Khaira Bazar village of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich is still tense after the Durga Puja festivities some 15-days ago turned violent with Hindus and Muslims clashing with each other. The devotees of Goddess Durga were passing through a village when an altercation happened with the youth from the minority Muslims objecting to their taking a slightly different […]
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Tripura: Tribal youths clash with Muslims after alleged molestation
A girl on her way to see Durga Puja in the West Tripura’s Ranirbazar area was allegedly molested by some youth from the minority community and her male companion was also allegedly assaulted by the perpetrators on Friday. The two had a harrowing experience and a bid was made to snatch the belongings of the […]
Shabana Azmi and Koena Mitra clash on Rohingyas
Koena Mitra is no fan of settling down Rohingyas in India. On March 23rd, she wrote on Twitter: “Rohingyas are being thrown out of Myanmar and Srilanka bcos of their terrorist activities, but CM is giving them land, helping them to settle down in #WestBengal posing danger to national security.” She also tagged several BJP […]
Hindu girl kidnapped for forced conversion in Bangladesh
Hindu girl Shipra Rani Mondal (22) was abducted and converted to Islam in Bangladesh says human rights group Bangladesh Minority Watch. The Hindu girl Shipra was kidnapped on 10th October 2016 from Rupgonj at about 12 pm by Raju Ahmed (25), Jamatullah (28) and Mohammad Abu Bakkar (26) when she was going with her mother […]
West Bengal village celebrates Durga Puja after 4-years (pics)
This Durga Puja was truly special for the people of Kanglapahari, West Bengal. For last four years, the 300 hundred Hindu families were unable to perform the Durga Puja during the Navratri in a West Bengal village as the handful of the Muslims living in the village raised objections on the puja celebrations. Kanglapahari, which […]
150-year-old Temple desecrated in Bangladesh
Unknown perpetrators attacked a Hindu Temple in Nithok Shialkhowa village in Kaliganj upazila of Bangladesh on 1st of September 2016. The Temple has been identified as the Sachchidananda Sebashram Temple and the desecration came to light after a worshipper named Sharat Chandra Roy, 58, spotted the iron decorative structure atop the Temple torn by someone […]
ISKCON Hindu temple attacked for disturbing Jumma prayers (Video)
Sylhet, Bangladesh was tense due to an Islamist attack on the ISKCON Hindu Temple. The Temple stands at the Kajal Shah area of Sylhet. The attackers used bricks, glass and also stones to launch an attack on the pretext that the ISKCON Hindu Temple disturbed their Jumma or Friday prayer. Eibela reported that this devastation […]