Decision to replace ghee-based mohanthal with oil-based chikki has been condemned by political parties & priests. There are also allegations of graft in awarding of contracts to make chikki.
The act of vandalism was noticed when devotees came for ‘darshan’ during the three-day long 'Thai Pongal' festival celebrated by the Tamil Hindu community.
The gates of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto, one of the largest temples in Canada, were spray-painted with the words 'Khalistan zindabad' & 'Hindustan murdabad'.
Devaswom Board & temple managing committee have asserted their authority to incur expenses for ‘secular activities & to promote cultural tenets & philosophy associated with temple’.
Demolition of the Hindu temple in Mysuru district has prompted Hindu groups to slam the BJP government in Karnataka, and the Congress to accuse it of hurting Hindu sentiments.
An FIR has been lodged under terrorism and other sections of the Pakistan Penal Code against more than 150 people for their involvement in attacking the temple.
My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.
Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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