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TopicHindutva activists

Topic: Hindutva activists

Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura under probe for more — ‘anti-Muslim’ rants, ‘insulting Tuluva heroes’

Bengaluru Police arrested Kundapura last week for allegedly duping a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore while promising him a ticket to contest the May Karnataka assembly polls.

Hindutva Chapter 1 takes popular WhatsApp ideas and puts them together for big screen

Writer-director Karan Razdan’s focus on using anti-Muslim tropes throws away any opportunity to sincerely handle a popular topic shaping India’s current politics.

Saffron scarf-clad group vandalise Muslim fruit sellers’ cart in Dharwad, Sri Rama Sene member detained

Bengaluru: On the eve of Ram Navami, alleged members of Hindutva outfit Sri Rama Sene vandalised fruit carts belonging to Muslims in Karnataka’s Dharwad....

‘Hindus have become aware’: How Hindutva groups are boycotting Muslims at Karnataka temple fairs

Posters ‘banning’ Muslim-run shops & stalls have popped up at temple fairs across Karnataka, especially in wake of hijab row. Opposition raises matter in Assembly, govt shrugs.

BJP vowed ‘justice for Hindutva worker murders’ in Karnataka. 3 yrs on, here’s where cases stand

Bajrang Dal worker Harsha’s murder in Shivamogga last month brings spotlight back on BJP’s 2018 poll promise in Karnataka on providing justice to families of Hindutva workers 'slain for ideology'.

Who runs Bajrang Dal? Here are the men who power ‘moral policing & vigilante’ Hindutva group

From getting police to cancel Munawar Faruqui's show to invading Christian prayer meets to throwing ink at Prakash Jha, the Bajrang Dal has been on a renewed offensive.

Pro-Hindutva groups see ‘larger conspiracy’ in Palghar killings, want CBI probe

Atul Jog, senior RSS pracharak, says it’s clear that all those who oppose religious conversions and anti-national forces are being targeted specifically.

Christ statue removed in Bengaluru after ‘Hindu groups’ claim cemetery land was misused

Police say some Hindu groups complained that land on which the statue had come up was allotted for cemetery. Local Christians claim outsiders trying to create tension.

Arrested Hindutva activists conspired to target Western music concert in Pune, says ATS

ATS has found a list of persons that the accused planned to target. They were also allegedly involved in blasts outside movie theatres at Kalyan and Belgaum. 

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.