30-year-old Sweety, wife of a businessman named Manish from Karnataka, and their 11-year-old son Hridhan became Jain monks. The two now reside in Surat. | Trending
As many as 23 people will renounce the world and become Jain monks at a mass diksha event in Surat. The event will take place in presence of Yashovijay Suriswarji and Padma Vibhushan Ratnasundar Surishwarji along with various monks and followers. Among those who shall be taking diksha include couples Prabhulal Vora (57) and his wife Varsha (56) from Vesu and Satish Shah (71) and his wife Amita (65) from Ahmedabad. Two sisters Nishra Mehta (24) and her sister Kriya (20) from Vadgam, Banaskantha, are among those who will become monks. Vimla Mehta (72) and her granddaughter Jaini (23) from Pal area of the city, too, will be taking diksha.
NOIDA: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will provide free education till Class 12 to Jain monks and nuns who migrate from one place to .
Representing the Centre in the same-sex marriage hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said in the Supreme Court that Rajasthan, Andra Pradesh and Assam have opposed the legalisation of homosexual marriages.