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Topic: Bajrang Dal

Barred from namaz site, Muslims in Gurugram Sec 12 offer Friday prayers in school basement, shop

For the last few weeks, Hindu Right-wing groups have stopped Muslims from offering Friday prayers at public grounds, forcing them to look for alternatives.

Baba, laced ladoos, assault — Why Prakash Jha and Bobby Deol’s ‘Aashram’ angered Hindu groups

The Bajrang Dal said ashrams are sacred to Hindus and the name of Prakash Jha’s show must be changed.

‘Get scripts cleared, stop hurting our sentiments’: MP home minister after ‘Aashram’ vandalism

Narottam Mishra said this after Bajrang Dal vandalised set of Prakash Jha's web series 'Aashram', smeared ink on his face. Right-wing group alleges title is assault on Hinduism.

Roorkee Christian prayer house attack ‘unprecedented’, could stoke larger divide, residents fear

Dehradun: The rupture in communal harmony in Roorkee over a Hindu mob attack last week on a prayer house, owned by a Pentecostal evangelist,...

2 arrested in Jhansi for breach of peace, misbehaviour in Kerala nuns harassment case

Two nuns were taken off a train and detained in Jhansi on 19 March after Bajrang Dal activists complained that two women were allegedly being taken forcibly for religious conversion.

If Modi govt doesn’t control vigilantism, history will compare it to Indira Gandhi Emergency

Legions of vigilantes; ordinary citizens like businessmen, journalists, and of course, bureaucrats, are the BJP govt’s newideological foot soldiers.

Bajrang Dal denies role in Kerala nuns harassment, says ‘church lobby’ trying to defame it

Bajrang Dal statement came hours after Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and accused the right-wing group of harassing the nuns.

4 nuns briefly detained in Jhansi after Bajrang Dal alleges forceful conversion

Jhansi/Kochi: Four nuns were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police in UP's Jhansi recently, with the Kerala Catholic...

Bajrang Dal rally for Ram Mandir donations ‘attacked’ in Ujjain, cops raze house of accused

The rally was 'targeted' when it passed through a Muslim-dominated area in Ujjain. Local residents, however, said inflammatory slogans were raised and they were attacked first.

‘Hindus should have self-respect’ — Bajrang Dal holds rally to boycott Christmas in Silchar

Bajrang Dal has called the Silchar rally against 'love jihad' and Christmas celebrations a 'show of power' in the interest of Hindus.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.