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Important and essential to build Ram temple at Ayodhya: BJP leaders
A number of senior BJP leaders made it clear Friday that building Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya is the only way out of the impasse, soon after the Supreme Court ordered a time-bound mediation to resolve the long-pending issue. Union minister Uma Bharti said one has to respect the Supreme Court order but asserted that she stands for building the Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and a mosque can be built only outside its vicinity. BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao said that keeping the dispute pending for long is not in anyone's interest. "It is important to resolve the issue but it is more important and essential to build a grand temple at Sri Ram Janmbhoomi. This cannot be kept pending for a long time," he said. BJP MP Subramanian Swamy also stressed that the construction of Ram temple is non-negotiable. "There is no question of not building a temple where we believe Lord Ram was born," he added. The party has been insisting that it stands for building a ...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews attack reformers at Jerusalem holy site
Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox Jews mobbed women seeking equal prayer rights at one of Judaism's holiest sites on Friday, leading police to escort them away from Jerusalem's Western Wall. The Women of the Wall group has for 30 years been demanding changes to rules at the site barring females from leading Jewish prayer, wearing ritual prayer shawls or handling Torah scrolls. A police statement said the prayer space in front of the Wall was packed with worshippers marking the start of the new Jewish month, according to the lunar calendar. "During the prayers, friction arose between the worshippers, including the Women of the Wall, including curses and various comments," it said. Video posted by Haaretz newspaper showed a crowd of black-hatted ultra-orthodox men jeering and trying to shove their way toward the rival group. "Thousands of ultra-Orthodox youth violently disrupt @Womenofthewall 30th anniversary prayer service," the group wrote on Twitter. An AFP photographer at the scene .
Hindu Dalit woman chairs Pak Senate session on Women's Day
Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women's Day. "Chairman Senate of Pakistan decided to make our colleague Krishna Kumari Kohli aka Kishoo Bai to Chair the Senate for today on Women's Day," Senator Faisal Javed tweeted. Krishna, 40, was elected as senator in March 2018 after spending many years working for the rights of bonded labourers in Muslim-majority Pakistan. She is the first Thari Hindu woman to be elected to the Pakistan senate. She belongs to the Kohli community from the remote village of Dhana Gam in Nagarparkar area of Sindh province where a sizeable number of Hindus live. "I consider myself very fortunate today to be sitting on this seat...," she said before starting the session. International Women's Day is observed across the world on March 8. Born to a poor peasant, Jugno Kolhi, in February 1979, Krishna and her family members ...
Uttrakhand CM appoints Anant Ambani as member of Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday appointed industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant as a member of Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee.It has been noticed that Ambanis visit the holy shrines every time something important comes up in the family.Last year, they offered prayers at Kedarnath and Badrinath and sought the blessings of the presiding deities at the famous Himalayan shrine for the wedding of Mukesh Ambani's daughter Isha Ambani.Kedarnath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river, Kedarnath is located in the state of Uttarakhand.Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open to general public only between the months of April and November.
Last rites of Matua matriarch Binapani Devi held
The last rites of Matua community matriarch Binapani Devi, who died in a city hospital on Tuesday, was held with full state honours and gun salute in North 24 Parganas district Thursday. The mortal remains of Binapani Devi, popularly known as 'Boro Ma', was taken to various streets in a procession before it was consigned to flames at a crematorium in Thakurnagar. Thakurnagar is the headquarters of the Matua Mahasangh, the central body of the scheduled caste community which is a significant political force in the state. The last rites, attended by thousands of followers of Boro Ma, were earlier scheduled to be held on Wednesday evening. It was rescheduled on Thursday to enable the Matua community members pay their last respect to Binapani Devi. The funeral pyre was lit by Boro Ma's younger son Manjul Krishna Thakur. Her elder son Kapil Krishna Thakur, who was a Trinamool Congress MP, died in 2014. Manjul Krishna Thakur was a Trinamool Congress MLA and minister but he had .
BJP harassing Muslims, says SP MLA
Samajwadi Party MLA Abdullah Azam Khan on Thursday accused the BJP of harassing Muslims so badly that they were left with only two options: give up Islam or join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Voters being deleted from electoral rolls: TDP
TDP workers Wednesday staged a sit-in at the Krishna district collectorate and alleged that the opposition YSR Congress Party was deleting names of voters in the Andhra Pradesh's Machilipatnam assembly constituency. They were led by Andhra Pradesh Law Minister Kollu Ravindra. The TDP supporters and leaders, including Machilipatnam Municipal Chairman M Baba Prasad, also took out a motorcycle rally from Koneru to the collectorate. YSR Congress Party leader and former MLA Perni Venkataramaiah and his team have submitted fake Form-7s as the fear of loosing in the general elections, Ravindra alleged. Form-7 is an application for voter deletion. The opposition party stands exposed and the matter must be probed, he said. The TDP also submitted a memorandum to the Krishna District Revenue Officer.
RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots: Omar Abdullah
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots. Abdullah made the remark attacking former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta for his reported remarks that madrasas breed militants. "And RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots like Gupta here," said Abdullah in a tweet. The BJP leader and former dy CM Gupta had earlier said, "Madrasas are the places where militants are born." NC chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, meanwhile, dubbed Gupta's remarksas "sheer idiocy" arising out of "mental frustration". Mehdi said Gupta's statement reveals the amount of revulsion that the saffron party and its cadres have for Muslims. Gupta's statement indicates his ignorance and malice against Muslims, he said. "The statement is coming from a person who is affiliated with RSS, an extremist rightwing organisation that didn't play any role in the independence movement of the country, on the contrary it showed revulsion for
Pakistan violates ceasefire, used artillery guns to shell areas along LoC in J-K
The Pakistan army Wednesday targeted several forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts with artillery guns and small arms, officials said. The intense shelling and firing from across the border continued throughout the night in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, while it started in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch in the early hours of Wednesday, they said. The officials said Pakistan also targeted areas in the Nowshera sector in Rajouri. However, the firing and shelling from across the border stopped this afternoon in the Sunderbandi, Nowshera and Krishna Ghati sectors, they said. The Indian army retaliated strongly and effectively to the Pakistani firing and there was no report of any casualty on the Indian side, though some structures, including residential houses and cow sheds, were damaged, the officials said. The firing in the Krishna Ghati took place from 6 pm to 8:15 pm. Firing in the Sunderbani sector ...
No plan to bring in Church Act: Kerala CM
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala Wednesday asserted it had no plans to bring in a law to manage temporal properties of the church in the state, as it distanced itself from a draft bill published by the Law Reforms Commission. Chief Minister Pianrayi Vijayan told a group of Catholic church representatives, who called on him here, that the commission had published the draft of the Kerala Church (Properties and Institutions) Bill, popularly known as the Kerala Church Act, without consulting the government. During the tenure of the previous LDF government in 2006-11 also, the then Law Reforms Commission had submitted such a proposal but it was also rejected, Vijayan said. Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop of Syro Malankara Catholic Church, Archbishop Soosa Pakiam, the head of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) and Thamarassery bishop, Mar Remegiose Inchananiyil were among those who visited the Chief Minister and appraised their concern ...
Amarinder seeks restoration of material removed from Golden Temple library in 1984
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, seeking immediate restoration of the historic material removed from the library of the Golden Temple in Amritsar during Operation Bluestar in 1984. The chief minister said a delegation from Sikh organizations from the UK met him recently and discussed issues related to resident Indians and the Sikh community diaspora of the UK. Among them, was the subject of the material taken from the Golden Temple. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has said 15,000 rare books, 16,000 artefacts related to the Sikh religion and history, edicts issued by the 10 gurus, and handwritten 'birs' (copies) of Guru Granth Sahib had gone missing after the 1984 operation. It has approached the Centre on multiple occasions for the "return" of the items. In the letter to Rajnath Singh, the Punjab chief minister said the issue requires "urgent intervention" of the Home Ministry. He said that most of the material were ...
Harmonious coexistence of different faiths, communities beauty of India: PM
In a message on the 807th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday the harmonious coexistence of different faiths and communities is the "beauty of our country". Modi's message was read out by Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi who presented a 'chadar' on behalf of the prime minister at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. The 'chadar' was handed over to a delegation comprising heads of both 'anjumans' of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah Committee in New Delhi on Saturday. Naqvi said PM Modi is working with a commitment towards national security by adopting 'zero tolerance' policy against terrorism, asserting that the country is in safe hands. Modi said in his message: "Harmonious coexistence of different religions, communities, beliefs and faith in India is the beauty of our country. Various Saints, Pir and Fakirs in our country have given message of peace, unity and harmony time to time. They have played a key role in ...
Pak continues ceasefire violations along LoC in Jammu
The Pakistan army Wednesday targeted dozens of forward posts and villages with artillery guns along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said. The intense shelling and firing from across the border continued throughout the night in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, while it started in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch in the early hours of Wednesday, they said. Officials said the Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively, and the exchange of heavy fire caused panic among the border residents. However, there was no report of any casualty on the Indian side, they said. Pakistan had resorted to cross-border firing at Nowshera and Sunderbani in Rajouri and Krishna Ghati in Poonch on Tuesday as well. While the cross-border skirmishes lasted for over three hours in Nowshera sector which left a soldier injured, the firing in Krishna Ghati took place from 6 pm to 8:15 pm. Firing in Sunderbani sector started at 8:30 pm Tuesday and ...
Kumbh showcased best of our culture, spirituality: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Uttar Pradesh for the "exceptional" organising of Kumbh 2019, and said it "showcased the best of culture and spirituality".
Anti-Semitism uproar at Belgian carnival
A float featuring stereotyped Jewish figures at a carnival near Brussels has been widely criticised as anti-Semitic.
Boroma was an icon of our times: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of Dalit Matua community matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known as Boroma, terming her "an icon" and a source of "strength and inspiration".
Scores of devotees visit Nepal's Pashupatinath temple on Mahashivaratri
Thousands of devotees thronged Pashupatinath temple here on Monday on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.The Indian Ambassador also visited the Pashupatinath temple to offer prayers. The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) is expecting about one million devotees to celebrate Mahashivaratri at the temple this year."We have made arrangements for about one million people belonging to Nepal and other countries, to facilitate their pray," Pradeep Dhakal, the member-secretary of PADT told ANI.Taking cognizance of the number of devotees expecting to visit the temple, thousands of security personnel are deployed in the zone. Arrangements for the installation of CCTV cameras all around the region have also initiated by the Trust.Mahashivratri is celebrated on the lunar month of Phalgun and is believed to instil faith in those who are destined to live in trouble. The Skanda Purana, another holy text of the Hindus, also mentions the significance of the event.The religious belief behind the ...
Everyone should strive to serve humanity; President
President Ram Nath Kovind Monday said each individual should strive to serve humanity as propounded by Lord Shiva that 'a worthy life is one that is lived in the service of others'. Addressing lakhs of devotees in front of the 112 foot Adiyogi at the foothills of Vellingiri, about 25 km from here on the occasion of maha Shivarathri, he said India is a land of faith and spiritualism, with many diverse festivals and celebrations, which probably no other nation has. Faith and spiritualism has also given India a certain determination and inner resolve, he said adding that Mahashivaratri is "one of the most endearing, enduring and significant festivals". Millions of devotees celebrate this festival as a day to introspect and reflect upon the values synonymous with Lord Shiva, the President said. Historically, the qualities of Lord Shiva have attracted devotees across the world, he said and recalled his visit to My Son temple complex in Vietnam, a reminder of the unique ...
Maha Shivratri celebrated with fervour in Mathura, Vrindavan
Maha Shivratri was celebrated with gaiety and fervour in the temple towns of Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, with devotees taking out processions to mark the occasion on Monday. There was a huge rush of devotees at temples to offer prayers to Lord Shiva. Elaborate arrangements were made at all major shrines, including the Rangeshwar temple in Mathura and the Gopeshwar temple in Vrindaban, for security and crowd management, police said. The Shiv Barat procession started from Sri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura and passed through the main street of the city. No untoward incident was reported, Superintendent of Police, City, Rajesh Kumar Singh, said. The procession was greeted at over half a dozen places, its organiser Kapil Sharma, who is also the secretary of the Sri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, said. PTI CORR http://ptinews.com/images/pti.jpg We bring the World to you" Disclaimer : This e-mail message may contain proprietary, confidential or legally privileged information ..
Amarinder performs 'Kar Sewa' at Durgiana temple on Maha Shivratri
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday joined devotees to perform 'Kar Sewa' to clean the sacred pool of the Durgiana Temple here on Maha Shivratri. He exhorted people to celebrate the festival in the true spirit of brotherhood and religious harmony. This is the third 'Kar Sewa' (voluntary service) to clean the sarovar (sacred pool) of the temple after 1975 and 1999.The chief deity of the temple is Durga. The chief minister, while addressing devotees, announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the temple's development and assured its management that their demand for additional land for expansion of the holy precinct would be looked into by his government. Singh said he was happy to be part of the 'Kar Sewa' and recalled that his government had waived the temple's 50 per cent share in 'Langar' in the Goods and Services Tax after the Congress came to power in Punjab. This led the Centre to follow suit, he said, hoping that the temple continues to bless people with Langar (food cooked in .