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Mathura saints raise objection over Krishna-Radha theme dance performance
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Saints and Hindu priests in the holy city of Mathura have raised strong objection to the planned dance performance of Brij region (Mathura-Vrindavan) for the US President Donald Trump.
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Along with Ram Temple, museum, research centre, university should be made
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hosapete (Karnataka) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday hailed the central government for the announcement of the trust to oversee Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya and said that a museum, research centre and university should also be built in the holy city.
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50 Pakistani Hindu families arrive on religious pilgrimage, want to settle
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Attari (Amritsar) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A group of 50 Hindu families from Pakistan arrived in India on Monday via the Wagah-Attari border to visit the holy city of Haridwar.
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Priyanka Gandhi to visit Varanasi on Jan 10 to meet BHU students
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit the holy city on January 10 to meet the students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and members of the civil society.
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CAA stir: Child crushed to death during protest in Varanasi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday said that a child was killed after the protest against the newly amended citizenship law turned violent and led to a stampede in the holy city yesterday.
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Manoj Tiwari demands international airport in Ayodhya
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 : BJP's Delhi unit president Manoj Tiwari on Sunday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, demanding an international airport at Ayodhya as the holy city would become a centre of faith for Hindus around the world after the construction of Ram tem
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Centre to set up trust for temple construction in Ayodhya, Muslims to get
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that a central government-run trust will helm construction of a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and a "suitable" plot of land in the holy city will be given to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque.
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Iraq: Protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], Nov 4 (ANI): Dozens of protestors in Iraq attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Sunday night.
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Odisha: Naveen Patnaik sanctions redevelopment of Swaragadwara in Puri, hi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Nov 1 (ANI): In a rare gesture, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided that his father's memorial at Swargadwara in the holy city of Puri will be shifted for creating facilities for people visiting it for cremation as the place lacks space and people have a de
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Prayagraj all geared up to take out great procession to honour King Ravana
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 26 (ANI): In the world where the demon king Ravana is considered as a symbol of arrogance and evil, the holy city witnesses every year a grand procession of Ravana, which is carried out with the musical instruments before the Ram Leela.
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Varanasi: No impact of economic slowdown on our business, say wood toymake
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): The wood toymakers in the holy city say that there is no impact of the slowdown in the country's economy on their businesses.
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UP Police use drones to monitor Kanwar Yatra
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): As the saffron-clad 'Kanwariyas' return from the holy city of Haridwar from the annual pilgrimage, the Uttar Pradesh Police used drone cameras to aerially monitor their movement. The arrangements were made to ensure smooth conduct of the Kanwar
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