Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival Hindus believe that bathing at the confluence will cleanse them of their sins and release them from the cycle of rebirth. World 14 Jan, 2025
Muslims in India, Bangladesh celebrate Eid subdued by virus DHAKA: Muslims in India and Bangladesh joined prayers to celebrate a subdued Eid-al Fitr on Monday, marking the end of the Ramadan holy month by seeking blessings for a world free from coronavirus. Across India, government leaders and imams appealed... Women 25 May, 2020
Seven religious congregation participants quarantined in Kailali DHANGADHI: The local administration in Kaliali district today quarantined seven persons, who had recently attended a religious congregation in Saptari district, after a dozen other participants were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Udayapur. Police... Travel 20 Apr, 2020
Settlement sealed after 11 Indians, one Nepali test positive for COVID-19 in Udayapur GAIGHAT: Udayapur District Administration Office has sealed off the settlement where 12 persons who tested positive for the coronavirus infection had been staying. Eleven Indian nationals and one Nepali who had been staying in a mosque at Bhulke,... Travel 18 Apr, 2020
One Nepali participant in religious congregation in India tests positive Kathmandu, April 4 A 66-year-old Nepali national from Parsa district, who had taken part in the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz in the Indian capitals’ Nizamuddin area tested positive for coronavirus. He is undergoing treatment in... Travel 05 Apr, 2020
11 Muslim religious leaders detained Bara, April 2 Eleven Muslim religious leaders of Saptari, who were returning home from India by secretly crossing the border, were detained and placed in quarantine in Bara. The religious leaders from Saptari’s Tilathi Koiladi Rural... Travel 03 Apr, 2020
Lockdown violated in the name of religious event, arrests made Rautahat, April 2 Locals in Rautahat have accused Muslim religious leaders of putting the community at risk by refusing to obey restrictive orders imposed to prevent possible coronavirus spread. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government had... Travel 03 Apr, 2020
11 participants of religious congregation quarantined in Parsa BIRGUNJ: As many as eleven persons from Saptari district, who had recently participated in a Muslim congregation in India and returned home after secretly crossing the border, have been placed in quarantine. According to Bara District Police... Travel 02 Apr, 2020
Nine participants of religious congregation quarantined Rajbiraj, April 1 Nine persons from Rajbiraj, Saptari, who had participated in a Muslim congregation in India and returned home after secretly crossing the border have been placed in quarantine. Police detained them from their homes and placed... Travel 02 Apr, 2020
Hindu monks push government to help build temple on disputed Indian site HARIDWAR: Hundreds of Hindu monks gathered under the banner of a group linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party on Thursday urged the government to help build a temple on a disputed religious site in the Indian town of...
