Taking a dig at the AAP government in Delhi over the Rs-18,000 honorarium announced for priests and granthis, Delhi Congress President Devender Yadav questioned the ruling party on the pending wages of imams for which they had to stage protest.
A priest, who allegedly outraged the modesty of a minor girl during the Kali Puja, was arrested by the police yesterday evening.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das on Monday said that with the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, Ram Rajya will begin and all the inequalities will be over.
Meanwhile, the church authorities have clarified that Father Shaiju Kurian has been removed from his position not for his joining the BJP.
The Odisha police have arrested a traditional healer and her three sons for allegedly killing a 14-year-old boy in the state's Angul district, police said on Monday.
A priest of a temple in Ayodhya was found hanging in his room, police said on Tuesday.
Pandit Giriraj Sharma was admitted to a hospital here with over 60 percent burns. His condition is stated to be serious.
The priest will be produced before a local court later in the day, said the police.
The four arrested persons have been identified as Radhey Shyam, the 55-year-old priest of the crematorium, and Salim, Laxmi Narayan and Kuldeep, said Ingit Pratap Singh, DCP, South West Delhi.
"Multiple people are working for more than eight hours wearing headphones and in front of laptops. This is putting a lot of stress on their ears and unsterilised earbuds or ear-plugs could spread infection."
