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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicJain

Topic: Jain

Rise of Murlidhar Mohol, Modi’s minister & former wrestler now grappling with Jain land row

BJP is keeping its distance from the controversy involving Murlidhar Mohol as it finds itself dealing with weight of alliance and risk of alienating Jains, a traditional support base.

Why BJP is scrambling to contain fallout as Mumbai’s Jains take to streets, 2nd time this yr

Jains are protesting a decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to shut down all 'kabutarkhanas' in Mumbai & penalise those feeding pigeons.

Why Jains are protesting in Gujarat & Jharkhand — ‘illegal mining, desecration, commercialisation’

In Gujarat, Jains were against illegal commercialisation, mining of Shatrunjaya Hill for years. Anger spilled out on road after desecration & move to change status of Sammed Shikharji.

Nearly 15% Jain men, over 4% Jain women eat non-veg, reveals NFHS-5 data

NFHS-5 data also shows that eggs are part of the diet of about 11 per cent of Jain men and 6.7 per cent of Jain women.

‘They stood on shrine with shoes’ — ABVP members storm UP college, ‘desecrate’ Jain deity idol

The incident took place Tuesday at Digambar Jain College, Baraut. Three ABVP members have been booked for the incident. ABVP has apologised.

In Goa, Christians, Hindus and Muslims may soon be buried, cremated at common grounds

A South Goa civic body has already completed construction of the first such ground for all religions; idea suits Goa’s cosmopolitan character, says minister.

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.