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Hindu ultranationalist legions mark RSS centenary
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NAGPUR, India - Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country’s millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.
Six killed, dozens injured in India temple stampede
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2025
» NEW DELHI — At least six people were killed and 55 were injured in a stampede at an Indian temple in the western coastal state of Goa where hundreds of devout Hindus had assembled, police official said on Saturday.
India readies for mammoth Hindu festival of 400 million pilgrims
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» NEW DELHI — The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India on Monday with the opening of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu festival organisers expect to attract up to 400 million pilgrims.
Trump uses Diwali message to attack Harris and pledges to protect Hindus
Josepth Menn, Published on 01/11/2024
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump capitalised on Diwali, the multicultural festival of lights celebrated primarily in the Indian subcontinent, to criticise his half-Indian opponent Kamala Harris, while pledging to protect Hindus worldwide if re-elected to the White House.
Worshippers throng 'visa temple' in India to pray for successful path to US
South China Morning Post and agencies, Published on 14/08/2024
» HYDERABAD - Indian devotees believe the Chilkur Balaji temple in the southern city of Hyderabad has been particularly effective in blessing people with a successful US visa application, so much so that it is locally known as the "visa temple".
Modi hails India’s ‘new era’ with opening of major Hindu temple
Bloomberg, Published on 22/01/2024
» Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled his party’s decades-long promise by consecrating a controversial Hindu temple in northern India on Monday, marking a new milestone in the popular leader’s project of reshaping the country into a more avowedly Hindu nation.
Paraguay official sacked after dealings with fictitious country
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» ASUNCION - A senior Paraguayan official was fired this week after signing a cooperation memorandum with a country he has since learned does not exist.
Blame and accusations in dead Sikh separatist's village
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» BHARSINGPURA, India - A notice demanding that Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear in court is still stuck on his house in Punjab, where the Sikh separatist's neighbours believe Canada's accusation that India was responsible for his killing.
Hindu verse in 'Oppenheimer' sex scene sparks Indian anger
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» A sex scene in the Hollywood blockbuster "Oppenheimer" featuring a line from a Hindu holy scripture sparked online outrage in India on Monday, with an official calling it a "scathing attack".
Abuse survivor's ordeal sheds light on Malaysia 'unilateral conversions'
AFP, Published on 26/07/2022
» GOMBAK, Malaysia: Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with their children and converting them to Islam.