Jaipur: Khadims (priests) at the dargah (shrine) of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer have decided not to assist Pakistani pilgrims in offering prayers at the shrine. Several groups of khadims have decided to join the increasing protests against the killing of Sarabjit.
About 640 pilgrims from Pakistan will be visiting Rajasthan's Ajmer town later this week. The pilgrims are expected to arrive in Ajmer May 12, 2013 to participate in the 801st Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti. Ahead of the Pakistanis' visit, various organisations -- including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Shiv Sena and the BJP -- have been staging demonstrations in Ajmer, some 150 km from Jaipur. The Pakistani delegation is likely to stay here for a week.
"We have decided not to assist any of the Pakistani pilgrims in offering prayers at the shrine. Prayers are not possible without khadims. We demand that the Indian government does not provide visas to any of the pilgrims," said a khadim. He added that the visit could be a conspiracy by the Pakistani government to increase communal disharmony in India.
Another khadim, Natik Chisty, said the anger is brewing over Sarabjit's death, so visa should not be granted to Pak pilgrims. The Shiv Sena staged a protest May 2, 2013 at the Ajmer district headquarters, demanding withdrawal of visas to the Pakistani group coming to Ajmer. The Yuva Jat Mahasabha has also threatened to show black flags to Pakistani citizens in Ajmer....
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Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray lauded Diwan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti dargah in Ajmer for showing courage in opposing the visit by Pakistan Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to the shrine on Saturday. "With his patriotic fervour and love of the country, the diwan has shown that he is a real "jewel" of the country and should be conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour," Thackeray...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday prayed at the Ajmer Sharif shrine for peace in his country during his short visit to Ajmer and Jaipur, where External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hosted lunch for him but no bilateral issue including terrorism was discussed. ...
06:32 PM, Mar 09, 2013
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06:16 PM, Mar 09, 2013
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05:49 PM, Mar 08, 2013
The National Investigation Agency arrested one person from Vadodara on Thursday in connection with the 2007 Ajmer blasts case. Mafat Lal is said to be a suspected right-wing terrorist. Lal alias Mehul will be taken to a special NIA court in Jaipur which is hearing the case, official sources said. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 07, 2013
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, two minors were reportedly kidnapped near the dargah of Moinuddin Chisthi at Ajmer on Sunday. One of the abductions was caught on CCTV. The CCTV footage showed a man in a monk's robes asking a woman to bring food for him. As she goes away, the man walks-off with her two-year-old son. The police are now on the lookout for the kidnapper. Meanwhile, in...
08:12 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Jaipur: A six-month old boy, who was abducted by a woman from Ajmer dargarh premises, was recovered on Wednesday in Rajsthan's Bikaner district, police said. The couple who had kidnapped Nasir in the wee hours of Tuesday was also detained from Borunda village on Bikaner-Nagaur border. Following a tip off, a team of Nagaur police went to the village in Bikaner and recovered the boy, who is in the safe...
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09:12 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Washington: Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the US media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism. "No breakthroughs were announced, but both sides hailed the meeting as a sign of easing tensions along one of the world's most dangerous borders," The Los Angeles Times...
10:53 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would lose the Shiv Sena's support if he pressed for the relaxation of visa procedures for Pakistanis wanting to visit the Ajmer dargah in Rajasthan, party chief Bal Thackeray said on Thursday. "If he (Modi) errs, we shall not support him. I will not allow my country and Hindutva to be sullied by this," Thackeray said, referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party leader's demand....
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Jaipur: A CBI court on Saturday extended the judicial remand of Swami Aseemanand and three other accused in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case till May 27. Besides right-wing activist Aseemanand, who is also allegedly involved in several terror cases, the other three accused in the Ajmer blast are Bharati Bhai, Harshad Solanki and Mukesh Vasaani. The CBI court extended the judicial remand of all the four accused to May...
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Jaipur: A CBI court on Saturday rejected the bail application of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case. The court also extended his custody till the next date of hearing which has been fixed for May 14. Aseemanand had moved the bail application on the grounds that he had been kept in custody for more then 90 days and that probe agencies had failed to file a charge...
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chaadar and roses. ...
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