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Ayodhya civic body issues notice for 173 old, unsafe buildings
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 15 (ANI): The Ayodhya Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Friday issued notices to scores of owners and management of around 176 buildings, including shrines, seeking restoration or demolition of dilapidated constructions.
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Nizamuddin shrine women entry row: Court seeks govt response
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 10, (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Central government, Delhi government and the Nizamuddin Dargah administration to respond to the plea seeking women's entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine in New Delhi.
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Shrines not the place to indulge in cheap politics: Shivraj tells Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Ahead of the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while taking a jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, said that shrines are not meant for political purposes.
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India lodges protest with Pak for denying envoy access to pilgrims
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India on Saturday summoned Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over the denial of access to the Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and consular officials despite having required permissions.
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Sikh pilgrims return from Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India] 21 (ANI): The batch of Sikh pilgrims returned to India on Saturday after visiting Sikh shrines in Pakistan.
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Rahul shouldn't visit religious places only during elections: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Nov. 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary, Bhupender Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in wake of him visiting shrines and temples in poll bound states and said that offering prayers is a part of Indi
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Kashmiris celebrate Urs of famous Sufi saint at Budgam
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] Oct. 18 (ANI): Scores of devotees flocked to the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh ul Aalam Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali on the occasion of his 598th Urs (death anniversary).
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Fearing Mumbai metro construction will affect ancient fire temples, Parsis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Members of Parsi community are mulling to move the High Court demanding the realignment of Mumbai's Metro III project fearing damage to their religious shrines.
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Pres Kovind to visit U'khand amidst prediction of heavy showers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand, starting today, to pay homage at the Himalayan shrines of Badrinath and Kedarnath, besides worshipping the Ganga in Haridwar.
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President Kovind to begin his two-day Uttarakhand visit today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): President Ramnath Kovind will today begin his two-day visit to Uttarakhand starting to pay obeisance at the Himalayan shrines of Badrinath and Kedarnath besides worshipping the Ganga in Haridwar.
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Mumbai: BMC demolishes 100-year-old cross in Bandra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday removed a cross located here in Bandra following the Bombay High Court's order to demolish illegal shrines or religious structures within its jurisdiction.
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility of Damascus blasts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 13 (ANI): An Al Qaeda-linked group has claimed the responsibility for twin blasts near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus that killed at least 40 people.
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