Cuttack: A fresh PIL filed in Orissa High Court has brought into focus again the alleged inaction of the state government towards recovery of the land of Lord Jagannath of the Puri temple that had been encroached upon. The bid for judicial intervention to prevent...
CHENNAI: The government lands locked up in slum tenements and vacant temple lands held by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department should be unlocked to provide affordable housing in Chennai for both rentals and ownership, according to a...
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...
GUNTUR: Mild tension prevailed in Mangalagiri when a person tried to immolate himself protesting the decision of endowments department to auction the temple lands, which his family has been tilling for along time on lease. Nutalapati Appa Rao took three acres...
Bringing more temples under ‘Dhoopa, Deepa, Naivedyam’ scheme discussed. The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Endowments on Friday discussed at length several issues, including strengthening of the department, salaries of temple priests and employees, protection of temple...
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