It is reported that Jihadi terrorists are plotting an attack during the Amarnath Yatra which will commence from June this year. Incidents of terrorist attacks are on the rise from the last few days in Kashmir.
The Policemen who stopped a religious procession that was taken out on 29th March, hundreds of Sikhs attacked them with swords. Fourteen Policemen were injured in the attack. The condition of 4 Policemen is said to be critical.
In 2007, the previous Himachal Pradesh Government had appointed two non-Hindus to the administration of Maa Jwalamukhi Temple, one of the Shaktipeethas.
Many devotees going to Tirupati Balaji temple in Andhra Pradesh offer their hair there. There is a belief that tonsuring the head there fulfils wishes of devotees.
The title of a s hort film, ‘Pattarude Mutton Curry’, has been changed to ‘Mutton Curry’ following the outrage by the Kerala Brahmins Association (Kerala Brahmana Sabha), alleging that the title is “insulting to Brahmin culture”.
Mahant Narendra Giri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, has demanded that the names of roads named after Mughals and British be changed. He said that the streets should be renamed after great people of India who sacrificed their lives for the country.
Anand Swarup Shukla, a BJP MLA of Ballia and a Minister in the State Government has written a letter to the District Magistrate urging him to ensure that the orders issued by the Supreme Court be followed with regard to the volume of loudspeakers in mosques.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev launched a ‘100 tweets’ Twitter campaign to make people aware of the dilapidated condition of temples in Tamil Nadu.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against a ‘blatant attempt’ being made to take away the fundamental rights of Muslim women to practice their religion, all in the guise of providing a ‘uniform law’ across all faiths.
Abdul Rahim and Abdul Taufik from Jokatte have been arrested by the Police for putting condoms and obscene letters in the donation box of Swami Koragajja Temple here. Mangaluru Police Chief, N. Shashikumar informed that Rahim and Taufik surrendered to Swami Koragajja out of fear of being cursed by Koragajja.