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- India
Court commissioner surveys area outside Gyanvapi Mosque
Varanasi: A court commissioner on Friday conducted videography and survey of some areas outside Gyanvapi Masjid in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex here on a Varanasi court’s orders. The counsel for Delhi-based plaintiffs,…
- Telangana
Kishan Reddy visits thousand pillar temple
Warangal: Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy on Tuesday visited the famous thousand pillar temple. He also held a review meeting on the development of the temple with its…
- India
25 people faint after drinking fruit juice in Gurugram temple
Gurugram: Twenty-five people, mostly women and children, fainted at a temple here after consuming fruit juice offered by a man, who told them it was ‘prasad’, said police, which suspects the drink…
- India
Qutab Minar not ‘Vishnu Stambh’: Ex-ASI official
New Delhi: Former additional director general of the ASI B R Mani on Monday dubbed as “mere imagination” the VHP’s claim that the Qutub Minar was originally a ‘Vishnu Stambh’, and cautioned…
- India
Ramzan: Gujarat temple invites Muslims for Iftar
The Varanda Vir Maharaj Mandir located in the Dalvana district of Gujarat on Friday opened its doors to Muslims for them to offer Maghrib Namaaz and also to break fast during the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra temple official allegedly dies by suicide
Chittoor: The former chairperson of Kuppam Gangamma Temple’s governing body, who was found dead on the railway tracks at the Kuppam Railway Station here allegedly died by suicide, Andhra Pradesh police said…
- India
Karnataka: Goons force temple to evict 72-yr-old Muslim woman shop owner
A 72-year-old Muslim woman shop owner was forced to shut down her shop at the historic Chennakeshava temple in Belur. This came about soon after Karnataka BJP minister JC Maduswamy’s justified banning…
- Offbeat
Tamil Nadu: Man builds temple in memory of his pet dog
Sivaganga: A man from Sivaganga’s Manamadurai has built a temple in the memory of his late dog.Muthu, an 82-year-old retired government employee, has built the temple for his dog Tom on his…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Viral video of Christian prayer in temple is false, say cops
The video of Christian missionary groups holding prayer meets, allegedly inside a temple in Andhra Pradesh, surfaced on social media on Friday. This was spread by right-wing Hindu groups on social media.…
- Top Stories
Clamp down on hate politics in Karnataka: Intellectuals write to CM
Prominent citizens and intellectuals have written to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Bommai to clamp down on the rising incidents of hate and communal politics in the state. In a letter, the…
- India
Atheist dancer denied permission to perform at Koodalmanikyam temple
Thrissur: An atheist dancer was denied permission on Monday to perform at the famed Koodalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakuda near here for an upcoming festival, saying she was a non-Hindu. Dancer Mansiya V…
- India
Muslim family donates Rs 2.5 cr land to build world’s largest temple in Bihar
Patna: Setting an example of communal harmony in the country, a Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs 2.5 crore for construction of the world’s largest Hindu temple–Virat Ramayan Mandir…
- India
UP: Petition seeking removal of Shahi Idgah Mosque restored by HC
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has restored a petition seeking the removal of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque, which is claimed to be built on Krishna Janambhoomi, the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The…
- Andhra Pradesh
Video: Huge pole at Andhra temple crashes down during installation
Guntur: A Huge temple pole (Dwajasthambam) came crashing down during the process of installation at a temple in Paditivaripalem of Piduguralla Mandal in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday. A dwajasthamabam…
- India
ASI probes ‘risks’ to UNESCO World Heritage Khajuraho temples
Mumbai/Khajuraho: Taking cognizance of a complaint by a Maharashtra heritage expert, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is probing allegations of certain activities reported from the vicinity (buffer zone) of the ancient…
