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One dead, 70 hospitalised due to alleged food poisoning in Karnataka

A woman who complained of the same symptoms was admitted in one of these hospitals on Sunday afternoon and died this morning

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Published on Dec 25, 2023 03:55 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath

Tension after communal clashes in A’nagar village; 7 arrested, 124 booked in 2 FIRs

On the occasion of Somvati Amavasya, members of one group allegedly entered the Kanifnath Devasthan and performed religious rituals,” said a senior police official. “They used loudspeakers during their rituals, to which villagers from the other religion objected, leading to a communal clash

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Updated on Nov 14, 2023 06:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Can’t order blanket stay on worship act pleas: Supreme Court

The 1991 law locks the religious identity of a place of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947, and makes it punishable to attempt to change its character.

The supreme Court observes that it cannot order a blanket stay restraining other courts from hearing cases related to disputed religious sites. (ANI)

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Updated on Jul 12, 2023 03:15 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand, New Delhi

UK gurdwara issues scam warning after Indians duped with fake job offers

The Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend posted a copy of the scam advertisement with the words “Scam Alert” on its website and social media platforms, warning its promise of “Ticket Free, Visa Free, Food Free Job Alert” was fake

A gurdwara in the south-east England county of Kent has posted a scam alert warning on its website after it discovered that fraudsters had been impersonating the Sikh temple with fake job and visa offers for Indians. (Image for representational purpose)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2023 01:03 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, London

Man arrested for morphing videos of PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi

The videos, which were created by morphing photos, went viral on various social media platforms, causing concern among their respective political parties and followers

Upon his arrest, Ansari confessed to his actions and revealed that he had created the morphed videos for fun purposes. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:12 PM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Man driving Amritpal’s car during Hoshiarpur police chase nabbed

The arrested driver told the police that Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh handed him his own mobile phone in a bid to throw off the teams chasing them

Police are said to have arrested the driver of the car ferrying Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh during the police chase in Hoshiarpur. (HT File)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2023 04:25 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hoshiarpur

AIMPLB moves SC, seeks to become party to petition against Places of Worship Act

The validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is pending a challenge in the top court based on a petition filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.

The Supreme Court of India. (PTI File Photo)

india news

Updated on Jul 15, 2022 12:24 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas, New Delhi

Sena’s Sanjay Raut launches fresh attack on BJP

The Sena leader had a poser for his political rival: when will the BJP be able to overcome genuine challenges such as the battle against Covid-19 and revive a shrinking economy?

Sanjay Raut said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should ask his party members to desist from indulging in politics over Covid-19.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 22, 2020 02:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySwapnil Rawal

Places of worship reopen in Maharashtra with strict Covid-19 protocols in place

As per the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) laid down by the Maharashtra government, religious places located in the containment zones have not been allowed to open. Only asymptomatic people will be allowed inside places of worship, and they will have to enter in a staggered manner.

Devotees gather outside the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai early on Monday.(ANIPphoto)

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Updated on Nov 16, 2020 09:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times, new Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi

Maharashtra: ‘Prepared to deal with Covid-19 surge,’ says minister as temples set to reopen

Religious places in Maharashtra will reopen on November 16 as per the instructions issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

An employee, wearing a PPE kit, sanitizes the premises of a Hindu temple in Mumbai.(PTI)

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Updated on Nov 16, 2020 06:30 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAsian News International | Posted by Shivani Kumar

Places of worship in Maharashtra to reopen from Monday: Govt

Wearing masks while visiting religious places will be compulsory. Devotees have also been asked to avoid crowding.

A statement by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office said that self-discipline will have to be maintained at these places.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 14, 2020 04:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySwapnil Rawal

Will prepare SOP on opening religious places after Diwali: CM Thackeray

Thackeray also appealed to the public to celebrate a firecracker-free Diwali and took a veiled dig at the BJP over a Metro rail project

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackarey during a Covid-19 review meeting in Pune in July.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 08, 2020 05:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySwapnil Rawal

Locked for five months, shrines in J-K finally reopen

On August 4, the government had announced that all religious places and places of worship in Kashmir would be reopened from August 16 but detailed Covid-19 SOPs would have to be followed.

Religious places in Kashmir valley reopened nearly five months after they were closed as a precautionary measure to contain teh spread of Covid-19.(Waseem Andrabi/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 16, 2020 06:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Srinagar | ByAshiq Hussain| Edited by Sabir Hussain

Travel for faith: NCR residents cross border to fulfil long pending meeting with almighty

As temples remained closed in NCR, residents are crossing the border to visit places of worship in the Capital, to seek blessings.

Devotees offer prayers inside Jhandewalan Temple after it opened to the public, post the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Jun 16, 2020 05:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAprajita Sharad, New Delhi

Call on reopening malls, hotels, borders on Saturday, says Delhi govt

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level meeting on Saturday to discuss the remaining parameters of unlocking Delhi under the Centre’s phase-1 guidelines and preparedness for handling Covid-19 patients.

Till Friday evening, the government had received more than 7.5 lakh responses from people regarding the opening of Delhi’s borders, which were shut for a week on Monday, and limiting city hospitals to residents of the Capital.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2020 03:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySweta Goswami, New Delhi

Health ministry issues SOPs for hotels, places of worship

The standard operating procedures (SOPs) came four days ahead of the opening of malls, religious places, and hotels and restaurants in several parts of the country from June 8 in the first phase of what the Centre calls Unlock 1, and gives a glimpse of life in the aftermath of a pandemic.

Staff at a Patna salon work wearing PPE.

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Updated on Jun 05, 2020 04:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRhythma Kaul, New Delhi

Under Unlock 1, Rajasthan will not allow religious places to reopen

All shops can open, government and private office can work in full capacity and travelling in private and commercial vehicles in registered capacity of the vehicles will be allowed, the Rajasthan government said.

A view of an illuminated dargah of Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.(PTI)

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Updated on May 31, 2020 05:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | BySachin Saini | Edited by Sabir Hussain

As govt relaxes lockdown, decision to reopen schools, colleges in July

All religious places, malls, hotels , restaurants and educational institutions have been shut since March during the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.

In north India, schools normally remain closed for summer holidays from mid May to the end of June.(File photo for representation)

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Updated on May 30, 2020 09:36 PM IST

Hindustan times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com| Edited by Sabir Hussain

Can refer legal questions to larger bench: Supreme Court in Sabarimala case

The court had observed that the practices entailing restriction on entry of women in places of worship was not limited to the Sabarimala case, but also arose in respect of three other cases.

On November 14, 2019, a five-judge bench that heard the Sabarimala review petitions framed seven questions to be answered by a larger bench, resulting in the constitution of a nine-judge bench.(Reuters Photo)

india news

Updated on Feb 10, 2020 06:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByMurali Krishnan

China jails Christian pastor for 9 years on subversion charges

Wang Yi, a founding pastor of China’s Early Rain Covenant Church in the city of Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province was among several church members picked up in overnight raids last year.

world news

Updated on Dec 30, 2019 06:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Beijing | BySutirtho Patranobis

On gender, the Supreme Court should lead. Society will follow

The exercise of a man’s religious freedom cannot result in the violation of a woman’s right to religious freedom

Women from diverse faiths look up to the courts to be able to freely exercise their rights. This demand for change is led by women who are religious(Kunal Patil / Hindustan Times)

analysis

Updated on Nov 20, 2019 07:17 PM IST

ByZakia Soman

Citing Akshardham attack of 2002, Biju Janata Dal defends demolition around Jagannath temple

The BJD has hailed the demolition drive that generated political heat as a ‘bold and laudable’ move for the purpose of crafting better security infrastructure around the Jagannath temple

The ruling party jumped to defend Naveen Patnaik government’s demolition drive around the Jagannath temple on Friday(ANI Photo)

india news

Updated on Sep 07, 2019 08:34 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | ByDebabrata Mohanty

Golden Temple illuminates on 415th anniversary of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Parkash Parv

The Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, shone brighter as it was illuminated by lights and candles on the occasion of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Parkash Utsav.

The Golden Temple on the occasion of the 415th anniversary of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Parkash Parv in Amritsar.(ANI)

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Updated on Sep 01, 2019 06:21 PM IST

Amritsar | ByAsian News International

Muslims praying at site doesn’t give them right to claim, SC told

Basing his argument on the photographs of the disputed site taken in 1990, the lawyer said photos of pillars, motifs, inscriptions at the disputed site show that the structure was primarily Hindu.

india news

Updated on Aug 17, 2019 02:40 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

55-year-old booked for refusing woman to offer prayers, hurling caste-based slurs

Stating that the suspect has been identified as Devendra Kumar, police said he was called in for questioning and later let off after serving a notice. An FIR has been lodged in the case on the basis of the complaint filed by the woman.

The Ghaziabad police booked a 55-year-old caretaker of a place of worship for allegedly hurling casteist comments and not allowing a 50-year-old woman to offer prayers.(HT Photo/ Representational Image)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2019 11:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad | ByHT Correspondent

A mosque sans Muslims stands tall in this Ludhiana village

“The mosque has always been here. No one has ever talked of demolishing it. It is the house of God,” said Dhanwant Kaur, 95, who had come to the village from Sialkot.

The mosque at Village Hedon Bet of District Ludhiana in Punjab.(Keshav Singh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 19, 2019 02:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByArshdeep Arshi

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP asks EC to stop religious bodies from issuing vote diktat

The delegation, led by BJP’s state spokesperson, Pratul Shahdeo, demanded the commission to deploy observers and camera men at these religious places and institutions, which issue diktat to people to vote for a particular political party during prayer meetings.

A delegation of BJP’s state unit submitted complaint with the election commission highlighting that religious institutions and places of worship were being used as a forum to coerce people to vote for a particular political party.(Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on May 05, 2019 03:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByBedanti Saran

PM Modi condemns New Zealand attack, says violence has no place in democracy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed “deep shock and sadness” over the death of scores of people in the heinous terrorist attack in New Zealand.

india news

Updated on Mar 15, 2019 07:35 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Mumbai’s 135-yr-old ‘Blue Synagogue’ gets ₹5-crore facelift

The synagogue was built in 1884 and was a place of worship for the Baghdadi Jewish community.

The newly restored Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue at Fort.(Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 06, 2019 08:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByYesha Kotak, Mumbai

Attack on Kolhapur Christian prayer meet: Six ‘right-wing’ suspects detained

A 40-member Christian religious gathering was attacked by a dozen masked attackers with broken beer bottles, iron rods, swords and choppers

Senior officials, who asked not to be identified, said the suspects are likely to be arrested after their interrogation is over(HT/PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2018 02:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByHT Correspondent

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A woman who complained of the same symptoms was admitted in one of these hospitals on Sunday afternoon and died this morning

On the occasion of Somvati Amavasya, members of one group allegedly entered the Kanifnath Devasthan and performed religious rituals,” said a senior police official. “They used loudspeakers during their rituals, to which villagers from the other religion objected, leading to a communal clash

The 1991 law locks the religious identity of a place of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947, and makes it punishable to attempt to change its character.

The Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend posted a copy of the scam advertisement with the words “Scam Alert” on its website and social media platforms, warning its promise of “Ticket Free, Visa Free, Food Free Job Alert” was fake

The videos, which were created by morphing photos, went viral on various social media platforms, causing concern among their respective political parties and followers

The arrested driver told the police that Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh handed him his own mobile phone in a bid to throw off the teams chasing them

The validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is pending a challenge in the top court based on a petition filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.

The Sena leader had a poser for his political rival: when will the BJP be able to overcome genuine challenges such as the battle against Covid-19 and revive a shrinking economy?

As per the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) laid down by the Maharashtra government, religious places located in the containment zones have not been allowed to open. Only asymptomatic people will be allowed inside places of worship, and they will have to enter in a staggered manner.

Religious places in Maharashtra will reopen on November 16 as per the instructions issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).

Wearing masks while visiting religious places will be compulsory. Devotees have also been asked to avoid crowding.

Thackeray also appealed to the public to celebrate a firecracker-free Diwali and took a veiled dig at the BJP over a Metro rail project

On August 4, the government had announced that all religious places and places of worship in Kashmir would be reopened from August 16 but detailed Covid-19 SOPs would have to be followed.

As temples remained closed in NCR, residents are crossing the border to visit places of worship in the Capital, to seek blessings.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level meeting on Saturday to discuss the remaining parameters of unlocking Delhi under the Centre’s phase-1 guidelines and preparedness for handling Covid-19 patients.

The standard operating procedures (SOPs) came four days ahead of the opening of malls, religious places, and hotels and restaurants in several parts of the country from June 8 in the first phase of what the Centre calls Unlock 1, and gives a glimpse of life in the aftermath of a pandemic.

All shops can open, government and private office can work in full capacity and travelling in private and commercial vehicles in registered capacity of the vehicles will be allowed, the Rajasthan government said.

All religious places, malls, hotels , restaurants and educational institutions have been shut since March during the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.

The court had observed that the practices entailing restriction on entry of women in places of worship was not limited to the Sabarimala case, but also arose in respect of three other cases.

Wang Yi, a founding pastor of China’s Early Rain Covenant Church in the city of Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province was among several church members picked up in overnight raids last year.

The exercise of a man’s religious freedom cannot result in the violation of a woman’s right to religious freedom

The BJD has hailed the demolition drive that generated political heat as a ‘bold and laudable’ move for the purpose of crafting better security infrastructure around the Jagannath temple

The Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, shone brighter as it was illuminated by lights and candles on the occasion of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Parkash Utsav.

Basing his argument on the photographs of the disputed site taken in 1990, the lawyer said photos of pillars, motifs, inscriptions at the disputed site show that the structure was primarily Hindu.

Stating that the suspect has been identified as Devendra Kumar, police said he was called in for questioning and later let off after serving a notice. An FIR has been lodged in the case on the basis of the complaint filed by the woman.

“The mosque has always been here. No one has ever talked of demolishing it. It is the house of God,” said Dhanwant Kaur, 95, who had come to the village from Sialkot.

The delegation, led by BJP’s state spokesperson, Pratul Shahdeo, demanded the commission to deploy observers and camera men at these religious places and institutions, which issue diktat to people to vote for a particular political party during prayer meetings.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed “deep shock and sadness” over the death of scores of people in the heinous terrorist attack in New Zealand.

The synagogue was built in 1884 and was a place of worship for the Baghdadi Jewish community.

A 40-member Christian religious gathering was attacked by a dozen masked attackers with broken beer bottles, iron rods, swords and choppers

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