PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti (File photo) NEW DELHI: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, while reacting to violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambal, drew a parallel between the row over the mosque survey and the atrocities being committed against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.Mufti called the clashes between police and protestors, which took place after Sambhal…
UK Conservative MP Bob Blackman British Conservative MP Bob Blackman strongly raised the issue of atrocities against Hindus and the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das and said it is unacceptable that “religious minorities are persecuted in this way.”While addressing the UK Parliament, Blackman said that the Hindus across Bangladesh are being subject literally…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the recent arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh and urged the centre to take relevant action.While speaking in the legislative assembly, Mamata said that no religion should be harmed and her government is with the Central government on this issue.“We do…
NEW DELHI: Strongly denouncing the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, senior members of the organisation on Wednesday demanded the Indian and Bangladeshi govts intervention for his immediate release, while also strongly condemning a Bangladeshi SC lawyer dubbing it a radical fundamentalist outfit.“It is outrageous to make baseless allegations that Iskcon has…
Protest over ISKCON Bangladesh priest Chinmoy Krishna Das NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers, led by West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, held a protest march to the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata on Wednesday. The demonstration was staged in response to the recent arrest of ISKCON Bangladesh priest Chinmoy…
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) has called upon India to take swift action and engage with Bangladesh for the release of their prominent priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was detained in Bangladesh.Iskcon has strongly denied allegations stating that claims of their involvement in terrorist activities worldwide are unfounded and unacceptable.“We have come across…
ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari (Image from X) Prominent Hindu leader and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari has reportedly been detained in Dhaka by police under the regime of Muhammad Yunus. The Hindu leader faces charges of sedition following his role in leading a massive rally protesting targeted hate attacks against the Hindu…
Several X users including Indian author Ashwin Sanghi and vice president of ISKCON Kolkata Radharamn Das slammed a British daily for saying Tulsi Gabbard was a member of an “obscure religious cult”. Ashwin Sanghi wrote: “Shameful. Tusli Gabbard is a “devotee of an obscure religious cult”? Hinduism has 1.2 billion followers and is the world’s…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal over the Sandeshkhali issue during a rally in Purulia. PM Modi alleged that TMC members were questioning the character of the women of Sandeshkhali to protect a local strongman, Shahjahan Sheikh.He said that the TMC, which once championed the slogan…
