Villagers alleged that religious conversions could take place under the guise of a church. Residents of Gurgaon’s Teekli village and nearby areas on Friday held a mahapanchayat or assembly to oppose the construction of a church on about two acres of agricultural land, according to a report by The Tribune. Leaders of several Hindu organisations,...
Internet services were also suspended as a precautionary measure to prevent the situation from escalating Police in Jaipur detained more than 100 people on Friday after a stone-pelting incident in the city’s Chomu area following a dispute linked to alleged encroachment near a mosque, officials said, ANI reported. Tension flared when police moved to act...
Earlier High Court held that the facts did not meet criteria for ‘aggravated penetrative sexual assault’, ruling Sengar was not a ‘public servant’ under Pocso Act. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar...
JK Students Association says Uttarakhand Police acted after intervention by senior officials; Kashmiri shawl seller was threatened and attacked A police case has been registered and all accused, including a Bajrang Dal leader, have been arrested in connection with the assault on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association...
Family members and co-workers said the attack stemmed from suspicions that Sheikh was an undocumented Bangladeshi immigrant, an allegation Odisha police denied A Muslim migrant labourer from West Bengal was beaten to death in Odisha on Wednesday, with police arresting six people in connection with the incident, The Indian Express reported. The victim, identified as...
Around 80 to 90 people forced their way inside the premises, intimidating staff as they “threatened us…shouted at us” and “indulged in violence,” an employee said. A group of Hindutva activists vandalised Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in the city of Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, according to media reports, amid heightened tensions ahead...
The incident in Nalbari is among several reports of disruptions to Christmas celebrations and attacks on Christians across the country in recent days. Members of the Bajrang Dal vandalised a Christian missionary school in Assam’s Nalbari district on Wednesday, damaging Christmas decorations and posters, police said, reported Scroll.in The incident took place at St Mary’s...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India appealed to Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure strict enforcement of the law and protection for Christian communities so that Christmas could be celebrated “in an atmosphere of security and harmony”. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on Tuesday warned of an “alarming rise in attacks” on Christians in...
In 2015, a Hindu mob lynched Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri area after rumours he had slaughtered a cow. A court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday rejected a state government request to withdraw prosecution in the 2015 killing of Mohammad Akhlaq, calling the plea legally unsound, India Today reported. The Surajpur court dismissed the...
Students denied any religious conversions had taken place, and an unidentified police said there was “no evidence of forced conversion”. A Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Madhya Pradesh was filmed assaulting a visually impaired woman inside a church in Jabalpur, sparking political controversy in the state, according to media reports and video footage circulated on...