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Pakistan: Hindu temple vandalised in Karachi, idols desecrated
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): In yet another incident of atrocity against minorities in Pakistan, a Hindu temple was attacked by some extremists in Karachi, Sindh province of the country.
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Son of Puri priest killed in front of Jagannath temple
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): One person was shot dead near the historic Emar Mutt in front of Puri Jagannath temple on Tuesday night.
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Rajasthan: Police detain priest for denying Dalit couple entry in temple
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 25 (ANI): Rajasthan police on Sunday arrested a priest for allegedly not allowing a Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore, said police.
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Wrong to say Punjab CM Channi offered 'tantric puja', says Baglamukhi temp
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 7 (ANI): Amid reports that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi offered "tantric puja" at Baglamukhi temple in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, the temple priest on Tuesday said CM offered prayers and performed havan.
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Chief priest of temple shot dead in Bihar's Darbhanga
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], October 14 (ANI): The chief priest of the Kankali temple was shot dead in the Ram Bagh area of Bihar's Darbhanga district on Thursday.
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Kerala HC upholds life sentence of priest for rape of girl
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 24 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence of a temple priest who repeatedly raped a girl, allegedly minor, of a family he gave shelter to.
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Delhi court sentences priest to life for minor girls' rape, quotes US poet
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The judge in a Delhi court quoted American poet and civil rights activist writer Maya Angelou to express his outrage while sentencing a 76-year-old temple priest to life term for raping two minor girls.
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No point allowing temples to open without devotees, says Delhi's Kalkaji T
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Delhi's Kalkaji Temple Peethadhiswar Mahant Surendra Nath Avdhoot on Sunday slammed the Delhi government for allowing temples to open without devotees and termed the move "pointless".
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Kanpur: Case against unknown persons for posters calling for beheadings
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Kanpur Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the display of posters calling for the beheading of Dasna Devi Temple priest Narsinghanand and former UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi.
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Temple priest strangled to death in UP's Bulandshahr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 29 (ANI): The priest of the famous Dhakwale temple in Achru Kalan village of Shikarpur Kotwali area in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh was allegedly strangled to death on Monday, police said.
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Rajasthan govt's CB-CID probe into priest 'murder' a cover-up: BSP leader
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): A day after the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan ordered a CB-CID investigation into the alleged murder of a temple priest in Karauli district, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria termed it "a cover-up".
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Temple priest shot at in UP's Gonda, Case registered against four persons
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): A case has been registered against four people after a temple priest was allegedly shot at in Itia Thok, according to Gonda police on Sunday.
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