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Naqvi urges people to offer prayers, perform rituals in their homes during
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday appealed to people to follow the guidelines of lockdown and social distancing during Ramzan, and urged them to offer prayers and perform other religious rituals in their homes.
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Kupwara man booked for concealing travel history to Delhi's Nizamuddin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 12 (ANI): Police here have registered a case against a person for concealing travel history to Nizamuddin in Delhi, while the threat of coronavirus looms large in the region.
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COVID-19: DM issues orders for closure of religious places in Mohali
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], April 11 (ANI): District Magistrate Dr Girish Dayalan on Saturday issued orders for closure of all the religious places in Mohali, to contain the spread of COVID-19, as the district has reported the maximum number of positive cases in the state.
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Karachi police official attacked over religious congregation restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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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Easter Sunday events in Spain cancelled, communities make masks amid virus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], April 11 (ANI): Communities in Spain have cancelled thousands of religious processions, which were likely to be held to commemorate Easter Sunday on April 12, for the first time in nearly 90 years, in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Churches in Kerala broadcast Good Friday services amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Wayanad/Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 10 (ANI): With visits to the church and other religious places suspended across the country, churches in Wayanad and Kochi conducted prayer services on the occasion of Good Friday.
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Why didn't Delhi police stop program at Markaz, Nizamuddin, COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said that the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra are a result of Delhi Police not stopping the Tablighi Jamaat's religious gathering in Markaz, Nizamuddin following which the attendee
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Deeply concerned about safety of Sikh community in Afghanistan: Alice Well
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 9 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the safety of the Sikh community in Afghanistan and said that Afghans must come together now to ensure the security of religious minorities.
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Coronation Day celebration of Maharaja Gulab Singh in UK rattles Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Leeds, [UK] April 8 (ANI): The Dogras from Mirpur city recently celebrated the 174th Coronation Day of Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of Jammu and Kashmir, and accused Pakistan of promoting religious extremism, militancy and `jihad' (holy war) in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Coronavirus brings double trouble of Pak's beleaguered religious minoritie
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr 08 (ANI): At a time when the entire world is uniting to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan is using the opportunity as another way to discriminate against religious minorities living in the country.
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Srinagar DM prohibits all religious gatherings, public movement on Shab-e-
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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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Indian markets closed on account of Mahavir Jayanti, Asian shares rise
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India were shut on Monday on account of Mahavir Jayanti, an important religious festival in Jainism that celebrates the birth of Lord Mahavir.
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