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.

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: Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said chanting “om” during yoga sessions on International Yoga Day (June 21) is not mandatory. “Do not make yoga controversial.

OM, the word spoken in meditation and yoga practices, has existed for nearly 5,000 years. Can chanting this small word really provide a multitude of health benefits? You may have heard the word "OM" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The BJP-led NDA seems to have landed into a fresh controversy over yoga yet again. The BJP-led NDA seems to have landed into a fresh controversy over yoga yet again. If it was controversy over “Surya ...

It’s Maha Shivratri today! Om, which is often chanted to connect with the divine energy of Lord Shiva, is said to be the primordial sound energy, reverberating throughout the universe. Did you know ...

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 ...