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Kerala HC upholds life sentence of priest for rape of girl
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 24 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence of a temple priest who repeatedly raped a girl, allegedly minor, of a family he gave shelter to.
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Dalit villager fined Rs, 25,000 for son's entry into temple, 5 held includ
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], September 22 (ANI): Five persons including a priest have been taken into police custody for allegedly asking a Dalit family to pay Rs 25,000 fine to "sanitise" a temple, in Miyapura village in Karnataka's Koppal district, after their four-year-old son entered it,
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Uttarakhand: Priest found dead in temple of Haridwar's Nasirpur village, p
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], September 18 (ANI): A priest was found dead on the premises of a temple in Nasirpur village of Haridwar on Friday. Police suspect it to be a case of murder.
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Delhi Cantt victim died of suffocation as accused kept his hand on her mou
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): The Delhi Cantt rape victim died of suffocation as the accused priest had kept his hand on the mouth of the deceased while sexually assaulting the minor girl, Delhi Police told the city court.
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Devasthanam board row: Priests delegation meets Uttarakhand CM
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A delegation of pilgrimage priests of Kedarnath and Badrinath, led by Devprayag MLA Vinod Kandari and former Kedarnath MLA Shailarani Rawat, met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence here on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand: Kedarnath Dham priests stage protest, demand to dissolve Deva
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 22 (ANI): Kedarnath Dham priests staged a protest here on Sunday demanding to dissolve the Devasthanam board.
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Priests perform 'Bhasma Aarti' at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga templ
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 22 (ANI): On the occasion of Rakshabandhan, priests at Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in Ujjain performed 'Bhasma Aarti' and tied a rakhi to Baba Mahakal at 3 am on Sunday.
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Priest falls from hillock, dies in Andhra's Anantapur
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): A priest died after he fell from a hillock while returning from Gampa Mallayya Konda, after offering prayer at a temple here on Saturday.
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Two non-Brahmin priests start working at Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 18 (ANI): Two non-Brahmin priests - P Maharajan and Arun Kumar - who were appointed as archakars on August 15 have started working in two sub-temples of Meenakshi Amman Temple from Wednesday.
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Tamil Nadu: Three non-Brahmin priests appointed in Madurai's temples
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 16 (ANI): Three non-Brahmin priests (archakars) have been appointed at temples run by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department.
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Prayers offered at Ujjain's Nagchandreshwar Temple on Naag Panchami
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 13 (ANI): Priests offered prayers on Friday at Nagchandreshwar Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on the occasion of 'Naag Panchami'.
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Uttarakhand priests committee to launch state-wide protest against Char Dh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Devbhoomi Tirtha Purohit Haqhakudhari Mahapanchayat Samiti has announced a state-wide agitation from August 17 to protest the alleged delay in scrapping the Char Dham Devasthanam Board (CDDB).
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