President Murmu becomes highest-ranking woman dignitary to pray at Shanishingnapur Temple after gender-bias ended in 2016

Quaid Najmi | November 30, 2023 6:44 PM

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Nov 30 (IANS) It was a red-letter day for the famed 450-year-old Shanishingnapur Temple when a highest-ranking woman, President Droupadi Murmu, visited the open-to-sky shrine for the first time after the place of worship was thrown open to women devotees in April 2016, here on Thursday.

Three lakh idols discarded in Lucknow after Diwali

IANS | November 30, 2023 2:16 PM

Lucknow, Nov 30 (IANS) Nearly three lakh idols of deities, weighing around 60,000 kg, were discarded in Lucknow after Diwali, according to a non-profit that works with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation to ensure urban sanitisation, post festivals.

'Misconceived': Gujarat HC dismisses PIL against azaan on loudspeakers

IANS | November 28, 2023 10:54 PM

Ahmedabad, Nov 28 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to impose a prohibition on the utilisation of loudspeakers for broadcasting azaan, or the Islamic call to prayer, from mosques.

Kerala Catholic bishop 'debarred' from priestly duties, gag on media interaction

IANS | November 24, 2023 2:27 PM

Kochi, Nov 24 (IANS) In a strange order issued by the Catholic Bishop of Thamarassery of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, a priest under his diocese has been stripped of all the rights and freedom.

Music album on ‘Ram Rajya’ to be released soon

IANS | November 22, 2023 1:26 PM

Ayodhya, Nov 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will soon release a music album focused on the 11 episodes of Lord Ram’s life in Ayodhya after his return from exile.

After furore, Bageshwar Baba apologises for slur on Sant Tukaram

IANS | November 22, 2023 12:51 PM

Pune, Nov 22 (IANS) Religious preacher Acharya Dhirendra Shastri, popular as Bageshwar Baba, on Wednesday tendered an unconditional apology for his purported remarks on Sant Tukaram which had angered large sections of the Warkari community in Maharashtra.

Religion

President Murmu becomes highest-ranking woman dignitary to pray at Shanishingnapur Temple after gender-bias ended in 2016

Three lakh idols discarded in Lucknow after Diwali

'Misconceived': Gujarat HC dismisses PIL against azaan on loudspeakers

Kerala Catholic bishop 'debarred' from priestly duties, gag on media interaction

Music album on ‘Ram Rajya’ to be released soon

After furore, Bageshwar Baba apologises for slur on Sant Tukaram

L-G Saxena castigates AAP govt over devotees performing Chhath puja in polluted Yamuna

Inter-state traffic diversions in Ayodhya for upcoming mela

Yogi govt bans 'Halal products' with immediate effect

Three Hindu women on way for religious ritual pelted with stones in Nuh

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