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TopicGodman

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5 yrs since Rohini ashram raid, CBI can’t catch rape accused ‘godman’. But you can find him on YouTube

Ashrams run by 'godman' Virendra Dev Dixit under court & CBI scanner since 2017 raid at one ashram in Delhi's Rohini where 100+ girls were living in 'animal-like conditions'.

‘State already on edge…’ — why MP ‘godman’s’ upcoming visit to Bihar has Nitish govt worried

Dhirendra Krishna Shastri set to address gatherings in a town 20 km from Patna. JD(U), RJD leaders feel he can incite hatred, BJP MLA says 'try and stop him'.

Self-appointed godman Nithyananda’s ‘representative’ at UN demands end to his ‘persecution’

A woman, who called herself Vijayapriya Nithyananda, told a UN panel that she was the permanent ambassador of the godman's country, the 'United State of Kailasa'.

‘Nothing has broken us yet’ — NGO helping teens ‘raped’ by Lingayat swami not new to backlash

Mysuru NGO Odanadi helped 2 minors file a rape complaint against influential Murugha Mutt chief. Since then, it has faced ‘death threats’, but is still rallying for complainants.

Self-styled godman Mirchi Baba arrested for raping devotee in Bhopal

The accused was arrested from a hotel in Gwalior & has been remanded to judicial custody till 22 August.

Supreme Court refuses to grant parole to self-styled Godman Rampal

Rampal and his followers were convicted under charges of murder, wrongful confinement of people and criminal conspiracy and are undergoing life imprisonment.

Wary of ghosts on TikTok, Instagram? This DU graduate ‘treats’ people possessed by spirits

Known popularly as Manu bhaiya, this 42-year-old godman has a huge fan following on social media and a large population of women visitors come to him for 'treatment'.

Hunting down Narayan Sai: The lone woman officer of Surat police team who got a big lead

Ushinor Majumdar in his book 'God of Sin' traces the empire of Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai, shedding light on everything wrong with self-styled godmen.

UP woman set to be questioned about her disappearance. But police yet to contact ex-BJP MP

The law student from Shahjahanpur had to plead Modi & Yogi to save her from BJP leader Chinmayanand. It shows what the state's handling of Unnao case has done.

The UP ‘spiritual leader’ hurting BJP efforts to placate angry upper caste voters

Devkinandan Thakur leads a body solely dedicated to opposing amendments to the SC/ST Act. He was recently arrested.

On Camera

Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.