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Doordarshan series on new India’s heritage: Focus on Hindu sites, Savarkar as greatest hero, no women icons

DD News recently broadcast a two-part documentary on the government’s efforts towards the revival of Indian heritage. The film titled, Dharohar Bharat ki Punaruthaan ki Kahaani, which roughly translates to the story of the resurrection of Indian heritage, visits prominent sites of culture and the freedom struggle.

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Hindu festival of Ram Navami sparks anti-Muslim riots across India

In India, anti-Muslim rhetoric and violence increased across the country on the occasion of a Hindu festival on March 30, 2023. Several videos document the unrest in Vadodara, Gujarat. In a state where communal conflicts have already claimed many lives, our Muslim Observers are concerned about the rise of Hindu…

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1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide

Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi is convinced India is no longer the same country it once was for its minority Muslim citizens

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‘Extortion, personal rivalry’: What motivated a cow slaughter ‘conspiracy’ in Agra

On the intervening night of Ashtami and Navami, the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra traced a calf’s body near a garbage dump after receiving a tip from the Hindu Mahasabha about alleged cow slaughter. An FIR was filed on a complaint from Hindu Mahasabha mandal president Jitendra Kushwaha, and the…

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Couple decapitate each other with guillotine made at home in ritual sacrifice

Farmer Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, cut off their own heads with a "guillotine-like" contraption before their heads rolled into a ritual fire pit as a human sacrifice to a Hindu god in Rajkot, India

Daily Mirror

An elegant retelling of an extraordinary life: Revisiting Shashi Tharoor’s book on Ambedkar

The life, struggle and work of Dr BR Ambedkar has of late engaged wide-ranging scholarly reflections as well as biographies. In the last few weeks alone, for instance, such exercises have ranged from an account of expansive breadth to the specific focus of an academic study.

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Nun moves Gujarat HC for action over derogatory remarks on pope in viral video

AHMEDABAD: A nun from Vadodara has approached the Gujarat high court for registration of FIR and action against an unidentified speaker for allegedly making derogatory remarks on nuns and the Pope during an event organised in Kadi town by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).

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Mughals, RSS, evolution: Outrage as India edits school textbooks

Government removes significant historical and scientific facts from textbooks as it pursues a Hindu supremacist agenda.

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Sunak: Being PM is ‘incredible privilege’ despite drawbacks of public life

During a ConservativeHome interview, Rishi Sunak also discussed his Hindu faith and said he had a Lord Ganesh statue on his desk in Downing Street.

The Independent UK

Election 2023: How rival parties in Karnataka found, lost and nurtured social groups over the years

In less than a month, Karnataka will vote to elect a new assembly. As is the case with all large-scale electoral exercises in India, a wide range of factors will shape the nature of popular verdict. Political parties and contestants will be alert to how perceptions around different issues –…

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Documentary On PM Modi’s Alleged Role In Gujarat Riots Spurs Outrage

The documentary serves as a painful, but necessary reminder of the allegations leveled against Narendra Modi.

Zenger

India town mourns burning of historic library at Muslim school

Bihar Sharif residents yet to come to terms with burning of century-old ‘madrassa’ during Hindu festival of Ram Navami.

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Chhattisgarh's Bemetara violence: VHP calls State bandh today, urge shutting of shops

In view of a Statewide 'bandh' call by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other organisations over violence in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district, workers of the outfit and those of BJP, which has lent support to the protest, have urged people to close their businesses on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hate speech case: Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani arrested days after communal clash in Gujarat's Una

GIR SOMNATH: Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani was arrested on Sunday in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district for allegedly delivering a "hate speech" on Ram Navami that caused a communal clash in Una town on April 1, police said.

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Ukrainian deputy foreign minister due to seek Indian aid - report

Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova will ask India on an upcoming visit for humanitarian aid and equipment to repair energy infrastructure damaged during Russia's invasion, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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Spike in anti-Muslim rallies since BJP retook India’s Maharashtra

Ram Navami festival was the latest concerted attempt to ignite religious tensions in India’s richest state.

The Independent UK

Canadian Hindu temple vandalised in latest incident of graffiti attack

Police obtain surveillance video of the area in which two suspects can be seen

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'The Good Place'

Built on the banks of the Ganges River, the Indian city of Varanasi is known for its rich cultural, spiritual and religious history - integral to sacred Hindu rituals, its waters purfying and used to wash away sins.

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Evening Standard

What is Hanuman Jayanti? Hindus celebrate festival in honour of their heroic god

Hanuman Jayanti marks the birth of Lord Hanuman, who is considered to be an embodiment of strength, devotion and service

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Indian government accused of rewriting history after edits to schoolbooks

References to Muslim rulers, deadly riots connected to PM and Gandhi’s dislike of Hindu nationalism removed

Reuters

Indian opposition decries new schoolbook's omission of Hindu rage at Mahatma Gandhi

Indian opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the removal from some schoolbooks of references to how independence hero Mahatma Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity angered some Hindu extremists and led to his assassination.

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China ‘freezes’ journalist visas of two Indian journalists, tells them ‘not to return’

China yesterday informed two Indian journalists in Beijing that their journalistic visas had been “frozen”.

Al Jazeera

OIC says Muslims targeted on Hindu festival, India rejects charge

Muslim body says attacks during Ram Navami festival were a ‘vivid manifestation of mounting Islamophobia’ in India.

Reuters

India condemns Muslim group OIC's stance on violence in the country

India's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) showed an "anti-India agenda" by saying that last week's violent clashes during a Hindu religious festival targeted the Muslim community.

Evening Standard

Vaisakhi 2024: when is the Sikh and Hindu celebration, and how to celebrate in London’s Trafalgar Square?

Sikh and Hindu spring celebration in April will be marked by free events around London

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