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"No Matter...": Thai Family Grieves For Daughter Who Died In South Korea Plane Crash
A family in northeastern Thailand are mourning the loss of Jongluk Duangmanee, one of two Thai nationals of the Jeju Air crash, and wish to bring her body home for a religious ceremony.
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"Lunatic": Top Religious Body Rejects Khalistani Terrorist Pannun's Threat To Maha Kumbh
The Akhada Parishad hit out at Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for trying to instigate division between communities after he allegedly issued a threat to target the Maha Kumbh in a video.
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VPN Use Violates Islamic Law, Rules Pakistan's Top Religious Body
In Pakistan, accessing blocked content via virtual private networks (VPNs) is prohibited under Shariah, or Islamic law, the country's top religious body has declared.
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Karnataka College 'Forces' Beard Trimming, J&K Students' Body Intervenes
On the intervention of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), dozens of students from J&K studying at the Government College of Nursing in Karnataka's Holenarasipura were allowed to keep their beards.
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"Public Safety Paramount, Temple, Dargah On Road Must Go": Supreme Court
Public safety is paramount and any religious structure encroaching upon a road, water bodies, or rail tracks must go, the Supreme Court said today.
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Sukhbir Badal, Accused Of Religious Misconduct, Appears Before Top Sikh Body
A day after the Akal Takht declared him guilty of religious misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before the highest temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the "mistakes" committed by the party a
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Top Sikh Body Sends Notice To Makers Of Kangana Ranaut-Starrer 'Emergency'
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sent a legal notice to the producers of the film "Emergency", which the apex religious body of the Sikhs claims misrepresents the character and history of Sikhs.
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"No Interference In Any Religious Body": Kiren Rijiju Defends Waqf Bill
Opposition parties led by the Congress joined ranks to protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today.
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Siblings, Aged 3 And 9, Among Children Killed In Hathras Stampede
A stampede at a religious congregation on Tuesday in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh killed 121 people, most of them women, as devotees suffocated to death and bodies piled atop each other.
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Hathras Stampede: Bodies On Ice Blocks, Families Wait For Autopsy
Scores of bodies were lying on blocks of ice inside the government hospital here on Tuesday night in the aftermath of the deadly stampede at a religious congregation, as the wailing relatives of the victims waited outside in drizzle to take mortal re
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Muslim Body Issues Fatwa Against Cutting Trees, Burning Crops
In a rare 'green' gesture, an Islamic seminary in Lucknow has issued a fatwa (an edict by a recognised religious authority on a point of Islamic law) asking people not to cut trees and burn crops as part of initiatives to curb global warming.
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Poll Body Censures Trinamool's Humayun Kabir For Threatening Rivals, Voters
The Election Commission on Saturday censured TMC leader Humayun Kabir for allegedly threatening voters and rival party workers through statements based on religious lines.
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"Biased Organisation": Indian Diaspora Body Slams US Government's Religious Freedom Report
Observing that the USCIRF's recent annual report that criticised India for alleged violations of religious freedom is based on omission and commission of facts utilising partial data, an Indian diaspora think-tank has urged the US to reject it.
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Sachin Pilot Seeks Poll Body Action Against BJP MLA Over "Conversion" Remark
An MLA from the ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh stoked a controversy after a purported video that went viral on Saturday showed him talking about "slitting throats" of those who indulge in religious conversion.
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"Don't Force Christian Traditions": Catholic Body To Its Schools
Catholic schools have been issued a comprehensive set of guidelines aimed at fostering inclusivity, respect for diverse faiths, and holistic education.
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"No Matter...": Thai Family Grieves For Daughter Who Died In South Korea Plane Crash
A family in northeastern Thailand are mourning the loss of Jongluk Duangmanee, one of two Thai nationals of the Jeju Air crash, and wish to bring her body home for a religious ceremony.
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"Lunatic": Top Religious Body Rejects Khalistani Terrorist Pannun's Threat To Maha Kumbh
The Akhada Parishad hit out at Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for trying to instigate division between communities after he allegedly issued a threat to target the Maha Kumbh in a video.
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VPN Use Violates Islamic Law, Rules Pakistan's Top Religious Body
In Pakistan, accessing blocked content via virtual private networks (VPNs) is prohibited under Shariah, or Islamic law, the country's top religious body has declared.
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Karnataka College 'Forces' Beard Trimming, J&K Students' Body Intervenes
On the intervention of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), dozens of students from J&K studying at the Government College of Nursing in Karnataka's Holenarasipura were allowed to keep their beards.
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"Public Safety Paramount, Temple, Dargah On Road Must Go": Supreme Court
Public safety is paramount and any religious structure encroaching upon a road, water bodies, or rail tracks must go, the Supreme Court said today.
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Sukhbir Badal, Accused Of Religious Misconduct, Appears Before Top Sikh Body
A day after the Akal Takht declared him guilty of religious misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before the highest temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the "mistakes" committed by the party a
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Top Sikh Body Sends Notice To Makers Of Kangana Ranaut-Starrer 'Emergency'
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sent a legal notice to the producers of the film "Emergency", which the apex religious body of the Sikhs claims misrepresents the character and history of Sikhs.
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"No Interference In Any Religious Body": Kiren Rijiju Defends Waqf Bill
Opposition parties led by the Congress joined ranks to protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today.
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Siblings, Aged 3 And 9, Among Children Killed In Hathras Stampede
A stampede at a religious congregation on Tuesday in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh killed 121 people, most of them women, as devotees suffocated to death and bodies piled atop each other.
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Hathras Stampede: Bodies On Ice Blocks, Families Wait For Autopsy
Scores of bodies were lying on blocks of ice inside the government hospital here on Tuesday night in the aftermath of the deadly stampede at a religious congregation, as the wailing relatives of the victims waited outside in drizzle to take mortal re
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Muslim Body Issues Fatwa Against Cutting Trees, Burning Crops
In a rare 'green' gesture, an Islamic seminary in Lucknow has issued a fatwa (an edict by a recognised religious authority on a point of Islamic law) asking people not to cut trees and burn crops as part of initiatives to curb global warming.
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Poll Body Censures Trinamool's Humayun Kabir For Threatening Rivals, Voters
The Election Commission on Saturday censured TMC leader Humayun Kabir for allegedly threatening voters and rival party workers through statements based on religious lines.
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"Biased Organisation": Indian Diaspora Body Slams US Government's Religious Freedom Report
Observing that the USCIRF's recent annual report that criticised India for alleged violations of religious freedom is based on omission and commission of facts utilising partial data, an Indian diaspora think-tank has urged the US to reject it.
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Sachin Pilot Seeks Poll Body Action Against BJP MLA Over "Conversion" Remark
An MLA from the ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh stoked a controversy after a purported video that went viral on Saturday showed him talking about "slitting throats" of those who indulge in religious conversion.
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"Don't Force Christian Traditions": Catholic Body To Its Schools
Catholic schools have been issued a comprehensive set of guidelines aimed at fostering inclusivity, respect for diverse faiths, and holistic education.
