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Topic: Dharam Sansad

SC rejects plea to ban ‘Muhammad’, book by ex-UP Waqf Board chair who Yati converted to Hinduism

Court also refused to order the arrest of the author, Jitendra Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi, and Yati Narsinghanand, the controversial priest of Ghaziabad's Dasna Devi temple.

Pooja Pandey’s transformation into hate-spewing Sadhvi at forefront of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ mission

Sadhvi Annapurna gave up her married life, kids and job to don the saffron robe. Ten years later, she is on a mission to make India a Hindu Rashtra and 'cleanse' it of Muslims.

Supreme Court warns Uttarakhand over hate speech at religious event Wednesday

The top court on Tuesday was hearing a petition seeking probe into alleged hate speeches against Muslims at recent dharam sansads.

‘Ban non-Hindus from Char Dham sites’: Seer who spoke at Haridwar Dharma Sansad writes to Dhami

Swami Anand Swaroop, one of the main speakers at Dharma Sansad in Haridwar last year, claims non-Hindus could attack the shrines. CM says 'seers' views will be honoured'.

‘Indian Muslims under attack’: What Urdu press wrote about Ram Navami violence

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

No hate in Chavhanke’s speech at 2021 Delhi event, must practise tolerance, police tell SC

Videos of event purportedly show Suresh Chavhanke, the controversial editor-in-chief of 'Sudarshan News', exhorting people to 'fight, die and, if needed, kill for making India a Hindu Rashtra'. 

Forget drugs & potholes, Dharma Sansad-host Haridwar’s seers say ‘Muslim appeasement’ poll issue

Seers in Haridwar claim their interests are being ignored due to alleged appeasement. Their allegations play into the narrative being pursued by BJP in Uttarakhand.

Hindu voters in UP don’t need extremism and call for violence for them to vote BJP

Hindu voters in UP don't need violent appeals to vote on the lines of their religious identity. Yogi Adityanath and uttering ‘Mandir-masjid’ is enough.

Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad’ shows Modi is facing an internal threat from Sangh Parivar

As Modi’s OBC background grew more and more in public discourse, Mohan Bhagwat started spelling out his anti-reservation, anti-minority agendas.

Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad’ with calls to ‘kill Muslims’ can’t be dismissed as fringe anymore

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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