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Man Who Vandalised Idol In Hyderabad Watched Hate Preacher Zakir Naik's Videos: Cops
A 30-year-old engineering graduate, who allegedly desecrated an idol at a temple here on October 14, was self-radicalised by watching videos of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and others on social media.
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"Systematic Pattern Of Desecration": India On Bangladesh Durga Puja Attack
India has written to Bangladesh's interim government today expressing "serious concern" over multiple attacks on temples, shrines and puja mandaps or pandals. The attacks include incidents of desecration, vandalism, robbery and defacement.
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Temple Defaced With Anti-Hindu Graffiti In US, Second Time In 8 Days
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was on Wednesday desecrated with expletive-laden anti-Hindu messages, in the second such incident in the US in as many weeks.
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"Gravely Troubled" By Attacks On Hindus In Bangladesh: US Religious Freedom Panel
A US commission on religious freedom has said that it is "gravely troubled"over the recent wave of violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh and urged the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to launch a crackdown on extremis
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Delhi Court Sentences Priest To Life Imprisonment For Raping 2 Minor Girls
Delhi court has sentenced a priest to life imprisonment for raping two minor girls in a temple, noting that he did not even care for the faith attached to his office as a priest and desecrated the place of worship
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India Summons Pak Envoy, Protests Desecration Of Hindu Temple, Idols
India today summoned Pak charge d'affaires and lodged a firm protest over the "reprehensible incident" of ransacking a Hindu temple in the Punjab province, and said incidents of violence, persecution of minorities have continued unabated in Pakistan.
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Idol Desecrated In Andhra Pradesh Temple; Attempted Theft, Say Police
An idol was reportedly vandalised inside a temple in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Sunday, with police sources saying the attackers seemed to be looking for hidden treasure.
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Shashi Tharoor Slams BJP Over "Goonish" Violence In Sabarimala
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday asked the BJP and RSS not to "desecrate" the Sabarimala temple and termed as "utterly disgraceful" the recent violence at the hill shrine.
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Smriti Irani's Sanitary Pad Comment, And A Question
Everyone has the right to pray, but not to desecrate, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said in the middle of a debate over the ban on women of menstrual age entering Kerala's famous Sabarimala shrine and a Supreme Court order overturning it.
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Attempts Being Made To Create Tension In Goa: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
The desecration of religious symbols and a temple over the last few days indicates "specific attempts" to create tension in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday.
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Normalcy Returns In Jammu, Mobile Internet Services Restored
As normalcy returned to Jammu which saw protests for the last few days over the alleged desecration of two temples, authorities today restored mobile Internet services across the region.
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Life Normal In Jammu After Disturbances, Internet Restored
The authorities restored internet services in Jammu today as normality returned after three days of disturbances over two incidents of desecration of temples.
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Day After Protests, Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Jammu
Mobile Internet services were today suspended in Jammu following protests in parts of the city after an ancient temple was allegedly desecrated by a "mentally disturbed" person.
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This Diwali, No Fireworks at Amritsar's Golden Temple
In turmoil-hit Punjab, the festival of lights, Diwali, will be dimmed this year. After protests over the alleged desecration of the holy book 'Guru Granth Sahib', the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has announced that the Golden Temple will neither be adorned with fancy lights nor would it witness any fireworks this Diwali.
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In Turmoil-Hit Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal Condemns Desecration of Holy Books
Terming the alleged incidents of desecration of holy books as painful, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said it was a "willful act" to disturb Punjab as he prayed at the Golden Temple for the "return of peace" in the state.
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Man Who Vandalised Idol In Hyderabad Watched Hate Preacher Zakir Naik's Videos: Cops
A 30-year-old engineering graduate, who allegedly desecrated an idol at a temple here on October 14, was self-radicalised by watching videos of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and others on social media.
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"Systematic Pattern Of Desecration": India On Bangladesh Durga Puja Attack
India has written to Bangladesh's interim government today expressing "serious concern" over multiple attacks on temples, shrines and puja mandaps or pandals. The attacks include incidents of desecration, vandalism, robbery and defacement.
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Temple Defaced With Anti-Hindu Graffiti In US, Second Time In 8 Days
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was on Wednesday desecrated with expletive-laden anti-Hindu messages, in the second such incident in the US in as many weeks.
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"Gravely Troubled" By Attacks On Hindus In Bangladesh: US Religious Freedom Panel
A US commission on religious freedom has said that it is "gravely troubled"over the recent wave of violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh and urged the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to launch a crackdown on extremis
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Delhi Court Sentences Priest To Life Imprisonment For Raping 2 Minor Girls
Delhi court has sentenced a priest to life imprisonment for raping two minor girls in a temple, noting that he did not even care for the faith attached to his office as a priest and desecrated the place of worship
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India Summons Pak Envoy, Protests Desecration Of Hindu Temple, Idols
India today summoned Pak charge d'affaires and lodged a firm protest over the "reprehensible incident" of ransacking a Hindu temple in the Punjab province, and said incidents of violence, persecution of minorities have continued unabated in Pakistan.
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Idol Desecrated In Andhra Pradesh Temple; Attempted Theft, Say Police
An idol was reportedly vandalised inside a temple in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Sunday, with police sources saying the attackers seemed to be looking for hidden treasure.
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Shashi Tharoor Slams BJP Over "Goonish" Violence In Sabarimala
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday asked the BJP and RSS not to "desecrate" the Sabarimala temple and termed as "utterly disgraceful" the recent violence at the hill shrine.
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Smriti Irani's Sanitary Pad Comment, And A Question
Everyone has the right to pray, but not to desecrate, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said in the middle of a debate over the ban on women of menstrual age entering Kerala's famous Sabarimala shrine and a Supreme Court order overturning it.
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Attempts Being Made To Create Tension In Goa: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
The desecration of religious symbols and a temple over the last few days indicates "specific attempts" to create tension in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday.
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Normalcy Returns In Jammu, Mobile Internet Services Restored
As normalcy returned to Jammu which saw protests for the last few days over the alleged desecration of two temples, authorities today restored mobile Internet services across the region.
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Life Normal In Jammu After Disturbances, Internet Restored
The authorities restored internet services in Jammu today as normality returned after three days of disturbances over two incidents of desecration of temples.
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Day After Protests, Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Jammu
Mobile Internet services were today suspended in Jammu following protests in parts of the city after an ancient temple was allegedly desecrated by a "mentally disturbed" person.
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This Diwali, No Fireworks at Amritsar's Golden Temple
In turmoil-hit Punjab, the festival of lights, Diwali, will be dimmed this year. After protests over the alleged desecration of the holy book 'Guru Granth Sahib', the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has announced that the Golden Temple will neither be adorned with fancy lights nor would it witness any fireworks this Diwali.
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In Turmoil-Hit Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal Condemns Desecration of Holy Books
Terming the alleged incidents of desecration of holy books as painful, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said it was a "willful act" to disturb Punjab as he prayed at the Golden Temple for the "return of peace" in the state.
