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Attacked for backing Hindutva: Swaminarayan Sect priest
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Junagadh (Gujarat) [India] Dec. 08 (ANI): The Swaminarayan Sect priest has said he was attacked because of speaking for nationalism and Hindutva.
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Swaminarayan sect priest attacked in Gujarat
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Junagadh (Gujarat) [India] Dec. 08 (ANI): A Swaminarayan sect priest has been attacked by two unidentified miscreants in Kotda village.
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Monk, who initiated Ambedkar to Buddhism, dies at 90
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] November 30 (ANI): Buddhist monk Pragyanand, who taught and initiated Dalit icon Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar to Buddhism, died on Thursday here at the age of 90.
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UP: Dussehra marked with celebratory gunfire in Ghaziabad
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): The priests and devotees in Ghaziabad's Devi temple brandished weapons and fired shots in the air as a part of Vijayadashmi celebrations, on Saturday.
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Father Tom finally arrives in his hometown, Kochi
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 1 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from the ISIS captivity, finally arrived in his hometown, Kochi, on Sunday morning.
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Three-year-old girl child inaugurated as 'living goddess' in Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 29 (ANI):A three-year-old girl has been anointed as the new Kumari of Kathmandu by Hindu priests in a ritual on Thursday as a part of ancient tradition that is being followed in Nepal of worshipping young girls as 'living Goddesses'.
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Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from ISIS captivity, arrives in Benga
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 29 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from the ISIS captivity, has arrived in Bengaluru on Friday morning.
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'My captors didn't harm me physically': Father Tom Uzhunnalil
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 28, (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who returned to the national capital today, said his captors did not harm him physically.
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Rescued from ISIS captivity, Father Tom Uzhunnalil reaches Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from Yemen, over a year after he was abducted by ISIS, reached Delhi today at 7.40 am.
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Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, rescued from Yemen, to visit Delhi, Bengaluru, Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from Yemen, over a year after he was abducted by ISIS, will visit Delhi, Bengaluru and Kerala.
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Telangana priests to get wages on par with government employees: KCR
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), September 15 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday announced that archakas (Preists) and employees working in the temples will be paid salaries on par with the government employees.
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Vatican priest thanks Indian Govt. for rescuing him
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil has thanked the Government of India for facilitating his rescue from Yemen over a year after he was abducted by a terror group.
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