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CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reviews Kedarnath development, reconstruction proje
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the master plan of the Kedarnath Dham development and reconstruction projects for the holy site in Kedarnath, via drone.
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign pilgrims from Hajj due to COVID
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 12 (ANI): In a wake of entire world witnessing the COVID-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia once again barred foreigners to perform the Hajj, and set a limit of maximum of 60,000 pilgrims inside the Kingdom.
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Jerusalem's Temple Mount complex opened for Jews for first time in 20 days
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel] May 23 (ANI): Amid the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, Jerusalem's Temple Mount complex has opened to Jews on Sunday morning for the first time in 20 days, amid tensions at the holy site.
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Andhra BJP accuses 'conversion mafias' of illegally capturing holy site at
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vishnu Vardhan Reddy has accused "conversion mafias" of illegally capturing a holy site at Edlapadu -- that is said to have borne the footprint of goddess Sita and a carving of Lord Narasimha -
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Hindu holy sites in Pakistan presents 'picture of decay, obliteration': Re
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): A recent report by a minorities' rights commission in Pakistan has revealed a "dismal" picture of most revered Hindu sites in the country and slammed the statutory board responsible to maintain the ancient sites of the minority community.
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Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple misses Indian tourists due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 11 (ANI): Over five months since the famed Pashupatinath Temple here closed its doors for devotees, the number of people visiting the holy site has dipped with a large chunk of them from India choosing not to travel to the iconic site.
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Ram Temple construction will happen without obstacles, says UP Deputy CM
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday exuded confidence that the Ram Temple will be constructed in Ayodhya soon since the Central government-mandated trust for the holy site will hold a meeting later today to decide t
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Robert Vadra visits Spain, offers prayers to Black Madonna
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra was in Spain on Tuesday to visit the holy site Santa Maria de Montserrat.
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China plans upgrading Tibetan Airport to facilitate Kailash Mansarovar vis
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 03 (ANI): China is planning to upgrade a domestic airport to an international one in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to facilitate foreign tourists as well as Indian devotees visiting the holy site of Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar according to a senior Chinese
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West Bank: 2 Palestinians killed by IDF troops
Updated : 7 years ago IST
West Bank, Mar 20 (ANI): Israeli forces on Wednesday killed two Palestinians after they hurled explosive devices at the forces near West Bank's Joseph's Tomb holy site, reported Times of Israel.
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Emergency-like situation: BJP on Sabarimala police deployment
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): The heavy deployment of security and prohibitory orders ahead of the opening of Sabarimala temple has irked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who has said that an "emergency-like" situation is being created in the holy site.
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Turkish, Egyptian FMs discuss Al-Aqsa crisis on phone
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 23 (ANI): The Turkish and Egyptian foreign ministers spoke on the phone on Sunday to solve a crisis in Jerusalem over new security measures put in place at one of its most important holy sites Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israel Government after a bloody weekend.
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