14,500 acres of temple land encroached in Telangana
Hyderabad: Land belonging to temples has become a soft target for encroachers, with a preliminary inquiry by endowments department showing that over 14,500 acres had been encroached upon. The inquiry revealed that largescale encroachments took place in the last 15 years due to the sharp rise in land prices. Lack of coordination between endowments, More...
Ahmedabad: Over 18,000 security men to guard Lord Jagannath rath yatra – The Economic Times
GANDHINAGAR: A force of 18,000 security personnel will be deployed in Ahmedabad to guard the annual Lord Jagannath rath yatra, which will be taken out on Wednesday.”For Ahmedabad, which will witness it’s More...
Centre will come out with Ganga Act in near future: Uma Bharati – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In order to fast track execution of Namami Gange programme, the Centre will come out with ‘Ganga Act’ in near future even as it will launch 222 projects including those of ghat constructions More...
The First Tamil Layman Arumuga Navalar: Protector Of Hinduism in British Ceylon
Arumuga Navalar (1822-1879) is considered the first Tamil layman to undertake as his life’s career the intellectual and institutional response of Saivism to Christianity in Sri Lanka and India The title ‘Navalar’ More...
New facilities introduced at Banke Bihari Temple in Mathura | Business Standard News
The famous Banke Bihari Temple in Vridavan may soon be centrally air-conditioned, officials of the shrine said today. Looking at the number of pilgrims especially on Saturdays and Sundays and during festivals, More...
Sabarimala disallows chartered accountants’ meet at temple | Business Standard News
The Sabarimala temple management in Kerala has disallowed a three-day ‘residential meeting’ of chartered accountants after the organisers made “all arrangements” and posted the invitation More...
VHP opposes move to set up branch of Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Bank in India | The Indian Express
VHP’s joint general secretary said that even in Islam, lending and speculation is considered “anti-Islam” as the bank will make its income from buying of properties, which amounts to speculation. (Source: More...
Tiruvannamalai : Opposition to widening of ‘girivalam’ path gathers pace
Activists in Tiruvannamalai opposing the move to widen the girivalam path, have decided to come together to protest against the work. Work has begun for the digging of a hole for a 12-km long drainage line along More...
Amarnath yatra begins amid tight security to avert any Jehadi Attack – The Hindu
The state is reeling under increased terrorist incidents and attacks on security forces in the Kashmir Valley posing a huge challenge to the security apparatus Amid tight security, the 48-day long annual Amarnath More...
Controversy erupts as actor Irrfan Khan questions practice of fasting and qurbani in Islam | Zee News
Actor Irrfan Khan stirs controversy over statement on Ramadan rituals Talking on the sidelines of the promotion of his upcoming flick ‘Madari’ in Jaipur, Khan said, “The meaning of Qurbani is to sacrifice More...