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Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday said that Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh would together script a new model of good governance and religious tourism, drawing inspiration from shared cultural heritage and development initiatives. CM Yadav made this remark during his visit to the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. The CM reached Varanasi to participate in the MP-UP Cooperation Conference to highlight inves ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday said that Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh would together script a new model of good governance and religious tourism, drawing inspiration from shared cultural heritage and development initiatives. CM Yadav made this remark during his visit to the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. The CM reached Varanasi to participate in the MP-UP Cooperation Conference to highlight inves ...Read More >
Lahore: Around 3,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims are expected to visit Pakistan to participate in the Baisakhi festival starting on April 10, an official said on Monday. The main ceremony will be held on April 14 at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal, in the country's Punjab province. "As many as 3,000 Sikh yatrees are arriving here from India in connection with Baisakhi festivities," Evacuee Trust Property Board spokesperson Ghulam Mohyuddin told PTI. Baisakhi is celebrated on the first day of the m ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Monday demanded that the Karnataka government immediately initiate construction of the long-pending Haj Bhavan in Mangaluru and facilitate direct Haj flights from the city's international airport. Addressing a press conference at the Haj Bhavan premises, SDPI Mangaluru Rural district president Anwar Sadath criticised successive governments for delaying the project for decades, reducing it to mere electoral assurances. "Pilgrims from coast ...Read More >
Bhopal, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will attend the 'Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh Cooperation Conference' in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday. The conference, aimed at strengthening partnerships in trade, investment, and skills between the two neighbouring states, will also witness the signing of agreements between the Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments across several sectors, including trade, industrial investment, skill development, handicrafts promotion, ...Read More >
During the meeting, the chief minister highlighted Uttarakhand's strategic location, the availability of trained human resources and developed industrial infrastructure, as he requested for policy support from the Centre for the setting up of defence production units. He also proposed the establishment of defence equipment production hubs in Kotdwar, Haridwar and Dehradun. Dhami further requested the extension of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, currently operational between D ...Read More >
KARIMNAGAR: A long-standing land dispute between the forest department and the Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy Temple management in Jagtial district is moving towards resolution, with the district forest officer (DFO), M. Ravi Prasad, seeking a joint inspection by the Survey and Land Records Department to demarcate boundaries between forest land and temple property. The dispute intensified after the forest department issued a show-cause notice alleging that the temple had encroached upon about six ac ...Read More >
Dehradun, Dec 17 (PTI) As Delhi virtually disappears behind its annual smog and toxic air chokes its residents, many heading for a sojourn in Dehradun seeking clean air may have to think twice. In the past two days, the Air Quality Index in Dehradun, nested in the mountain ranges of the Himalaya, slipped into the 'poor' category -- indicating that pollution is not limited to the plains. According to experts, the main reasons for the increasing pollution in Dehradun include the growing volume o ...Read More >
Dehradun, Dec 17 (PTI) As Delhi virtually disappears behind its annual smog and toxic air chokes its residents, many heading for a sojourn in Dehradun seeking clean air may have to think twice. In the past two days, the Air Quality Index in Dehradun, nested in the mountain ranges of the Himalaya, slipped into the 'poor' category -- indicating that pollution is not limited to the plains. According to experts, the main reasons for the increasing pollution in Dehradun include the growing volume o ...Read More >
A tragic road accident involving a bus carrying Urs pilgrims resulted in four fatalities and 11 serious injuries. The collision happened on the Basti-Lumbini Road, causing a major casualty incident. Among the deceased were two passengers and both drivers involved in the accident. In a tragic incident on the Basti-Lumbini Road, a bus carrying Urs pilgrims collided head-on with a truck, leading to four fatalities and 11 serious injuries, according to local police authorities. The accident took p ...Read More >
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): At least four people were killed and 20 others injured after a truck collided with a bus carrying pilgrims late on Monday night at the Hardiya intersection under the Basti Sadar police station area. District Magistrate Kritika Jyotsna said the accident occurred late in the night, leaving four pilgrims dead on the spot. Of the injured, three were referred to higher medical centres, while 17 others are undergoing treatment at local hospitals and a ...Read More >
The annual martyrdom congregation in memory of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh - the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh - and their grandmother Mata Gujri will begin at Fatehgarh Sahib on December 25 and continue till December 27. Chairing a meeting of the concerned officials, Mann said around 50 lakh devotees are expected for the 'Shaheedi Sabha' for whom foolproof arrangements should be made, according to an official statement.Major focus should also be laid on their security along with the clea ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 16 (PTI) At least 25 people were killed and 59 injured in a series of fog-linked road accidents across Uttar Pradesh, with the worst tragedy unfolding on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, where a multi-vehicle pile-up turned into an inferno, police said on Tuesday. The maximum number of 13 fatalities was reported from Mathura, while four people each were killed in Basti and Unnao and two each in Meerut and Barabanki. According to officials, all the incidents were linked to poor vis ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Haj Committee has announced the release of the third waiting list of pilgrims for Haj 2026. State Haj Committee Chairman Syed Ghulam Afzal Biyabani Khusro Pasha said the waiting list includes applicants ranging from serial numbers 2,849 to 3,733. The Chairman asked the selected Haj pilgrims to pay their first and second instalments as early as possible. According to the Haj Committee, the intending Haj pilgrims selected from the waiting list were asked to pay a to ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 17 (ANI): Telangana Government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the 45 people killed in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia. According to the Telangana CMO, the state cabinet announced to provide ex-gratia to the bereaved families in a meeting held at the secretariat on Monday. Also Read | Food Poisoning in Mumbai: 5 Children Fall Ill After Eating Samosa at KVK School Canteen in Ghatkopar. The state government has also decided ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (UNI) In a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia, 45 Indian pilgrims from Hyderabad lost their lives when their bus collided with a diesel tanker in the early hours of Monday. According to a statement from the Telangana Haj Committee, all the deceased were residents of Hyderabad including 17 men, 18 women and 10 children. The pilgrims had left the city on November 9 for Umrah through four different travel agencies. The accident occurred nearly 25 km from Medina, after the grou ...Read More >
The sanctum sanctorum of the temple would be opened in the evening under the aegis of the current temple 'tantri' (head priest) and the 'melshanthi' (chief priest) would lead the rituals. With just a day left for the commencement of the annual pilgrimage season, arrangements are in full swing in Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple to welcome lakhs of devotees from across the world. The 41-day-long Mandala pilgrimage season will begin on Monday, the first day of Malayalam month of Vrichikam and the ...Read More >
Around 20 people, including children, were travelling from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district to Ramdevra in Rajasthan when a truck loaded with millet sacks rammed into their tempo, which was coming from the opposite direction on NH-125 near Khari Beri village in Balesar, around 5.30 am. "The impact was severe as the front portion of the tempo was completely crushed, while the truck overturned after the collision," an officer said. According to police officers, three people died on the spot, and t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has signed the bilateral Hajj Agreement in Jeddah, with the country's quota for India confirmed at 175,025 for the pilgrimage in 2026. Rijiju, who was on an official visit to Saudi Arabia from November 7 to 9, held a bilateral meeting with the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah, in Jeddah on Sunday. During the meeting, both ministers reviewed the ongoing Hajj preparations, discussed measures to enhance coordination an ...Read More >
Thimphu [Bhutan], November 11 (ANI): India's Ambassador to Bhutan, Sandeep Arya said that the Global Peace Prayer Festival is an unprecedented event in the past from the past history of Bhutan. Arya, while speaking to ANI, said that it is an honour for India to participate in this peace festival. "There are two aspects to the significance of the visit. One is the it's a very, very special time at which the visit is taking place. There is something called Global Peace Prayer Festival, which Bhu ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from NHAI and the Road Transport Ministry over the Phalodi road accident in Rajasthan that killed 15 people, directing them to survey the area and report on highway conditions within two weeks. The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the National Highways Authority of India and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a suo motu case in connection with an accident in Rajasthan's Phalodi area that claimed 15 lives. A bench of Justices J ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, along with other apex court judges, participated in a community 'langar' at the Supreme Court canteen on Tuesday to mark the celebration of Guru Nanak Jayanti. CJI-designate Justice Surya Kant was also present during the occasion, which witnessed judges and staff coming together to observe the spiritual and communal aspects of the festival. Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Woman Among 10 arrested for Plotting Husband's Kidnapp ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of 170 Sikh devotees departed for Pakistan from Delhi's historic Gurdwara Rakabganj on Monday to visit Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, and Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal, ahead of Guru Nanak Jayanti, or Prakash Parv, which will be celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm across India on November 5. Before their departure, the devotees participated in an Ardaas (prayer) ceremony held at Gurdwara Rakabganj. The event was attende ...Read More >
Kochi: At least two persons have been arrested so far by the Kerala high court-constituted special investigation team (SIT), which has been probing the misappropriation of gold from the gold-plated copper sheets covering the 'Dwarapalaka' sculptures and the side frames of the sanctum sanctorum at the Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa temple - a case that has escalated into a major political controversy in the state ahead of crucial local body polls. The temple on the hill of Sabarimala, where the presidi ...Read More >
Dehradun, Oct 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The relentless efforts of the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP government to promote tourism and pilgrimage in Uttarakhand are coming to fruition, with more than 23 crore tourists arriving in the hill state during the last three years, government officials said, quoting the data released by the Tourism department. This fresh surge in tourism has not only supported the livelihood of homestay, hotel, dhaba operators, women self-help groups as well as businessmen emplo ...Read More >
MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath conducted an aerial survey of the Kartik Mela arrangements in Garhmukteshwar, Hapur, on Sunday, before performing the Ganga Aarti at the ghats. During the inspection, he assessed sector-wise planning, traffic control, barricading, sanitation and law-and-order measures at the fairground.The CM also chaired a review meeting with senior officials from Meerut division and Hapur district, directing them to ensure the safety and convenience of lakhs ...Read More >
Two months after 34 pilgrims were killed in landslide en route to shrine, Katra sub judge calls for report from Reasi SSP, Bhawan SHO on complaint that shrine board officials be booked for criminal negligence. A Katra court on Friday called for the action taken report from the Jammu and Kashmir Police on a complaint seeking that the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) officials be booked for alleged criminal negligence that resulted in the death of 34 pilgrims in a landslide en route t ...Read More >
JAMMU: A court in Katra town of J&K's Reasi district has asked police to submit an action taken report (ATR) over a complaint seeking an FIR against Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) officials for alleged criminal negligence that resulted in the deaths of 34 pilgrims en route to the cave shrine in a landslide on Aug 26.After going through the contents of the complaint, sub-judge Sidhant Vaid said since more than one and a half months had passed since the filing of the application, he ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 24: In a move aimed at enhancing passenger convenience and strengthening regional connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northern Railways on Friday announced that the Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat Express will now halt at Reasi Railway Station from October 29, 2025. Officials said the decision comes in response to growing local demand from residents, pilgrims, and tourists seeking easier access to Reasi district known for its religious significance and proximity to the world's high ...Read More >
Lakshman Jhula stood for nearly a century as a symbol of faith, resilience, and spirituality. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Rishikesh will soon open Bajrang Setu, replacing the nearly century-old Lakshman Jhula bridge * The new bridge features 1.5-metre-wide glass walkways offering views of the Ganga river below * Bajrang Setu will improve connectivity and boost tourism, blending modern design with spiritual heritage Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Swi ...Read More >
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