WASHINGTON - With the White House stressing that President Barack Obama's India visit schedule is not "finalised", Sikh American groups are using new age tools like e-mail, twitter and facebook to persuade him to visit the Golden temple.

MUMBAI - Awaaz Foundation, a Mumbai NGO fighting against noise pollution, Thursday welcomed the Shiv Sena's demand to stop mosques from using loudspeakers to give the call to prayer.

BANGALORE - Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will embark on a two-day tour of China Sunday to open the first Art of Living ashram in Beijing.

BANGALORE - Art of Living founder Ravi Shankar will inaugurate his global organisations first China centre in Beijing Sunday.

MUMBAI - Actor Hrithik Roshan has decided to celebrate this Diwali with family out of Mumbai to avoid cracker pollution, fretting bronchial problem of his son.