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800-Year-Old Shiva Temple Demolished For School In Telangana, Case Filed
An 800-year-old Kakatiya Shiva temple in Telangana was demolished, prompting outrage and legal action.
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Mumbai Civic Body Transfers Official After Row Over Jain Temple Demolition
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday transferred an assistant municipal commissioner after the demolition of a Jain temple in Vile Parle area of the city sparked a controversy.
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"Thought We Were Dead": Tirumala Stampede Survivor Recounts Incident
"For five minutes we thought all of us were dead. I have been coming to the temple for the past 25 years and it has never happened like this," D Venkata Lakshmi said, recounting the horrific Tirupati stampede that killed six persons.
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Atishi Says Lt Governor Ordered Demolition Of Hindu Temples, He Responds
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Tuesday alleged that an order was issued by a panel on the "directions of Lt Governor VK Saxena" for demolition of multiple Hindu and Buddhist religious structures, a charge refuted by the LG office as "cheap politics".
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"Lord Shiva Doesn't Need Our Protection": Delhi High Court On Temple Demolition
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed the demolition of a Shiva temple illegally built in the Yamuna riverbed and floodplains.
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DMK Slams BJP Tamil Nadu Chief Over Its Leader's Temple Demolition Speech
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has slammed BJP's state chief K Annamalai for tweeting a short video clip of its leader TR Baalu's speech on temple demolition.
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Rajasthan Police Team In Noida To Arrest TV Journalist Aman Chopra
Three FIRs have been registered against Mr Chopra, including in Bundi, Alwar and Dungarpur districts under various sections pertaining to sedition, outraging religious sentiments, promoting enmity between two groups, and under the IT Act on April 23.
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After 300-Year-Old Rajasthan Temple Razed, Congress And BJP In Blame-Game
At a time bulldozers allegedly targeting a section of people in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi are at the core of a huge political controversy, demolitions in Rajasthan have triggered tit-for-tat allegations.
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Karnataka Bill To Save Religious Structures Contradicts Supreme Court Order
The BJP government in Karnataka this week passed a bill to protect religious structures in the state, hoping to mollify those who protested against the demolition of a temple in Mysuru district.
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Karnataka Assembly Nod To Bill To Protect Unauthorised Religious Structures In Public Places
The Karnataka Assembly today passed the Karnataka Religious Structures (Protection) Bill, a day after introducing it. The bill was passed by voice vote tonight.
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"We Didn't Spare Gandhi": Hindu Leader Arrested Over Threat In Karnataka
A leader of Hindu Mahasabha has been arrested in Mangaluru with his two associates, a day after he threatened Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over the demolition of temple, saying, "We didn't spare Gandhiji, who are you?"
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BJP's Tejasvi Surya, Pratap Simha Face Anger Over Temple Demolition In Karnataka
BJP parliamentarians Tejasvi Surya and Pratap Simha on Thursday faced the anger of Hindu activists during their visit to inaugurate a private hospital in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district, about 250 km from state capital Bengaluru.
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After Its Demolition, Makeshift Temple Comes Up In Delhi's Chandni Chowk
Nearly one-and-a-half-month after a temple was demolished by authorities in old Delhi's Chandni Chowk, a "makeshift structure" has been erected there, which the mayor of the NDMC on Friday claimed was done by "Hanuman devotees".
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"Better Location, Better Way": Top Court On Ravidas Temple Reconstruction
The Supreme Court has said it "respects the sentiment of everyone" and indicated it is open to the possibility of rebuilding of the Ravidas temple in the Delhi that it ordered demolished in August
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Bhim Army Threatens ''Bharat Bandh'' If Ravidas Temple Issue Not Resolved
The Bhim Army on Friday threatened to call for a nationwide shutdown if the issue of Ravidas temple was not resolved within 10 days.
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800-Year-Old Shiva Temple Demolished For School In Telangana, Case Filed
An 800-year-old Kakatiya Shiva temple in Telangana was demolished, prompting outrage and legal action.
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Mumbai Civic Body Transfers Official After Row Over Jain Temple Demolition
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday transferred an assistant municipal commissioner after the demolition of a Jain temple in Vile Parle area of the city sparked a controversy.
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"Thought We Were Dead": Tirumala Stampede Survivor Recounts Incident
"For five minutes we thought all of us were dead. I have been coming to the temple for the past 25 years and it has never happened like this," D Venkata Lakshmi said, recounting the horrific Tirupati stampede that killed six persons.
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Atishi Says Lt Governor Ordered Demolition Of Hindu Temples, He Responds
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Tuesday alleged that an order was issued by a panel on the "directions of Lt Governor VK Saxena" for demolition of multiple Hindu and Buddhist religious structures, a charge refuted by the LG office as "cheap politics".
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"Lord Shiva Doesn't Need Our Protection": Delhi High Court On Temple Demolition
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed the demolition of a Shiva temple illegally built in the Yamuna riverbed and floodplains.
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DMK Slams BJP Tamil Nadu Chief Over Its Leader's Temple Demolition Speech
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has slammed BJP's state chief K Annamalai for tweeting a short video clip of its leader TR Baalu's speech on temple demolition.
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Rajasthan Police Team In Noida To Arrest TV Journalist Aman Chopra
Three FIRs have been registered against Mr Chopra, including in Bundi, Alwar and Dungarpur districts under various sections pertaining to sedition, outraging religious sentiments, promoting enmity between two groups, and under the IT Act on April 23.
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After 300-Year-Old Rajasthan Temple Razed, Congress And BJP In Blame-Game
At a time bulldozers allegedly targeting a section of people in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi are at the core of a huge political controversy, demolitions in Rajasthan have triggered tit-for-tat allegations.
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Karnataka Bill To Save Religious Structures Contradicts Supreme Court Order
The BJP government in Karnataka this week passed a bill to protect religious structures in the state, hoping to mollify those who protested against the demolition of a temple in Mysuru district.
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Karnataka Assembly Nod To Bill To Protect Unauthorised Religious Structures In Public Places
The Karnataka Assembly today passed the Karnataka Religious Structures (Protection) Bill, a day after introducing it. The bill was passed by voice vote tonight.
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"We Didn't Spare Gandhi": Hindu Leader Arrested Over Threat In Karnataka
A leader of Hindu Mahasabha has been arrested in Mangaluru with his two associates, a day after he threatened Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over the demolition of temple, saying, "We didn't spare Gandhiji, who are you?"
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BJP's Tejasvi Surya, Pratap Simha Face Anger Over Temple Demolition In Karnataka
BJP parliamentarians Tejasvi Surya and Pratap Simha on Thursday faced the anger of Hindu activists during their visit to inaugurate a private hospital in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district, about 250 km from state capital Bengaluru.
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After Its Demolition, Makeshift Temple Comes Up In Delhi's Chandni Chowk
Nearly one-and-a-half-month after a temple was demolished by authorities in old Delhi's Chandni Chowk, a "makeshift structure" has been erected there, which the mayor of the NDMC on Friday claimed was done by "Hanuman devotees".
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"Better Location, Better Way": Top Court On Ravidas Temple Reconstruction
The Supreme Court has said it "respects the sentiment of everyone" and indicated it is open to the possibility of rebuilding of the Ravidas temple in the Delhi that it ordered demolished in August
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Bhim Army Threatens ''Bharat Bandh'' If Ravidas Temple Issue Not Resolved
The Bhim Army on Friday threatened to call for a nationwide shutdown if the issue of Ravidas temple was not resolved within 10 days.
