Five pilgrims run over by train in Bihar
April 12th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 12 (IANS) Five Hindu pilgrims, including a woman, were Tuesday crushed to death by an express train in Bihar's Bagaha district, police said.Police officials said the five were ... Read more...
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Ramnavami festival celebrated across the county
March 24th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
Ayodhya/ Srinagar, March 24 (ANI): Devout Hindus in different parts of the country offered prayers in the temples on the occasion of Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, on Wednesday ... Read more...
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Kumbh calendar: Dates to watch out for (to go with Kumbh Mela stories)
January 1st, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Kumbh Mela, the largest religious gathering in the world, will begin in Hardwar Jan 14 and go on till April 28. Here are the important bathing dates ... Read more...
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President, vice-president, PM greet nation on Ramnavami
April 2nd, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of Ramnavami, which is celebrated as the birth ... Read more...
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Minors called for government mass marriage, officials embarrassed
April 15th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
Raipur, April 15 (IANS) Bureaucrats in Chhattisgarh were left red-faced after parents of 11 minors refused to go back after they were called with their children for a state-sponsored mass marriage function, ... Read more...
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Ramnavami procession attacked, 16 hurt in Jharkhand
April 15th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin
Ranchi, April 15 (IANS) At least 16 people were injured when bombs were hurled at a procession held during the Hindu festival of Ramnavami in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, the police said Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Parking row leads to communal violence in Gujarat town
April 14th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, April 14 (IANS) Violent clashes took place between groups of people from two communities in Visnagar town in north Gujarat Monday, but a procession on the Hindu festival of Ramnavami concluded ... Read more...
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Muslim family’s old association with Ramnavami
April 14th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin
Darbhanga (Bihar), April 14 (IANS) Keeping alive a decades-old tradition, a Muslim family in Bihar Monday celebrated Ramnavami, the birth anniversary of Hindu god Lord Ram, in yet another example of communal ... Read more...
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