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Another Hindu Temple Defaced In US' Indiana, 4th Incident This Year
A Hindu temple was defaced in the US city of Indiana earlier this week. The "hateful act" took place at the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Greenwood City on August 10, according to the temple's official public affairs account.
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Man Attempts To Vandalise Mahatma Gandhi's Statue In Pune, Arrested
Local Congress workers on Monday staged a protest near the statue, demanding stringent action against the man.
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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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Pakistan Man Tortured, Burnt Alive Over Quran Desecration, 27 Arrested
In a shocking incident that took place in Pakistan's Swat, a mob allegedly tortured a man to death by burning him alive over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.
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Man Who Desecrated Sikhs' Holy Book Dies In Hospital: Punjab Cops
The accused in a recent sacrilege incident in Punjab's Morinda, who was lodged in a jail in Mansa district, died at the Mansa civil hospital on Monday after he complained of "discomfort", police said.
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Internet Suspended in Jamshedpur Over Stone-Pelting Incident, Arson; Section 144 Imposed
Internet has been suspended in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur following stone-pelting between two groups over the alleged desecration of a religious flag.
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"Can't Bluntly Condemn": Sikh Body Chief On Alleged Sacrilege, Killings
The mob killing of two men accused of desecrating Sikh religious sentiments in Punjab were not "simple incidents" and "not a matter of mere condemnation", Harjinder Singh Dhami, the head of the SGPC, told NDTV.
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Bloody Clothes, Swords Used To Chop Man's Hand At Farmers' Protest Found
Two swords that were used to cut off a man's hand and foot in the gruesome murder at the farmers protest near Delhi last week have been found along with the bloodstained clothes - all belonging to two members of the Nihang sect who have been arrested
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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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Punjab Special Investigation Team Arrests Six People In 2015 Sacrilege Case
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.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: "PM Modi Is Self-Obsessed, Indulges In Publicity": Punjab Chief Minister
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indulged in theatrics since he took over as the prime minister. He's a self-obsessed man and the people of Punjab or anywhere else can never forget the incident of desecration of their holy scriptures.
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Election Body Orders Shunting Of Punjab Cop Over "Political" Interview
The Election Commission today ordered the removal of a senior police officer from a special investigation team probing the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015, following complaints that he had violated the Model Code of Conduct by making controversial statements in a televised programme last month.
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Akshay Kumar, Named In Punjab Sacrilege Case, Appears Before Probe Team
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.
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Parkash Badal Dares Amarinder Singh To Prosecute Him In Sacrilege Cases
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.
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Another Hindu Temple Defaced In US' Indiana, 4th Incident This Year
A Hindu temple was defaced in the US city of Indiana earlier this week. The "hateful act" took place at the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Greenwood City on August 10, according to the temple's official public affairs account.
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Man Attempts To Vandalise Mahatma Gandhi's Statue In Pune, Arrested
Local Congress workers on Monday staged a protest near the statue, demanding stringent action against the man.
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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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Pakistan Man Tortured, Burnt Alive Over Quran Desecration, 27 Arrested
In a shocking incident that took place in Pakistan's Swat, a mob allegedly tortured a man to death by burning him alive over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.
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Man Who Desecrated Sikhs' Holy Book Dies In Hospital: Punjab Cops
The accused in a recent sacrilege incident in Punjab's Morinda, who was lodged in a jail in Mansa district, died at the Mansa civil hospital on Monday after he complained of "discomfort", police said.
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Internet Suspended in Jamshedpur Over Stone-Pelting Incident, Arson; Section 144 Imposed
Internet has been suspended in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur following stone-pelting between two groups over the alleged desecration of a religious flag.
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"Can't Bluntly Condemn": Sikh Body Chief On Alleged Sacrilege, Killings
The mob killing of two men accused of desecrating Sikh religious sentiments in Punjab were not "simple incidents" and "not a matter of mere condemnation", Harjinder Singh Dhami, the head of the SGPC, told NDTV.
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Bloody Clothes, Swords Used To Chop Man's Hand At Farmers' Protest Found
Two swords that were used to cut off a man's hand and foot in the gruesome murder at the farmers protest near Delhi last week have been found along with the bloodstained clothes - all belonging to two members of the Nihang sect who have been arrested
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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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Punjab Special Investigation Team Arrests Six People In 2015 Sacrilege Case
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.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: "PM Modi Is Self-Obsessed, Indulges In Publicity": Punjab Chief Minister
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indulged in theatrics since he took over as the prime minister. He's a self-obsessed man and the people of Punjab or anywhere else can never forget the incident of desecration of their holy scriptures.
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Election Body Orders Shunting Of Punjab Cop Over "Political" Interview
The Election Commission today ordered the removal of a senior police officer from a special investigation team probing the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015, following complaints that he had violated the Model Code of Conduct by making controversial statements in a televised programme last month.
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Akshay Kumar, Named In Punjab Sacrilege Case, Appears Before Probe Team
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.
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Parkash Badal Dares Amarinder Singh To Prosecute Him In Sacrilege Cases
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.
