Worship Places

The severed head of a man was found at the idol's feet at a roadside place of worship in Telangana yesterday, prompting police to form eight teams to confirm the man's identity and find what led to the gruesome crime.

A Hindu temple has been vandalised in Bangladesh in a fresh case of communal unrest amidst days of violence unleashed by unidentified Muslim attackers who went after the minority Hindu community's places of worship during the Durga Puja celebrations.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today permitted all places of worship to open on all days of the week.

All places of worship will reopen in Maharashtra from October 7, the first day of Navratri, the Chief Minister's Office tweeted this evening. All COVID-19 safety rules would be followed.

The Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government to take a decision on a representation seeking that visitors to religious places be allowed, subject to strict compliance of COVID-19 protocol.

The Delhi government should consider allowing worship at religious places in the national capital while "respecting COVID-19 protocols", former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph (retired) said in a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Temples reopened after a gap of about four months in Patna on Thursday following the state government's decision to allow more relaxations in Covid-induced restrictions and let places of worship reopen.

Delhi court has sentenced a priest to life imprisonment for raping two minor girls in a temple, noting that he did not even care for the faith attached to his office as a priest and desecrated the place of worship

COVID-19 news: The Rajasthan government has allowed places of worship to reopen but with strict Covid protocols. The Pushkar Temple, Ajmer Sharif Dargah among others reopened on Monday

Cinemas, places of worship, malls, bars and salons must be shut effective April 26, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Saturday reintroducing more curbs following surging COVID-19 cases.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a series of restrictions including night curfew across the state, as Covid cases showed a sharp spike.

The Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Friday to a plea filed before it challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.

The government on Thursday said there were reports of atrocities on minorities and vandalism of their places of worship in Pakistan and Islamabad has been asked to expeditiously bring the perpetrators of such despicable acts to justice.

Mizoram has decided to allow reopening of schools for classes 10 and 12 from January 22, and places of worship from February, officials said on Friday.

A 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and murdered allegedly by three men including an occultist and his two disciples on Sunday night in western Uttar Pradesh's Budaun district. Two men have been arrested and a case has been registered against them, police said.

The severed head of a man was found at the idol's feet at a roadside place of worship in Telangana yesterday, prompting police to form eight teams to confirm the man's identity and find what led to the gruesome crime.

A Hindu temple has been vandalised in Bangladesh in a fresh case of communal unrest amidst days of violence unleashed by unidentified Muslim attackers who went after the minority Hindu community's places of worship during the Durga Puja celebrations.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today permitted all places of worship to open on all days of the week.

All places of worship will reopen in Maharashtra from October 7, the first day of Navratri, the Chief Minister's Office tweeted this evening. All COVID-19 safety rules would be followed.

The Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government to take a decision on a representation seeking that visitors to religious places be allowed, subject to strict compliance of COVID-19 protocol.

The Delhi government should consider allowing worship at religious places in the national capital while "respecting COVID-19 protocols", former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph (retired) said in a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Temples reopened after a gap of about four months in Patna on Thursday following the state government's decision to allow more relaxations in Covid-induced restrictions and let places of worship reopen.

Delhi court has sentenced a priest to life imprisonment for raping two minor girls in a temple, noting that he did not even care for the faith attached to his office as a priest and desecrated the place of worship

COVID-19 news: The Rajasthan government has allowed places of worship to reopen but with strict Covid protocols. The Pushkar Temple, Ajmer Sharif Dargah among others reopened on Monday

Cinemas, places of worship, malls, bars and salons must be shut effective April 26, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Saturday reintroducing more curbs following surging COVID-19 cases.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a series of restrictions including night curfew across the state, as Covid cases showed a sharp spike.

The Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Friday to a plea filed before it challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.

The government on Thursday said there were reports of atrocities on minorities and vandalism of their places of worship in Pakistan and Islamabad has been asked to expeditiously bring the perpetrators of such despicable acts to justice.

Mizoram has decided to allow reopening of schools for classes 10 and 12 from January 22, and places of worship from February, officials said on Friday.

A 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and murdered allegedly by three men including an occultist and his two disciples on Sunday night in western Uttar Pradesh's Budaun district. Two men have been arrested and a case has been registered against them, police said.