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Swami Avimukteshwaranand lauds UP Chief Minister over efforts for success
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Amid the preparations for Maha Kumbh, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Thursday lauded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his efforts towards making the mega religious congregation successful.
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Maha Kumbh website visited by over 33 lakh people from India, 182 other co
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
With a week left for the Maha Kumbh Mela, the official website of the grand religious congregation is getting a lot of visitors and has been visited by over 33 lakh people from India and 182 other countries.
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UP Hathras stampede: Crowd rushed to seek blessings from 'Bhole Baba', say
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The prime facie report suggests that the stampede occurred as devotees rushed to seek blessing from 'Bhole Baba', the preacher at the religious congregation Satsang, as he was about to leave the venue after the prayer.
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Odisha CM sanctions Rs 78.76 lakh to support Missionaries of Chairty insti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 5 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 78.76 lakh from the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) to support 13 institutions run by Missionaries of Charity in the state, according to an official release.
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PM Modi requests to keep Haridwar Kumbh 'symbolic', inquires about health
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): A day after 30 'sadhus' tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he spoke to Swami Avdheshanand Giri, Acharya Mahamandleshwar, Juna Akhara to inquire about the health of the seers and r
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Government should ban political rallies, religious gatherings to prevent s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Tuesday sought ban political rallies, religious congregations, and protest movements.
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Preparations underway for Magh Mela celebration in Prayagraj
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 3 (ANI): The preparations are underway for the celebrations of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This is the first big religious congregation that will be organised amid COVID-19.
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Delhi court acquits 36 foreign Tablighi Jamaat attendees of all charges
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted 36 foreigners in connection with a case related to attending Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Nizamuddin Markaz here amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MHA asks states, UTs to trace Rohingyas; may need to be screened for COVID
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday wrote a letter to all states and UTs asking them to trace Rohingyas after it was reported that they attended religious congregations of Tablighi Jamaat in the national capital.
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Pak clerics flout virus lockdown rules, say restrictions not applicable to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Defying all orders from the state to refrain from religious congregations to curb the spread of COVID-19, prominent ulemas and religious scholars from across Pakistan on Tuesday stated that the five daily prayers and the Friday prayers would be held in m
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Karachi police official attacked over religious congregation restrictions
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): An officer in-charge of Pirabad police station in Orangi Town locality here was attacked by a mob after authorities tried to restrict Friday congregational prayers.
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Srinagar DM prohibits all religious gatherings, public movement on Shab-e-
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 7 (ANI): Taking the threat posed by coronavirus into account, the district administration in Srinagar on Tuesday prohibited all sorts of religious congregations and public movement on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat.
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