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Days after UP govt orders removal of illegal loudspeakers, police directs
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 27 (ANI): Days after the Uttar Pradesh Home Department said that illegal loudspeakers and those flouting the noise limit standards will be removed from religious places across the state, the police said that the information is being given to temples, mo
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Devotees throng churches for Easter celebrations
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Kochi/Mumbai/Chennai/Goa [India] April 17 (ANI): As the festival of Easter is being celebrated on Sunday, devotees took part in mass and prayer sessions in churches across the country.
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Bengaluru Police issue notices to over 300 mosques, temples, others; asks
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 7 (ANI): Bengaluru Police on Thursday issued notices to 301 mosques, temples, churches, and other establishments to use their loudspeakers within the permissible decibel levels, said Kamal pant, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru on Thursday.
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Russia's Patriarch Kirill discusses situation in Ukraine with Pope Francis
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia discussed with Pope Francis the situation in Ukraine and the humanitarian efforts of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, the Russian Orthodox Church said on Wednesday.
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Allow believers in churches on Sundays: Kerala Bishop to CM
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 2 (ANI): Cardinal Mar George Alenchery, President of Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council wrote a letter to the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking to create an atmosphere for the believers to participate in worship at churches on Sundays.
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Chandigarh administration releases SOP for solemnising marriages
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 1 (ANI): Chandigarh administration has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all religious places such as temples, gurudwaras, mosques, churches and others for solemnising marriages.
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Maharashtra: With COVID restrictions in place, people offer Christmas pray
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 25 (ANI): With the Maharashtra government asking churches to permit devotees only uptil 50 per cent of their capacity for the midnight mass on the occasion of Christmas, some people flocked at a Mumbai church gate and offered prayers from the gate. Read More
Pune church celebrates Christmas following COVID protocols for 'good healt
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 25 (ANI): With the Maharashtra government asking the Churches in the state to allow only 50 per cent of the devotees in the Midnight mass prayers, the city Church is celebrating Christmas with all the COVID protocols for "good health of society".
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China adopts harsh measures to intimidate Catholic churches
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): China has adopted harsh measures against Catholic churches to sinicize Christians in the country.
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CM Jagan's plan to make Kadapa as biggest urban development authority an i
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lanka Dinakar on Sunday said Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's plan to make Kadapa as the biggest urban development authority was an "illusion" and the project was "not-operative."
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US condemns Myanmar security forces for 'abhorrent attacks' in Chin state
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): The United States on Sunday (local time) said it was "gravely concerned" by reports of human rights violations that Myanmar security forces have perpetuated in Chin State, including setting fire to and destroying over 100 residences and Christian churches.
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Indian Christians are very glad at PM Modi's meeting with our Pope: Head o
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 31 (ANI): Following the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis in the Vatican, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar and head of churches in Odisha Father John Barwa on Saturday said Indian Christians are very glad about the meeting.
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