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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: VHP

Modi fan, ‘kathmullah’ hater—what Justice Shekhar Yadav has been saying in and outside courtrooms

Allahabad HC judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav has in the past advocated for law to declare cow ‘national animal’ & ‘national honor for Hindu deities Ram, Krishna’.

‘How can your kids be kind when you slaughter animals in front of them?’ asks HC judge at VHP event

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of Allahabad HC said he had ‘no hesitation in saying that the country will function as per wishes of majority’. Another sitting HC judge attended the event.

Allahabad HC judges participate in VHP event, draw flak for ‘gross violation of secular principles’

VHP legal cell's event, that saw Justices Dinesh Pathak & Shekhar Yadav participation, was held in HC's library hall. VHP says they were invited 'to address specific topics as faculty'.

Church leader from Golaghat is first to be jailed under Assam’s law against ‘magical healing’

Pranjal Bhuyan, a resident of Padmapur village, was reportedly arrested for attempting to convert Hindus through 'magical healing practices'. He is under 14-day judicial custody.

As BJP leaders share meme of Trump in saffron kurta, VHP hopes Hindus worldwide will be safer under him

From VHP president Alok Kumar to BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, a host of Indian leaders congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump.

Ram Mandir took BJP to 303 seats from 2 but Hindus divided by caste again, says VHP ex-leader Togadia

Pravin Togadia, who quit VHP in 2018 & founded Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, also spoke of the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, and his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

In SC/ST outreach, VHP plans nationwide dharm sabhas, padyatras to take up ‘pressing’ issues of Hindus

RSS affiliate to carry out exercise in SC/ST colonies, villages to also 'promote social harmony'. BJP won 54 of 131 LS seats reserved for SC/STs this time, compared to 77 last election.

VHP to open centre in Ayodhya to train English-speaking pujaris for Hindu temples abroad

Another centre to open in Faridabad to meet domestic requirements, says VHP president Alok Kumar, adding that aim is to 'explain Hindu scriptures to youth in language they understand'.

Brij Mandal Yatra ends peacefully under heavy security cover in Nuh, Muslims set up camps for Hindus

Nineteen camps were set up by Muslims to welcome devotees, who were showered with rose petals & handed refreshments. Drones in air & cops on ground kept a close watch.

Public spats, private grumbles — how and why frictions have defined RSS-BJP relations over 7 decades

From differences between MC Sharma-Deendayal Upadhyay to Nadda's latest pushback against RSS, the 70-yr-old relationship between Jana Sangh-BJP & their ideological patron has been fraught.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.