Sabarimala: Last year, this place suffered a terrible tragedy when 102 people died in a stampede. But pilgrims are still thronging the Sabarimala temple, the revered Hindu shrine situated in the Western Ghats in central Kerala. What is more, the temple these days is experiencing an excess of everything - from snakes to pickpockets to its earnings in the current pilgrim season. The authorities of the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB)...
06:32 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala is keenly pursuing measures to make people in Tamil Nadu aware of the earnest attempts being made by the Kerala Government to ensure waters from Mullaperiyar to that state, even while raising the demand for a new dam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. He said that the government would also ensure the safety of Sabarimala pilgrims and Tamil people living in the state. Addressing a meet...
03:59 AM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday demanded that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa extend subsidy for travel of Hindus to Kailash and Manasarovar in Tibet on the lines of her assistance to Christians to take pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Swamy also threatened to challenge her move to provide financial assistance to Christians if she did not announce a similar scheme for Hindus. "If she fails to do,...
07:47 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Sabarimala: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president M Rajagopalan Nair would seek Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's assistance to take up the issue of safety and smooth passage of Sabarimala pilgrims through the border check-posts with his counterpart in Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa. Talking to newsmen in Sabarimala on Wednesday, Rajagopalan Nair said that he would meet Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Devaswom Minister VS Sivakumar on taking up the matter...
07:49 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Mecca: Adalet Gigek sat impatiently in a crowded hotel lobby, waiting for the minibus to take her to Mecca's Grand Mosque for noon prayers as millions of Muslims started arriving in Saudi Arabia before the annual haj pilgrimage which starts on Friday. She has spent five years hoping for the chance to fulfil her duty as a Muslim by performing haj and knows she will not be allowed to go...
02:02 AM, Nov 01, 2011
West Midnapore: A bus carrying Puri pilgrims collided with an oil tanker at Asari on National Highway 6 in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Thursday night. As many as 12 people were killed and 14 injured in the accident. The dead included eight women and a child. The victims were on their way from Haldia to Puri. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. ...
09:07 AM, Oct 21, 2011
Baghdad: A suicide bomber blew up a minibus in front of a restaurant used by Shi'ite pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Haswa on Thursday, killing four people and wounding 17 others, security sources said. The explosion took place about 50 km south of Baghdad and targeted pilgrims who were on their way to the southern holy city of Kerbala. "A suicide bomber in a minibus drove into a restaurant,...
03:20 AM, Sep 23, 2011
Islamabad: Gunmen opened fire on minority Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling through southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 26 people in an apparent sectarian attack, officials and survivors said. The pilgrims were traveling by bus through Mastung district in Baluchistan province on their way to the Iranian border when the attack occurred, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the vehicle, which was carrying at least 40 people. A pickup truck blocked the...
08:57 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Ahmedabad: Marked by active participation from members of both the communities, the 134th edition of Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra on Sunday passed off peacefully. The colourful procession, comprising 19 decorated elephants, 98 trucks mounted with tableau depicting Indian culture and three aesthetically decked chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balram and their sister Subhadra, moved past the communally-sensitive areas like Kalupur, Dariyapur and Shahpur which had in the past witnessed communal...
11:46 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Srinagar: The decision of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) to allocate some tickets for helicopter service for the annual yatra to travel and tourism associations has resulted in the pilgrims being overcharged for the service. The SASB has notified the rates for the helicopter service for both Baltal and Pahalgam routes leading to the 3880-metre high cave shrine but many pilgrims have complained that they were being charged 30 to...
12:10 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Hundreds of pilgrims to three Himalayan shrines have been stranded following closure of roads due to landslides. ...
01:03 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Dehra Dun: The Uttarakhand government on Thursday night issued a red alert following heavy rains in the state that left 10 people dead and triggered a series of landslides. An official statement said Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has advised the administration to issue red alert in sensitive zones particularly in Chardham and Kailash Mansarovar yatra areas. Nishank has also directed the district administration in these areas to stop leaves...
12:19 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra will now begin from June 15, it is learnt, after an agreement on Monday between Baba Amarnath Niyas (BAN) and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) to this effect. BAN, a conglomeration of various religious and social organisations, wanted the yatra from June 15, while the state government's position was that the pilgrimage could not start before the scheduled date of June 29. However, after day-long negotiations,...
10:11 AM, Jun 14, 2011
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