Youth coming from Nepal into Uttar Pradesh will be extensively screened and religious places along the Indo-Nepal border closely monitored amid intelligence reports that terrorists organisations in Pakistan are using the route to send trained ultras into the country."Terrorist organisations may send trained youths from Nepal through the long and porous border in a bid to create discord in the country....
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the directions of the Supreme Court to all the state governments, the Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA) identified 31 religious places situated on the government's land here.GDA secretary Chotelal Pasi said here today the state government had directed all its development authorities to identify the religious spots on government's land, following the order of the apex Court in the regard.The GDA...
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Around 1,396 places of worship havebeen constructed at public land here, out of which maximumbelong to Lok Nirman Nigam and Nagar Nigam, a survey conductedhere by the Additional District Magistrate said.Following a directive by the Supreme Court, the districtadministration had carried out a survey to find out the numberof places of worship constructed on public land.Of the total 1,396, 194 structures...
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Oscar Award winners, musician AR Rehman and sound technician Resul Pookutty visited the Dargah of Moinuddin Chisty here today.Accompanied by acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor, the award winning duo offered a 'Chadar' at the shrine.Rehman and Pookutty who won the coveted Academy award for their work in the filmsaid that there is need to start an awareness campaign to clean up the religious places in...
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Millions of devotees will take a holy dip in the river Ganga at Hardwar as Amavas falling Tomorro is considered to be very sacred and full of religious significance.Police have made elaborate security arrangements at all strategic points in the holy city to ensure that no untoward incident takes place. The traffic police have also geared up to handle additional traffic coming in from outside the city....
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Minority Welfare Mumtaz Ali Khan on Saturday said the State Government would strive to raise awareness about the schemes for minority welfare through religious institutions and clerics.Speaking after inaugurating a camp to raise awareness about the State Government’s minority welfare schemes, Dr. Khan said that he would shortly convene a meeting of heads of all minority communities to chalk out a plan...
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Anantapur: Tourism development is being given top priority by the State government as well as the district administration and the focus is on places of historical importance besides religious places and those noted for scenic beauty.District Public Relations Officer I.D.V.Prasada Rao who is also the Tourism in-charge officer of the district told “The Hindu” that the Central Government too was considering...
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Gurupurab, the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev was today celebrated throughout the Kashmir Valley with religious fervour and enthusiasm.Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have greeted the people on this occasion.People belonging to the Sikh community, attired in colourful dresses, visited Gurdwaras and other religious places.Main function was held at Gurdwara Chatipadshahi...
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Katrina Kaif is religious and has many beliefs - one of them being that a visit to Ajmer Sharif dargah before the release of her movies brings success. She visited the dargah before Namastey London was released - and courted controversy for going there in a skirt. And perhaps she learnt her lesson from that and thereafter, she has been visiting religious places only in salwar kameez. Kat also went...
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Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed to all justice-loving people in the world to offer prayers (ardaas) in all the religious places on November 8, seeking justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-sikh riots.Describing the ''denial of justice to victims for 25 years as a horrifying experience'', he called upon people to ''stand by the victims...
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