Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 22 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay an additional Rs 25 lakh as interim compensation to the family of Ajith Kumar, a 28-year-old temple guard who allegedly died due to custodial torture in Sivaganga district. This is in addition to … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) A Bengaluru civil court has issued an interim restraining order to prevent individuals and media outlets from spreading defamatory content against the Dharmasthala temple, its religious head D. Veerendra Heggade, and his family. The order was passed by the 11th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Dharmasthala temple management has welcomed the probe into the mass grave allegations in the region by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). The government had announced the formation of the SIT, headed by senior IPS officer Pronab Mohanty, on Sunday. K. Parshwanath Jain, spokesperson, Dharmasthala, in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A Delhi government Deputy Forest Officer and a Forest Guard were booked by the CBI for demanding and taking Rs 95,000 bribe from a temple priest in exchange for shielding the premises from demolition in the Old Rajinder Nagar area of the Ridge. Rajesh Tandon, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, July 19 (IANS) The hearing on the claim related to a Shiva temple within the Ajmer Dargah premises was postponed on Saturday. The civil court has now scheduled the next hearing for August 30. In anticipation of the proceedings, additional police force was deployed at the court premises alongside … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amritsar, July 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amritsar, July 18 (IANS) Punjab Police on Friday claimed to have detained an unemployed software engineer for his alleged role in sending emails threatening bomb attacks on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Bhullar said. He told the media here that software engineer Shubham Dubey has been … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Sunday, demanded that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin release a white paper detailing the lands and properties under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department. Senior BJP leader and spokesperson ANS Prasad, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against police personnel of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu in connection with the “custodial” death of a private security guard employed at the Madapuram Temple in Thiruppuvanam. The CBI has taken over the case under Section … Read more