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SC notice to UP govt on plea challenging management takeover of Kashi Vish
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition filed by a Lingiya brahmin family seeking restoration of day-to-day religious affairs at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to them.
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India denied issuing visas for pilgrims visiting Ajmer Sharif Dargah: Pak
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 5 (ANI): Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Noor Al Haq Qadri on Monday said that India has denied issuing visas to the Pakistani pilgrims, who wanted to attend the Urs celebration of Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti.
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UP Religious Affairs Minister thinks Lord Hanuman was a Jaat
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Opining that Lord Hanuman belonged to the Jaat community, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Religious Affairs Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary joined the debate surrounding the identity of the Hindu deity.
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India protests against Pak min for sharing dias with Hafiz Saeed
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 05 (ANI): India has staged a protest against Pakistan Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noor-Ul-Haq Qadri for sharing dias with UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed, sources said on Friday. The protests were launched by the Indian High Commission
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Muslim clerics condemn terrorist organisations active in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 10 (ANI): A resolution has been passed by Muslim clerics against the terrorist organisations active in Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) co-founder Hafiz Saeed, with the demand that Central and State governments should not interfere in Muslim religious a
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Pak, Saudi Arabia will jointly take on Islam's enemies, says Saudi mi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Nowshera [Pakistan], Apr. 8 (ANI): Saudi Religious Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz has said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would jointly take on the enemies of Islam and Harmain Sharifain (the holy places in Saudi Arabia).
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Ministry of Religious Affairs asks to allow PTA to block objectionable web
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr. 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Religious Affairs has asked the security agencies to allow Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block all the websites containing objection content.
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Pakistan Minister rules out change in blasphemy law
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Mohammed Yousuf has rejected news reports of the government planning to change the existing blasphemy law.
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Shia women allowed to perform Haj without male family member
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore, Aug 2 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has directed the religious affairs ministry to permit Shia women to perform Haj without 'mehram' [a close male family member] this year.
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