Desecration Case

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said the Centre has taken the issue of desecration of famous Tirupati Laddu seriously and will take the matter to its logical end.

A statue of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar installed in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district was desecrated by some unknown persons, police said on Thursday.

Police registered a blasphemy case against a private school owner and her maid in Rai Kalan village in the Kasur district of Punjab after accusations emerged that they had desecrated pages of the Quran, Dawn News reported on Tuesday.

Navjot Singh Sidhu today targeted AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue, asking who was stopping his party's government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious text.

Amid the deafening silence of Punjab's political faces over the two lynchings after alleged sacrilege attempts, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has demanded public execution for those accused of desecrating religious texts.

The desecration of a Sikh religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, and subsequent police firing that killed two people, is one of the issues driving the feud between ex-Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said his party, if voted to power in Punjab during the 2022 Assembly elections, will bring those responsible for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib to justice.

Six people have been arrested by the SIT probing the incidents of the desecration of a religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, an official said on Saturday.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday asked Congress leaders to share the proof, if they have any, on the "planning and execution" of the alleged acts of the desecration of a religious text in the state's Faridkot in 2015.

Punjab's dissident Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to "stop firing from colleagues' shoulders" after some state ministers sought action against him for his outbursts against the Chief Minister.

A court in Punjab's Sangrur acquitted AAP MLA from Delhi Naresh Yadav on Tuesday in a case of desecration of the Quran in Punjab's Malerkotla town in June 2016.

Security was stepped up and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh promised strong action after a man, accused in a 2015 sacrilege case, was killed inside a prison on Saturday evening, risking an outbreak of communal violence.

Actor Akshay Kumar today appeared before a Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating police firing on mobs protesting the 2015 incidents of desecration of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. The 51-year-old filmstar was earlier summoned to Amritsar, but then given the option of appearing before the investigators in Chandigarh.

Akali Dal stalwart Parkash Singh Badal Sunday dared Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to prosecute him and his partymen if his government has found evidence against them in connection with incidents of desecration of holy books.

A holy cross was found desecrated near a chapel in Raia village in South Goa, police said today.

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said the Centre has taken the issue of desecration of famous Tirupati Laddu seriously and will take the matter to its logical end.

A statue of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar installed in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district was desecrated by some unknown persons, police said on Thursday.

Police registered a blasphemy case against a private school owner and her maid in Rai Kalan village in the Kasur district of Punjab after accusations emerged that they had desecrated pages of the Quran, Dawn News reported on Tuesday.

Navjot Singh Sidhu today targeted AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue, asking who was stopping his party's government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious text.

Amid the deafening silence of Punjab's political faces over the two lynchings after alleged sacrilege attempts, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has demanded public execution for those accused of desecrating religious texts.

The desecration of a Sikh religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, and subsequent police firing that killed two people, is one of the issues driving the feud between ex-Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said his party, if voted to power in Punjab during the 2022 Assembly elections, will bring those responsible for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib to justice.

Six people have been arrested by the SIT probing the incidents of the desecration of a religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, an official said on Saturday.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday asked Congress leaders to share the proof, if they have any, on the "planning and execution" of the alleged acts of the desecration of a religious text in the state's Faridkot in 2015.

Punjab's dissident Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to "stop firing from colleagues' shoulders" after some state ministers sought action against him for his outbursts against the Chief Minister.

A court in Punjab's Sangrur acquitted AAP MLA from Delhi Naresh Yadav on Tuesday in a case of desecration of the Quran in Punjab's Malerkotla town in June 2016.

Security was stepped up and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh promised strong action after a man, accused in a 2015 sacrilege case, was killed inside a prison on Saturday evening, risking an outbreak of communal violence.

Actor Akshay Kumar today appeared before a Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating police firing on mobs protesting the 2015 incidents of desecration of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. The 51-year-old filmstar was earlier summoned to Amritsar, but then given the option of appearing before the investigators in Chandigarh.

Akali Dal stalwart Parkash Singh Badal Sunday dared Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to prosecute him and his partymen if his government has found evidence against them in connection with incidents of desecration of holy books.

A holy cross was found desecrated near a chapel in Raia village in South Goa, police said today.