New Delhi, September 4, 2020: A 105-year-old Hindu Temple named Muthu Mariamman Kovil was demolished by a businessman last week who wanted the land to build a shopping complex. The Temple which stood in Port Shepstone, South Africa, had come into existence in 1915 and was built by a South African Hindu family. While some […]
New Delhi, August 23, 2020: BJP leader Gajendra Parikh has sent 1-kilogram silver brick for Lord Ram Temple building in Ayodhya. Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje posted the pictures of the brick and also said that she is happy that she too was able to do puja of the silver brick. BJP Leader […]
New Delhi, Agust 20, 2020: Indore makes India proud again! Hardeep S Puri, MoS(I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs gave away the awards for Swachh Survekshan 2020, the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness urban survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India at a virtual event titled […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, June 12, 2020: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has accused the Turkey-backed militants of ‘silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Yazidis in Afrin, Syria. Detailing the crimes of the Turkey-backed militants she said that they are ‘kidnapping women, killing civilians, and destroying houses and […]
Bangladesh’s Buddhist minority was left aghast after a mob of 40-50 people attacked a Buddhist Temple “Bibbili Shanti Bihar” in Bibbili area of Chittagong. The attack took place on May 3rd at around 3.30 am and the Buddhists say that Maulvi Helaluddin (40) and one Jamaluddin participated in the attack and that some police personnel […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 11, 2020: Pakistan has reconstituted National Commission for Minorities (NCM) but it is just old wine in a new bottle. Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) in a statement to CurrenTriggers noted that while there are 8 Muslim members, just 10 members are from 5 minority religions of Pakistan. It […]
New Delhi, May 8th, 2020: India spoke out for the protection of the rights of the Afghan Hindus and Sikhs when the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on May 7th, 2020. Zalmay was accompanied by Senior Director in the […]
By Namta Gupta Three Hindus lost their job in Gulf, over allegations of insult to Islam, after a campaign by Indian Muslims on social media. In March this year, first it was just chef Trilok Singh who was sacked for backing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 after he ran into an argument with an anti-CAA activist. […]
By Namta Gupta Attacks on Hindu Temples are happening at an alarming pace in otherwise Hindu-majority Mauritius. On April 23rd, 2020, at Port Louis’ Valley Pitot, another Hindu Temple came under attack. The use of the Molotov cocktail to set fire to the Hindu Temple sets a dangerous precedent in the otherwise happy and picturesque […]
