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'Ram Setu' team meets main priest of Ram Janmabhoomi for mahurat shot
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar along with the team of 'Ram Setu' met the main priest of Ram Janmabhoomi, Satyendra Das, on Thursday and performed mahurat shot in his presence.
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Odhisa writes to Health Ministry for inclusion of additional categories as
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 18 (ANI): Odisha government on Wednesday urged the Union Health Ministry to allow it to include journalists, electricity and water supply and airport workers and priests of Lord Jagannath Temple and Lingaraj Temple in the frontline workers category for CO
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Vatican says priests can't bless same-sex unions, terms them 'not licit'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], March 16 (ANI): The Vatican has said that priests can not bless same-sex unions, calling any such blessing "not licit".
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Body of priest found in Lucknow temple premises
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 21 (ANI): The body of an octogenarian priest of a temple in BKT police station area of Lucknow was found with injuries on his head on Wednesday, police said.
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Pope Francis allows women to serve at Mass, but no to female priests
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], January 12 (ANI): Pope Francis has changed the laws of the Roman Catholic Church to formally allow women to serve at the altar, give readings from the Bible during Mass and administer communion, yet they remain barred from ordained priesthood.
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Karnataka 'poor' Brahmin brides to get Rs 3 lakhs if they marry priests
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 9 (ANI): The Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board, set up by the Yediyurappa government last year, has now launched two new schemes -- 'Arundhati' and 'Maitreyi' -- to provide monetary benefits to brides from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
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Students in Nepal perform vedic practice to mock government's 'unconstitut
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 28 (ANI): A pavilion was set at the front gate of the Nepal Sanskrit University, a pyre was prepared to light up various offerings. Priests clad in a "Pitambar" sat next to the pyre and blew the conch to start the Vedic prayers for the return of a good sense to Pr
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Kerala: Priest, nun found guilty in 28-year-old Sister Abhaya case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): After 28 years the special CBI court here on Tuesday pronounced the verdict in Sister Abhaya case that both accused Fr. Thomas Kottoor and Sr. Sephy are guilty.
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Special CBI court holds priest, nun guilty in Sister Abhaya murder case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 22 (ANI): A special CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday convicted two accused persons -- a priest and a nun -- in connection with the Sister Abhaya murder case.
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Sikh priest shoots himself at Singhu border: Police
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sonipat/Panipat (Haryana) [India], December 16 (ANI): A Sikh priest from Haryana's Karnal district died by suicide on Wednesday at Singhu border where farmers have been protesting for the last 20 days, said Sonipat DSP (Head Quarter) Virendra Singh.
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Kerala govt to appoint ST priest in Travancore Devaswom Board for first ti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 6 (ANI): In a historic first, the Kerala government is set to appoint a priest from Scheduled Tribes (ST) category in Travancore Devaswom Board.
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France: Suspected shooter of priest in Lyon detained
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lyon [France], November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): French police have detained a suspected shooter who injured an Orthodox priest in Lyon on Saturday, local media reported.
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