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CEOs adopt yoga as stress buster

Not only does yoga help beat stress, it also helps them stay agile...

From Beijing to US, the world twists and bends on Yoga Day

People across the world woke up to an early-morning call to celebrate the...

Yoga Day: Look who's leading by example

Some of the big names who decided to roll out the yoga mat

Yoga is not a religious activity, embrace it: PM Modi

Calling on the world to embrace Yoga as a discipline in everyday life, Prime...

PIX: Smriti, Rajnath, Naqvi roll out the yoga mat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet colleagues celebrated the second...

Security beefed up ahead of yoga day celebrations in Delhi

Security was on Monday stepped up in and around Connaught Place and six...

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Yoga irrelevant without country-wide liquor ban: Nitish

"Yoga is a natural treatment process but liquor addicts cannot perform it....

PHOTOS: World rolls out its mats for Yoga Day

Modi said the support and participation of the people last year and once...

PM, 57 ministers to mark Yoga Day events across India

While Modi will be performing yoga along with thousands of people at the...

PHOTOS: UK parliament transforms into House of Yoga

British lawmakers led by prominent Indian-origin entrepreneur Karan...

'Yoga opponents should go to Pakistan,' says Sadhvi Prachi

VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Tuesday kicked up another controversy with her...

How the government created Yoga Day euphoria

After the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day in...

'Mandela practised Yoga to deal with prison brutalities'

One of the last surviving freedom fighters from that era, Isu Laloo Chiba,...

No 'Suryanamaskar' this Yoga Day, 'Om' not compulsory

There has been a controversy over this asana, with Muslim groups saying...

'No compulsion of saying Om during Yoga Day'

Ayush Minister Shripad Naik on Wednesday said there was "no compulsion" to...

PHOTOS: When New York's Time Square turned into yoga square

Some 30,000 enthusiastic people performed the ancient spiritual practice,...

Did IIT-Roorkee make yoga compulsory?

Though all students were asked to participate in the camp, it was not...

PHOTOS: Olympic champ Mary Kom celebrates International Yoga Day

Among the hoards of Yoga enthusiasts who marked International Yoga Day on...

Yoga can cure cancer, says Union minister

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar also said that diseases like AIDS can...

Scribe grilled for saying Centre denies jobs to Muslim yoga instructors

Journalist Pushp Sharma of Milli Gazette, where the story was published, was...

Hot Yoga guru in 'hot soup'!

'Minakshi Jafa Bodden is the first person to have ever taken Bikram...

May start doing yoga again, says Jaitley at San Francisco event

Joining thousands at San Francisco's Marina Green Park, the finance minister...

Why Vishal Sikka missed Yoga Day

Says process to bring focus at Infy on

Yoga Day sets 2 Guinness records; 35K; 84 nationalities participate

India on Sunday set two new Guinness World Records for Yoga with 35,985...

Sports Ministry recognizes 'Yoga' as a sports discipline

The Sports Ministry decided to recognize 'Yoga' as a sports discipline and...

After Yoga Day tweet row, Ram Madhav calls on Vice President Ansari

Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Ram Madhav, who had criticised Vice...

Modi in Turkmenistan: 'I give you 100 on 100 marks for yoga demonstration'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inaugurated a traditional medicine and yoga...

PHOTOS: Mantris keep calm and do yoga

Rediff.com brings you the government's Yoga Day photo album.

Go yoga! Post your pictures here

Go yoga! Post your pictures here.

PHOTOS: Top 12 'asanas' that Modi practised on Yoga Day

Rediff.com takes you through to NaMo's yoga class.

PHOTOS: UK parliament transforms into House of Yoga

British lawmakers led by prominent Indian-origin entrepreneur Karan...

'Yoga opponents should go to Pakistan,' says Sadhvi Prachi

VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Tuesday kicked up another controversy with her...

How the government created Yoga Day euphoria

After the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day in...

PHOTOS: When New York's Time Square turned into yoga square

Some 30,000 enthusiastic people performed the ancient spiritual practice,...

Did IIT-Roorkee make yoga compulsory?

Though all students were asked to participate in the camp, it was not...

PHOTOS: Olympic champ Mary Kom celebrates International Yoga Day

Among the hoards of Yoga enthusiasts who marked International Yoga Day on...

May start doing yoga again, says Jaitley at San Francisco event

Joining thousands at San Francisco's Marina Green Park, the finance minister...

Why Vishal Sikka missed Yoga Day

Says process to bring focus at Infy on

Yoga Day sets 2 Guinness records; 35K; 84 nationalities participate

India on Sunday set two new Guinness World Records for Yoga with 35,985...

PHOTOS: Mantris keep calm and do yoga

Rediff.com brings you the government's Yoga Day photo album.

Go yoga! Post your pictures here

Go yoga! Post your pictures here.

PHOTOS: Top 12 'asanas' that Modi practised on Yoga Day

Rediff.com takes you through to NaMo's yoga class.