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Sabarimala Board to hold meeting tomorrow ahead of temple reopening
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Travancore Devaswam Board, which manages Kerala's Sabarimala temple, has invited representatives of the Pandalam Royal family, Sabarimala priests and Hindu organisations, on Tuesday to discuss various crucial affairs ahead of the reopening o
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Sabarimala temple priests reject meeting with Kerala CM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi/Chennai (Kerala/Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): The representatives of Pandalam Palace and Sabarimala temple priests refused to attend the meeting called by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday to discuss the Supreme Court's verdict allowing women's entry in the Lord Ayya
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Hindu priests start indefinite fast, demand Ram temple construction
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A group of Hindu priests sat on an indefinite fast from Monday, demanding the immediate construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
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Catholic Churches yet to overcome sexual abuse of minors: German Cardinal
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Fulda [Germany], Sept 25 (ANI): A new study on sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests under the domain of German Bishops' Conference indicates that the problem remains largely unresolved and more than 50 per cent of the accused go unpunished.
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Kerala Orthodox church case: SC asks two priests to surrender
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 06 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of two priests--Jaise K. George and Father Sony Varghese-- in connection with Kerala's Malankara Orthodox Church case.
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Orthodox Church case: Bail plea of 2 accused rejected
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvalla (Kerala) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Thiruvalla on Thursday rejected the bail applications of two priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman in June.
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Kerala: Church priest surrenders in sexual assault case
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kollam (Kerala) [India], July 12 (ANI): One out of the five priests of Malankara Orthodox Church, who were accused of sexually assaulting a woman, surrendered on Thursday.
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Kerala Crime Branch to investigate church sexual assault case
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], June 29 (ANI): Crime branch will investigate the allegations against five priests of Malankara Orthodox Church in Kottayam district of Kerala.
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NCW to Kerala DGP-Probe case of priests blackmailing woman
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo-motu notice of a media report captioned "Five Kerala priests 'blackmail, sexually abuse' woman", published in various national dailies today.
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Five priests suspended from Kerala church for sexual exploitation
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala has suspended five priests, after a man complained that his wife was sexually abused by the priests.
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'Ram temple will be made in Ayodhya'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 7 (ANI): A group of priests who met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the latter has assured that a Ram Temple will be built in Ayodhya.
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Ram Janaki temple decked up for PM Modi's visit
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 10 (ANI): Prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ram Janaki temple in Nepal, temple priests have made elaborate arrangements inside the premises.
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