tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843637059416720592024-03-13T13:45:49.532+05:30Jain NewsThis is a place to get latest news about Jains, Jainism and related issues. This includes religious, academic and soicial news. You will see latest news on top, and an archive too.Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-28167797468654746662014-07-05T00:25:00.000+05:302014-07-05T00:25:16.002+05:30Jain Minority Certificate
A question is being asked that How to get a minority certificate? Who will issue a minority certificate etc.
The answer is that there is not a thing named minority certificate. Government of India or any state Government does not issue minority certificate. Moreover, the Government has not given any right to anybody to issue such a certificate.
Mention of your religion as Jain on your Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-65091334225527539062013-08-09T15:41:00.000+05:302013-08-09T15:41:09.823+05:30Jain Workshop at Houston TX
Workshop Theme
STRIKING A BALANCE: - EXAMINING Social,
Cultural, and Spiritual environment that our youth face while growing up in
North America.
Dates
– August 16, 2013 to August 18, 2013
Time
– August 16 Friday 7 PM to 9 PM and August 17 and 18 - 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location
– Jain Society of Houston (Big Trailer)
Participants
The
workshop will be most beneficial to Pathashala teachers, Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-80828605325297966072013-06-25T15:48:00.000+05:302013-06-25T15:48:32.425+05:30Goof up by Jains in the Hindu-Jain dispute at Shri Girnar ji Siddhakshetra
Dear fellow Jains,
Jay Jinendra
Here at Shri Mahavirji Digambara Jain Atishay Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji,
Rajasthan, - a seminar (sangoshthi) with ~ 80 participants was organized
on June 8-9, 2013 on the Girnarji Hindu – Jain dispute [where on
January 1, 2013 Jain Muni Prabal Sagarji was gravely assaulted by
Muktanandgiri, the Jains are not allowed to have equal right as to
Hindus to worshipChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-46032321410273916052013-04-12T15:25:00.000+05:302013-04-12T15:25:16.612+05:30Minority status: Govt to give a fresh look into demand of Jain community
New Delhi, April 10
Ahead of poll season, the government has decided to give a fresh
look into the demand of the Jain community for grant of central
minority status. Currently there are five centrally notified
minorities-Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis.
The assurance to this effect
came from Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan after he met 10
Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-52656589616297431152013-03-26T22:27:00.000+05:302013-03-26T22:27:46.389+05:30Revival of Prakrit Language
-Parth Shastri
AHMEDABAD: In the Middle Ages (5th century BC to 12th century AD) when Sanskrit was enjoying the position of Devabhasa
(language of the gods) in India, especially in northern parts, the
citizens of various states derived and used their own languages such as Ardhmagadhi, Shaurseni and Maharashtri known with umbrella term of Prakrit, literally meaning natural or vernacular.
Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-77304365299529770362013-03-07T02:11:00.000+05:302013-03-07T02:14:12.377+05:30SHALIN JAIN AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO PURSUE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT CLAREMONT LINCOLN UNIVERSIY
SHALIN JAIN AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO PURSUE ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH AT CLAREMONT LINCOLN UNIVERSIY
CLAREMONT, CA—Dr. Shalin Jain, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Delhi (India), has been awarded the prestigious Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in the United States by the Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-29025863335034678772013-01-12T01:24:00.000+05:302013-01-12T01:24:04.043+05:30Silent protest in Jhumari Tiliya over attack on Jain Monk
Daily Pioneer, Ranchi
8th January 2013
Women, girls and men in large numbers took out a silent procession in Jhumari Tiliya on Monday to register protest against the attack on a jain muni, Prabal Sagarji Maharaj in Juna Gargh in Gujrat on the first day of this year.
Organised by Jain community, the procession started from Jain Mandir situated near docter gali of Jhumari Tilaiya and went Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-41334376753821766342013-01-12T01:15:00.000+05:302013-01-12T01:15:27.659+05:30Jain Protest March in Allahabad
ALLAHABAD: Protesting against the recent attack on a Jain saint in Junagadh district of Gujarat, members of Jain community took out a silent procession here on Wednesday to condemn the incident.
Holding placards and banners demanding punishment for the guilty
persons, the protesters, including men, women and children, said the
attack on saints amounts to insult of Indian culture and Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-57441155717238595442013-01-12T01:12:00.001+05:302013-01-12T01:12:33.606+05:30Hazaribagh Jains Protest against Attacks on Jain Monks
The people of Hazaribagh came on streets on Tuesday to protest
against the series of attacks on Jain Munis in different parts of the
country. After Maharastra and Rajasthan on 1st of January some
unidentified criminals attacked on Muni Prabaal Sagar at Girinath Sthan,
Gujarat. The criminals wounded him badly by using knife. Similar
incidents had already taken place in Maharastra last monthChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-64250185859061369392013-01-12T01:08:00.000+05:302013-01-12T01:08:07.998+05:30Justice Jain appointed Chairman of Law Commission
New Delhi, Jan 7, 2013, DHNS:
Supreme Court judge Justice D K Jain has been appointed
as the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. Justice Jain is
set to retire as the apex court judge on January 24, 2013. The 20th Law
Commission was constituted through a government order with effect from
September 1, last. Its three-year term would end on August 31, Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-86666407794266780132013-01-12T00:57:00.000+05:302013-01-12T00:57:34.134+05:30CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Saddened by Attack on Jain Monk
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appealed to his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi to initiate stringent action against those responsible for allegedly attacking a Jain seer at Girnar."The entire state, including me, is anguished over the incident involving Jain Muni Prabal Sagar at Girnar town in Gujarat", Chouhan said in a letter to Modi.The seer was allegedly Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-64614805135663798812013-01-12T00:51:00.000+05:302013-01-12T00:51:43.696+05:30Truck driver who ‘ran over’ two Jain monks arrested
Indian Express Ahmedabad
10th January 2013
Bharuch police on Wednesday arrested the driver of the truck who
allegedly ran over two Jain monks on National Highway 8 near Bharuch on
January 1.
“We have arrested one person identified as Ashwin Nayka. Based on
his identity established by CCTV footage, we picked up Nayaka from
Padra in Vadodara and arrested him later,” Bharuch District
Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-63588291743299191572013-01-12T00:43:00.000+05:302013-01-12T00:43:48.302+05:30BJP Boycotts Jain Rally at Ahmedabad
Daily Bhaskar 11th January 2013
In a
surprising development, BJP councillors belonging to the Jain community
did not take part in a silent rally on Thursday over the issue of death
of Jain monks in road accidents. Sources claimed that the party has
issued a gag order against participation in the rally.
Thousands
of Jain devotees belonging to different sects marched from MahalaxmiChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-72236853679217715532013-01-11T00:29:00.002+05:302013-01-11T20:03:31.677+05:30Pune Jains March to Protest Attacks on Jain Monks
To protest the attacks on Jain monks, Jain community from Pune organized a rally on 10th January 2013, under the banner of Sakal Jain Sangh Pune. The main organizers were Jain Sena and Jain Yuvak Mahasangh, Pune, supported by all Jain organizations in the city.
The organizers had expected some 5000 to 6000 participants, but in actual, estimated 30000 Jains, mostly youngsters, took partChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-71719560541692801012013-01-05T00:12:00.000+05:302013-01-05T00:12:20.232+05:30Death of Jain monks sparks violent outbursts across Gujarat
Harish Joshi, TNN Jan 2, 2013
Bharuch: Wide spread protests have been reported following the mowing down of two Jain monks by a truck near Asuria village located nine kilometres from Bharuch on Tuesday. Stone pelting on the police and subsequent lathi charge took place during their Palkhi Yatra in Bharuch on Wednesday.More than 10,000 people from the Jain community across the state Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-54623900051162889012012-12-15T15:12:00.000+05:302012-12-15T15:12:28.497+05:30Young Jains of Nairobi's Film Show
In the spirit of Christmas comes the
opportunity to give back and share the joy with one another. The Young
Jains of Nairobi organised a fabulous film show at the Westgate Shopping
Mall and thereafter lunch at the SSD Temple in conjunction with the
Rotary Club last Saturday.
The guests both young and old from different old-age homes and
schools got to enjoy pre-Christmas celebrations. TheChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-86267261257076554712012-12-15T14:38:00.000+05:302012-12-15T14:38:42.613+05:30Claremont Lincoln Inaugurates Center for Jain Studies
CLAREMONT, Calif., United States
On Oct. 8, only one year since the beginning of the Jain Studies program, Claremont Lincoln University celebrated the inauguration of a new Center for Jain Studies.
The inaugural ceremony was held at the Claremont School of Theology prior to the national panel discussion of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, in which the Jain tradition was Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-77770338246622391432012-12-12T03:03:00.002+05:302012-12-12T03:03:45.782+05:30जैन समुदाय को चाहिए अल्पसंख्यक का दर्जा
नई दिल्ली, रविवार, 2 दिसंबर 2012
भारत
की आजादी के 65 वर्ष गुजरने के बावजूद जैन समुदाय को राष्ट्रीय अल्पसंख्यक
समुदाय का दर्जा नहीं मिला है। समुदाय को केवल कुछ राज्यों में अल्पसंख्यक
समुदाय का दर्जा मिला हुआ है।राष्ट्रीय
अल्पसंख्यक आयोग ने 14 फरवरी 2012 की अपनी बैठक में इस बारे में केंद्रीयChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-40516485344261959752012-11-20T13:57:00.000+05:302012-11-20T13:58:55.046+05:30Claremont Lincoln University Opens a Center for Jain Studies
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DHANBAD: Giridih police on Friday arrested a woman on the charges of killing the general manager of Bharat Varshiya Digambar Jain Tirth Kshetra Samiti, P C Sharma, at Madhuban in Pirtand on October 7 morning. Police also find involvement of Maoist in the gruesome murder of the Jain sect leader.Giridih SP A V Honkar said Maoists had been involved in the killing of P C Sharma at VimalsagarjiChittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-65708523780640519082012-10-26T22:08:00.000+05:302012-10-26T22:50:10.552+05:30Hindu Law for Jains: Supreme Court Sends Notice to Center
R Sedhuraman, The Tribune 26th October 2012
New Delhi, October 25
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre, seeking its
response within six weeks on a plea for a “separate and distinct”
identity for Sikhs in laws relating to succession, adoption, divorce and
maintenance.
A three-member
Bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir has asked the Law Ministry,
Attorney Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-7327790584622163272012-10-22T23:48:00.000+05:302012-10-22T23:52:50.366+05:30JELP: JITO Education Loan Programme
Request To All Jain Trusts / Institutions / Organisations / Associations
Greetings Sir / Madam;
We look forward to assist all Jain Organisations, Trusts, Institutions to enable them Empower Education by extending all possible assistance to them to encourage their students obtain Education Loans thru Banks! For details please ask the student / parents to log on to www.jelp.org.in or email at Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-85862095140187333102012-10-21T22:47:00.000+05:302012-10-21T22:47:38.250+05:30Maharashtra Govt. to try for minority status to Jains at national level
PTI
Mumbai: Claiming that Maharashtra government was the first to grant minority status to Jain community, state Minority Development Minister Arif Naseem Khan has said that they would lobby with the Centre for a similar status to Jains at the national level."It is important for the Jain community to get minority community status at the national level," Khan said during a programme here Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-26067960346271141552012-10-21T02:32:00.000+05:302012-10-21T02:32:39.901+05:30Minority status for Jain educational institutes
TOI
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will grant minority status to Jain educational institutes if they apply for it, said state minorities minister Naseem Khan.Khan was addressing a camp organised by the Jain community on minority status at the Mahapragya Public School, Kalbadevi. He said the Maharashtra government was the first to grant the community the minority status and would lobby with Chittaranjan Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-37259502346419740882012-10-10T14:50:00.000+05:302012-10-10T14:59:32.502+05:30Jain Minority Issue: Points to be Considered
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