Vhp Leader Killed

A local Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader was shot dead by two unidentified bike-borne men at his shop in Punjab's Nangal, the police said.

In the heart of Mangalore, an unusual sight: a team of activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP, campaigning for the BJP.

Pravin Togadia, the VHP leader who briefly went missing on Monday, had visitors today at the Ahmedabad hospital where he is admitted, among them activist Hardik Patel and senior Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia.

A year after he was convicted along with 23 others in the Gulbarg riots case of 2002 in which 69 Muslims were killed, former VHP leader Atul Vaidya was today granted bail by the Gujarat High Court.

Opposition members in Rajya Sabha today expressed serious concern over reports that some Sangh Parivar leaders had allegedly sought to take "revenge" on the minority community for the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, with a nominated member making a fervent plea for preserving the unity and diversity of the country.

Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today sought to distance from firebrand Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi, whose comments in the wake of the killing of a VHP leader in Agra have invited criticism from various quarters.

The state administration remained firm over their decision not to allow any outsider in Dadri's Bishada village, denying entry to Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, Sadhvi Prachi. Prohibitory orders have been imposed after a 52-year-old Muslim was killed in a mob attack for allegedly eating beef.

Amid anger over the killing of renowned scholar MM Kalburgi in Karnataka on Sunday, a prominent Hindu rightwing group has denied threatening him.

The shooting of Kathryn Bigelow's film on Osama bin Laden here to depict killing of the al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad was stalled today by VHP activists who objected to hoisting of Pakistani flags.

A fast track court has sentenced 15 people to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in rioting and arson during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs1,000 each.The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to...

A local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter-in-law in Kotwali area of Faizabad district, police said on Tuesday.61-year-old Krishna Kumar Agarwal hanged himself from a ceiling after killing his 50-year-old wife Prabharani and 22-year-old daughter-in-law Rudrapriya at his Acharya Nagar colony ...

Thousands of people blocked roads and stopped trains in several places in Orissa on Sunday to protest the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others on Saturday night by armed assailants in the communally-sensitive Kandhamal district. A high alert has been sounded across the state.

A local Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader was shot dead by two unidentified bike-borne men at his shop in Punjab's Nangal, the police said.

In the heart of Mangalore, an unusual sight: a team of activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP, campaigning for the BJP.

Pravin Togadia, the VHP leader who briefly went missing on Monday, had visitors today at the Ahmedabad hospital where he is admitted, among them activist Hardik Patel and senior Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia.

A year after he was convicted along with 23 others in the Gulbarg riots case of 2002 in which 69 Muslims were killed, former VHP leader Atul Vaidya was today granted bail by the Gujarat High Court.

Opposition members in Rajya Sabha today expressed serious concern over reports that some Sangh Parivar leaders had allegedly sought to take "revenge" on the minority community for the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, with a nominated member making a fervent plea for preserving the unity and diversity of the country.

Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) today sought to distance from firebrand Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi, whose comments in the wake of the killing of a VHP leader in Agra have invited criticism from various quarters.

The state administration remained firm over their decision not to allow any outsider in Dadri's Bishada village, denying entry to Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, Sadhvi Prachi. Prohibitory orders have been imposed after a 52-year-old Muslim was killed in a mob attack for allegedly eating beef.

Amid anger over the killing of renowned scholar MM Kalburgi in Karnataka on Sunday, a prominent Hindu rightwing group has denied threatening him.

The shooting of Kathryn Bigelow's film on Osama bin Laden here to depict killing of the al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad was stalled today by VHP activists who objected to hoisting of Pakistani flags.

A fast track court has sentenced 15 people to three years' rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in rioting and arson during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs1,000 each.The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to...

A local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter-in-law in Kotwali area of Faizabad district, police said on Tuesday.61-year-old Krishna Kumar Agarwal hanged himself from a ceiling after killing his 50-year-old wife Prabharani and 22-year-old daughter-in-law Rudrapriya at his Acharya Nagar colony ...

Thousands of people blocked roads and stopped trains in several places in Orissa on Sunday to protest the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others on Saturday night by armed assailants in the communally-sensitive Kandhamal district. A high alert has been sounded across the state.