Wednesday.
The suspected rebels were arrested from Kachuar village in Rohtas district, about 150 km from state capital Patna.
‘Fourteen suspected Maoists were arrested by a police team from Kachuar village,’ Rohtas Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav said.
He said 11 detonators, flash cameras, a wireless set, solar chargers, a medical kit and communication equipment were recovered from them.
Another police officer said the 14 were suspected to be members of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army of outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.
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