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Indian-American Seema Verma swears-in as CMS head, places hand on Bhagwad
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 15 (ANI): Seema Verma, President Donald Trump's choice for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was sworn-in by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, as she placed her hand on the holy Hindu text- Bhagwad Gita in the presence of her family.
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Sikhs celebrate annual festival of 'Hola Mohalla' in Punjab
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab) [India], Mar. 13 (ANI): Thousands of people from the Sikh community converged at Anandpur Sahib, a holy shrine in Punjab on Monday to celebrate an annual spring festival called 'Hola Mohalla'.
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility of Damascus blasts
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 13 (ANI): An Al Qaeda-linked group has claimed the responsibility for twin blasts near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus that killed at least 40 people.
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NGT bans camping activities within 100 m of Ganga in Uttarakhand
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday lifted the ban on camping activities on the beaches of river Ganga in Uttarakhand conditionally imposed earlier, however, prohibiting them within 100 m of the holy river.
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Pakistan allows export of Sikh holy water
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 25 (ANI): The well at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan has been made functional and the government has allowed its holy water to be exported.
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PM Modi greets nation on Maha Shivratri
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on the holy occasion of Maha Shivratri.
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Congress calls on PM Modi to refrain from speaking ill of 'holy'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Bemused with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remark concerning the state of Uttarakhand, former union minister Oscar Fernandes on Monday said that he cannot think of reason as to why the former will make such a comment against a pious state.
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BJP has brought politics of misuse in Uttarakhand: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for branding the grand old party as a scam ridden political outfit, the Congress on Monday came out guns blazing at the ruling dispensation and stated it is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has brought
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Kejriwal refuses to accept Bhagwat Geeta from Chanda Bandh Satyagrah
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 05(ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal refused to accept Geeta from a delegation of 'Chanda Bandh Satyagraha' which went to his residence to present the holy book to him on Sunday in protest of AAP's decision
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Modi will hold rally in Amritsar soon: Narendra Singh Tomar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a public rally in the `holy city' of Amritsar ahead of assembly elections in Punjab.
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'Magh Mela' begins in Allahabad, pilgrims to take holy dip on Pa
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 12 (ANI): The month-long Magh Mela festival began in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh today with approximately 50 lakh pilgrims, including scores of kalpwasis, expected to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of Yamuna, Ganga and mythological Saraswati,
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CPEC is not a holy cow
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
By Dr. Shabir Choudhry
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