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SC asks Centre to consider tweaking COVID-19 protocols for Parsi funerals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central government to consider tweaking the protocols for the disposal of dead bodies of COVID-19 victims to accommodate funeral rites for Parsi Zoroastrians as per their rituals.
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Muslims in India enjoy equal rights, says Kashmiri political activist Agha
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 13 (ANI): A noted Kashmiri political activist on Thursday said Muslims in India enjoy freedom and perform their religious rituals freely, but in Pakistan, minorities are facing persecution.
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Happy Lohri 2022: Know the significance, customs and rituals of the harves
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): As soon as we welcome the New Year, the month of January comes up with the Punjabi festival of Lohri. Celebrated across many states in India, Lohri itself has a story to tell which not everyone knows.
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New Year: Varanasi welcomes 2022 with Vedic rituals
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 1 (ANI): As a part of the celebrations, on the occasion of New Year, Varanasi welcomed 2022 in a traditional manner with Vedic rituals.
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Rarissime - Wonders from dermatology expert at your dressing table
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bespoke homegrown skincare brand Rarissime has launched itself, inspired with the backing of science and the use of the most genuine of ingredients, it focuses on bringing a scientific approach to skincare to bridge the gap between sec
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Delhi: Devotees perform rituals in toxic foam-laden Yamuna on final day of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Devotees on Thursday made offerings to Sun God while standing in knee-deep water of toxic foam-laden Yamuna river, near Kalindi Kunj in Delhi on the last day of Chhath puja.
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Bihar CM, devotees reach Ganga Ghat in Patna to offer prayers on Chhath Pu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited the Ganga Ghat in Patna to offer prayers on Chhath Puja on Wednesday. The ghat swelled with devotees gathered here to offer prayers and to perform the rituals of puja.
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Manoj Tiwari reaches Yamuna Ghat for Chhath Puja, says will not follow DDM
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Despite the DDMA's orders prohibiting people from celebrating Chahth Puja at public places, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday reached the Yamuna Ghat in Sonia Vihar and said that he will not follow the orders, adding that nobody can stop the people from p
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Chhath Puja celebrations commence in Patna with devotees taking dip in Gan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 8 (ANI): Devotees performed rituals and took a dip in Ganga in Patna district of Bihar on Monday on the first day of Chhath Puja.
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Facing difficulties in making arrangements as DDA's permission to set up p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): With Chhath puja around the corner, organisers of the festival in the national capital say they are facing difficulties in making arrangements as they are still awaiting permission from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for constructing 'Chhath Puja G
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Perform Lakhbir Singh's 'bhog' as per Sikh tradition: SC Commission urges
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 21 (ANI): Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla on Wednesday condemned that no religious practice was allowed to perform during the last rite rituals of Lakhbir Singh, whose mutilated body was found hanging on a police barrica
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The significance, rituals behind Eid Milad-un-Nabi and how it commemorates
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Eid Milad-un-Nabi is an annual celebration to commemorate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and is observed in the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar, which commences with the sighting of the moon. The occasio
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