Mahamandleshwar Shanti Swaroopanand Ji Maharaj on Monday welcomed the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to ban liquor at 19 religious places in the state and said that the next step should be to declare Ujjain as a 'Pavitra Teerth' (Holy Pilgrimage).
With the government slated to table the revised Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament this week, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday attacked the Congress and said that they have turned the judiciary into a "joke."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) will hear a plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
Shivhari Meena, Joint Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddha Nagar said that the police personnel had interacted with all religious leaders to maintain peace and order.
The Centre on Wednesday approved the construction of two ropeway projects connecting two prominent religious places in Uttarakhand district - Sonprayag to Kedarnath (12.9 km) and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib Ji (12.4 km).
A statement from the release said that the state's new Excise Policy 2025 has decided to close liquor licenses near religious places, considering their importance.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for April the hearing of pleas filed challenging the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of pleas filed challenging the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday inaugurated Purvottar Adi Bazar and said people from all other eight Northeast states have visited here and that the state of Tripura has immense potential and has a lot of tourist and religious places.
The Indian National Congress on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to intervene in cases filed against the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
As Ayodhya celebrates the first anniversary of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appealed people to work for national integration as religious places first have to suffer the consequences of division based on caste and region.
A Hindu outfit, the Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in cases filed against the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.