Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) A deeply troubling incident has surfaced from Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh, where a Dalit groom’s wedding procession became the target of caste-based hostility. According to police, the groom, Jitendra Ahirwar, was riding a mare – a tradition in Indian weddings – when his procession encountered … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Police on Saturday denied permission to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to carry out a ‘Shobha Yatra’ in the Jahangirpuri area of the national Capital on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. The decision, according to the Delhi Police, came “in view of the sensitivity … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to submit a detailed report justifying why an FIR was registered against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) over a Ram Navami procession. The VHP had organised the event at Kolkata-adjacent Howrah … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, the BJP legislator from the English Bazar Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, on Saturday said that she had written letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressing apprehensions of an attack on Ram Navami … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to conduct a procession at Saltora in the tribal-dominated Bankura district on the occasion of Ram Navami on April 6. The district police had earlier permission to conduct … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Ranchi, April 1 (IANS) The celebration of the ‘marriage of earth and sun’ is in full swing across Jharkhand as the nature-worshipping tribal communities observe the Sarhul festival with great enthusiasm. On this occasion, processions are being taken out in various cities and villages, including the state capital, Ranchi. Thousands … Read more
Budgam, March 27, KDC : A case has been registered against the organizers and participants of a Youm-e-Quds procession in Sonpah village of Beerwah for allegedly creating a law and order situation by raising objectionable slogans, police said on Wednesday. According to a statement issued to Kashmir Dot Com (KDC), police said that during the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Amid experiences of clashes in different pockets in West Bengal over Ram Navami processions in the past, Kolkata Police have decided to bring the routes this year on April 6 under blanket CCTV coverage. Accordingly, communication has reached from the city police headquarters to the police … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Sunita Williams’ safe return to Earth after unplanned and prolonged nine-month stay in the space has brought immense joy to her relatives and villagers in Jhulasan, her ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana. As the news surfaced about her safe return, the villagers broke into celebrations … Read more