A case has been registered against a female photographer from Bangladesh for allegedly flying a drone near Akshardham temple, which come under the no drone zone area on Monday, police informed.
Speaking during the special time of the parliamentary meeting on Monday, Nepali Congress lawmaker Pradip Paudel demanded a parliamentary probe into the case after the anti-graft agency weighed the golden base of Shiva Ling made of gold in the year 2021.
The annual four-day-long Ambubachi Mela commenced on June 22, and after the Pravritti ceremonies, the temple's main door was closed for three days and three nights, scheduled to reopen on June 26. The devotees have been seen waiting in a long queue on the temple premises.
In a vibrant display of cultural heritage and religious fervour, the Historical 'Kharchi Puja' commenced on Sunday at the revered fourteen gods temple in Khayerpur, here.
The move by the anti-graft body comes after claims of corruption in the use of gold in the temple's Jalahari which was carried out during the Prime Ministership of opposition leader KP Sharma Oli.
As the Amarnath Yatra is set to begin in the Union Territory, the Deputy Commissioner of Samba district on Sunday inspected preparedness of lodgement centres in the district.
The construction of the "world's largest Ramayan temple" began recently in Bihar's East Champaran district, after former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and secretary of the Patna-based Mahavir Temple Trust, Acharya Kishor Kunal, along with former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, J