BAHRAICH: A 22-year-old man died of a gunshot wound during a clash Sunday between two communities over loud music being played during immersion of Durga idols in the Mahsi area of UP’s Bahraich district. Outrage over the killing led to vandalism and a blockade of the Bahraich-Sitapur highway.UP CM Yogi Adityanath directed the administration to…
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was vandalised and desecrated on Thursday with ‘anti-Hindu‘ messages like “Hindus go back.” This comes only 10 days after a New York based temple was defaced drawing condemnation from the Indian consulate.“Less than 10 days after the desecration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New York, our…
NEW DELHI: The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in New York’s Melville was vandalised on Monday. The Indian consulate in New York expressed strong disapproval of the act, labelling it “unacceptable.” In response, the consulate has been in close contact with the local Indian-American community and has urged US law enforcement agencies to take swift action against…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of collaborating to create unrest in the state. This accusation came after vandalism at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday night, where a mob caused damage to the protest site, vehicles, and public property. Banerjee claimed…
KOLKATA: Bengal braced for a tense Friday with a shutdown-like scenario as CM Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress and opposition parties BJP and CPM announced separate protests focused on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the rape and murder of a postgraduate resident doctor on Aug 9 has triggered national outrage.BJP and CPM condemned the…
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s ex-PM Hasina on Tuesday demanded “justice“, saying those involved in recent “terror acts”, killings and vandalism must be investigated, identified and punished. In her first public statement after her ouster on Aug 5, Hasina said several lives have been lost in violence in the name of agitation since July. In a statement…
BAREILLY: An angry mob took matters into its own hands at a village in UP and set on fire the house of a 21-year-old man for allegedly eloping with a woman, 20, of another community from the same neighbourhood. When police arrived at the scene on Friday night, the mob vandalised their vehicle too. The…
