Thane police have arrested three men, including an elderly man, for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman and pushing her to death from a hillock in Maharashtra's Thane district, where she went alone to visit a temple, an official said. .The woman had visited the temple on July 6 and her body...
Bhubaneswar, Odisha government has appointed Arabinda Kumar Padhi as the new Chief Administrator of Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), replacing senior IAS officer VV Yadav.Sub-section 19 of the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1954 was invoked to give effect to the appointment in a...
Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) officials have said, "There has been no decline in the number of pilgrims coming for this year's Amarnath Yatra and the rush of enthusiastic pilgrims continues."Till Thursday, more than 2.66 crore devotees had darshan inside the holy cave since the opening...
Bhubaneswar BJD supremo and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging him to take action against those responsible for the fall of idol Lord Balabhadra during the Rath Yatra festival.Patnaik, former chief minister...
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), July 11 (Language) Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq said here on Thursday that Shravan Ashtami fair will be organized from August 5 to 14 at the famous Shaktipeeth Mata Shri Naina Devi temple of North India.Sadiq said that during the fair, the temple...
Bhubaneswar, Puri's Jagannath temple has formed a three-member panel to investigate the fall of the idol of Lord Balabhadra on some servitors while it was being carried from the chariot to the Gundicha temple as part of the Rath Yatra festival, an official said.The committee expressed concern...
Bhubaneswar, the Puri Jagannath temple management committee on Wednesday formed a three-member panel to investigate the fall of the idol of Lord Balabhadra on some servants while they were carrying it from the chariot to a temple as part of the Rath Yatra festival, an official said.The...
Jaipur: Finance Minister Dia Kumari, while presenting the state budget on Wednesday, said that during occasions like Diwali, Holi, Shivratri and Ramnavmi, special programs will be organized in 600 temples of Rajasthan on which Rs 13 crore will be spent."In order to enable the common people to...
Mathura (UP), Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday presented the first invitation for the wedding of his son Anant Ambani at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan.Anant Ambani and industrialist Viren Merchant's daughter Radhika Merchant are going to get married on July 12.Mukesh...
Suryakumar Yadav spoke to reporters after visiting the famous Sri Hosa Marigudi temple here on Tuesday. He had returned to India a few days ago after Team India's triumphant run in the T20 World Cup.Responding to media questions on comments claiming that he had touched the boundary line, Yadav...
At least nine servants of Puri's Jagannath temple were injured when an idol of Lord Balabhadra fell on them while they were carrying the chariot to the temple during the Rath Yatra festival on Tuesday, an official said.Puri Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain said five of the nine were admitted...
Bhubaneswar, the high-level committee, set up to oversee the list of jewelery and other valuable items stored in 'Ratna Bhandar' (treasury) of the Puri Jagannath temple, on Tuesday recommended reopening of the inner treasury chamber on July 14. said panel chairman Justice Biswanath Rath.The...
The court was hearing a plea challenging the order of the Varanasi District Court which had refused permission to the Archaeological Survey of India to survey the Vazukhana area, excluding the Shivalinga, inside the mosque complex.The Vazukhana area was sealed in 2022 as per the order of the...
Raebareli (UP) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here on Tuesday met the relatives of Kirti Chakra recipient Captain Anshuman Singh, whose mother later spoke out against Agniveer's plan.Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, also visited AIIMS-Raebareli and met party workers and local...
Speaking to media persons, Justice Vishwanath Rath, chairperson of the high-powered community, said, “We (panel members) have unanimously decided to request the state government to reopen the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar on 14th "Decisions have also been taken regarding opening the...
The high-level committee constituted to monitor the inventory of valuable items stored in the 'Ratna Bhandar' of the Puri Jagannath temple has decided to recommend the Odisha government to reopen the inner chamber of the treasury on July 14. a panel member said on Tuesday.This decision was...
Suryakumar reached Udupi city with his wife Devisha Shetty, who hails from Mangaluru city of Karnataka. The temple management welcomed the couple by gifting them garlands.The couple worshiped Goddess Sri Mariamma Devi.The temple authorities facilitated the couple during their visit and the...
Udupi (Karnataka): Team India's hard-hitter Suryakumar Yadav and wife Divisha Shetty on Tuesday visited Kapu Marigudi temple in Udupi district and performed a special puja on winning the T20 Cricket World Cup.Yadav and Shetty, who reached Mangalore on Monday, celebrated their eighth wedding...
Rae Bareli (UP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday offered prayers at a Hanuman temple in Churwa on his way to his parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli, the party said.Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, will meet party workers and local residents of his constituency...
Srinagar: The number of pilgrims visiting Lord Shiva at the Amarnath cave temple in south Kashmir crossed the two lakh mark on Monday."24,879 pilgrims traveled on Monday and had darshan of Baba Bholenath on the seventh day of the annual yatra," officials said.He said the number of pilgrims...