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NCP warns former Goa RSS chief on statement against St Francis Xavier
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 30 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Goa president Jose Phillip D'Souza on Saturday warned former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar for making derogatory statements against 16th-century Spanish priest St Francis Xavier.
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Railways issues notice to priest for removal of 'illegally built' temple a
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): Indian Railways has issued a notice to the priest of Chamunda Devi temple at a platform of Rajamandi Railway Station saying that it is illegally built and if it is not removed, the railway station will have to be closed in view of safety of passe
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Rajasthan: Police detain priest for denying Dalit couple entry in temple
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 25 (ANI): Rajasthan police on Sunday arrested a priest for allegedly not allowing a Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore, said police.
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Priest giving 'rape threat' speech in UP's Sitapur arrested
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested the priest giving "rape threats" to women of a particular community in a speech in Sitapur district.
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UP Police file case over 'rape threat' speech in Sitapur; priest claims vi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police has filed an FIR against a priest for giving "rape threats" to women of a particular community in a speech in UP's Sitapur district.
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Women's Commission writes to UP Police, demands arrest of seer for Sitapur
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The National Commission for Women has written to the Director-General of Police of Uttar Pradesh about an alleged incident in which the chief priest of a temple gave "rape threats" to women of a particular community while making a speech in UP's Sitapur d
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If a Muslim becomes PM, 50 pc of Hindus would convert in 20 years, 40 pc w
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Yati Narsinghanand, head priest of Ghaziabad's Dasna Devi Temple, on Sunday exhorted Hindus to take up arms and allegedly said that if a Muslim becomes the Prime Minister, 50 per cent Hindus will convert and 40 per cent will be killed.
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Special 'puja' in Gorakhnath Math ahead of Yogi Adityanath's oath ceremony
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 25 (ANI): Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath for the second term in Uttar Pradesh, the head priest of Gorakhnath Math in Gorakhpur performed a special 'Puja' on Friday.
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Prisoners in Bhopal Central jail get training to become priests
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): In Bhopal Central Jail, the prisoners, who are sentenced for heinous crimes, are taking lessons to perform various Vedic rituals so that they can become purohits (priests) and earn an honourable living when they are released from the jail.
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Priest held for sexually assaulting minor in Kerala's Pathanamthitta
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], March 17 (ANI): A priest has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala.
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Delhi Police files FIR after priest alleges assault by mob accusing him of
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR after a Christian pastor alleged he was assaulted by a mob in the national capital's Fatehpur Beri over suspicion that he was indulging in forced religious conversions.
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UP Polls: Mahant Gyan Das, seers cast votes in Ayodhya
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 27 (ANI): Amid the polling for the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Mahant Gyan Das, the head priest of Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya, and other seers cast their votes at a polling booth in the constituency on Sunday.
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