A carpenter named Gulfam who was working since the last one and half months at Dr. Harsh Agarwal’s residence at Gomatinagar killed the doctor’s wife, Ruchi Agarwal. Gulfam had asked Ruchi Agarwal to lend him some money.
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a Government Minister said on 13th April.
After the Allahabad Central University Vice Chancellor Prof. Sangeeta Srivastava complained to the District Collector about the distress caused by Azaan, the direction of the loudspeakers on the Lal Masjid at Civil Lines has been changed by the mosque.
To prevent noise pollution in Karnataka State, the State Wakf Board has issued a circular to bar the use of the loudspeaker in Durgahs and mosques.
In a fresh violent attack on minorities, over 80 houses of Hindus in the village of Sunamganj were attacked and vandalized by the supporters of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam. The attack was planned after a young Hindu criticized Joint-Secretary General Maulana Mufti Mamunul Haque in a Facebook post.
400-year-old Paruarkul Ashtagram Maha crematorium and Radhagobind Ashram have reportedly been burnt down by unidentified miscreants in Mohammadpur Upazila of Bangladesh’s Magura District.
A 100 year old temple in Rawalpindi city was vandalised by 10 -15 religious fanatics. The attack took place while the temple was being renovated. They have broken the door on the first floor and staircase as well.
A copy of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo portraying Prophet Muhammad’s cartoon was shown in Batley Grammar School in Britain’s West Yorkshire, following which, many Muslims held demonstrations outside the school.
The Policemen of the Kahinjari Police station reached Bheekdev village in Rasoolabad area to arrest the father and son in a case of domestic violence on a woman for dowry, when they were attacked with stones and bricks by religious fanatics.
Posters proclaiming that “This premises is a holy place for Hindus. Entry of non-Hindus is restricted here,” have been put up by Hindu Yuva Vahini in over 150 temples here.