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Bihar crime news

11 Aug 2022

A temple priest was brutally killed in Bettiah, Bihar

A sensational news has come out from Bettiah in Bihar. A temple priest was brutally killed in Bettiah. Along with this, the criminals cut off the head of the priest and threw it in another temple.

07 Jul 2022

Priest beaten to death by mentally unstable man in Delhi

A 62-year-old priest was beaten to death by a mentally unstable man in East Delhi. A police team which was immediately dispatched to the spot found the injured priest identified as Soni Ram. The police then lodged an FIR of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code with the local police station.

Puri Jaganath Temple

25 May 2022

Priest's son shot dead in front of Jagannath temple, Police cites the reason..

The son of the priest of the Jagannath temple was shot dead. The police force reached the spot to investigate the murder. The police have already arrested the accused.

07 Oct 2021

History created in Kolkata Durga Puja

The 66 parish in South Kolkata is set to create history by giving the responsibility of worship to four women. A group of women in Kolkata are set to create history during the upcoming Durga Puja in Kolkata by breaking into a male bastion. The group, led by priest Nandini Bhowmik and his associates - Ruma, Semanti and Poulami - will be responsible for all the rituals in the five-day festival at 66 Palli.

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12 Oct 2020

UP Priest Shot At Allegedly Over Land Dispute

Samarth Das (35), a priest of Ram Janki temple in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Gonda district, was shot at by armed assailants while he was sleeping in an open verandah on the temple premises on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, said police.

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11 Oct 2020

UP : Gonda priest shot over land dispute; 2 arrested

A priest in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda was shot at late last night, following which he was rushed to hospital.

10 Oct 2020

Rajasthan temple priest murder: Victim's family refuses to perform last rites

Family members of temple priest Babulal, who was allegedly burnt alive by land encroachers in Karauli's Bukna village on Thursday (October 8) night, have refused to perform the last rites of his body till all their demands are met by the state government.

09 Oct 2020

Temple priest burnt alive over property dispute in Rajasthan

The priest had reportedly resisted an attempt to encroach on a piece of land. The incident happened on Wednesday at Bukna village in Sapotra. He succumbed to his injuries at Jaipur's SMS hospital on Thursday night.

26 Sep 2018

Kerala: Two prominent Syrian church priests join BJP

Fr Kizhakkedam said more people from the minority community are ready to join the party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.

29 Dec 2017

Priest murdered in Andhra Pradesh's Rajamhandravaram

A priest was allegedly killed by some unidentified persons last night here, police said today.

09 Dec 2017

After 60 years, priest jailed for life for murdering Texas beauty queen who came to him for confession

John Feit, a visiting priest in McAllen, Texas, was convicted on Thursday of premeditated murder in the death of Irene Garza, then 25 in 1960.

Pandharpur temple priest

20 May 2017

Pandharpur temple priest suspended for assaulting devotee

"The priest Ashok Bhadage, stands suspended. We cannot tolerate such violent behaviour within the temple premises," Solapur district Collector Rajendra Bhosale told PTI.

21 Dec 2016

Kerala priest donates kidney to Muslim woman, saves her life

A clergyman in Kerala has donated his kidney to a Muslim woman who was suffering from kidney ailments for the last four years and saved her life, hospital authorities said on Wednesday.

26 Oct 2016

Priest sexually assaults 21-year-old girl in Kerala's Kannur, victim forced to withdraw complaint

A 41-year-old Catholic priest has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21-year-old seminary student here.

07 Sep 2016

Man beaten to death by 'priest', transgender in Thane

A 25-year-old man, allegedly suffering from mental illness was allegedly killed after he was thrashed by three persons, including a "priest", who claimed to treat him through black magic and witchcraft, police said on Wednesday.

28 Jul 2016

Second French church attacker was known to police: Report

Police have identified the second assailant who attacked a church in northern France this week as a 19-year-old known to security services as suspected of having Islamist militant links, sources said on Thursday.

12 May 2016

Priest held on charge of raping minor in Delhi

A temple priest has been arrested on the charge of raping a minor girl in west Delhi, police said on Thursday.

Simhastha Kumbh Mela

05 May 2016

Simhastha Kumbh Mela in MP: Seven people killed, over 80 injured as tents collapse in thunderstorm

The month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Ujjain early on last Friday with the arrival of Juna Akhara for the royal bath on the banks of the Kshipra river.

02 May 2016

Ex-Australian priest John Joseph Farrell sentenced for child abuse

An Australian court on Monday sentenced a former Catholic priest to 29 years in prison for sexually abusing a dozen children between 1979 and 1988.

10 Nov 2015

Marriages without priest cannot be declared as illegal: Madras HC

Madras High Court has upheld an amendment made in the year 1968 to simplify Hindu marriages.

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