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Caretaker and Devotees of Panchbakhtar Mahadev temple in Jammu protest against the construction of multilayer parking and commercial complex on the temple land
Jammu temple devotees and caretaker accuses administration of grabbing temple land to build parking and commercial complex
Vaishno Devi Shrine Board funds were misused for hosting Iftar parties: J and K High Court issues notice on petition against govt control
The petitioners have accused the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board of employing non-Hindus at several administrative posts and actively taking 'effective steps' for the destruction of the sacred landmarks.
Insistence on representation of every caste among the Temple trustees: A colonial idea that endangers Temple tradition
An issue that has come up in this discussion is that question of caste representation among the Temple trustees to avoid caste-discrimination.
Democratizing Temple administration: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater
In the ongoing discussion about state entrenchment in Hindu Temples, we come face to face with the question of what the alternative system would be
People who think govt control of temples will rid them of inter-jati conflict assume that a pro-Hindu govt will always be in power
Viewing it through the single lenses of govt control, though, does not do justice to the various other aspects of society within which these temples are situated
Why election based representation from the ‘district’ in which the temple is situated might be a result of misplaced understanding
Proposing election based representation from the “district” in which the temple is situated often misses the point that each temple evolved its own unique methodology to integrate the local communities into how it was run and the resources managed.
Char Dham priests to protest against Uttarakhand government’s decision to set up Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board
Priests claim that Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board has been set up by Uttarakhand govt will take control of temples
Meet cartoonist Vishal: Busting leftist monopoly in narrative with Hindutva cartoons, one at a time
Vishal makes cartoons on Instagram which seeks to bust the leftist monopoly over the control of discourse
Tamil Nadu: Madras HC intervenes, govt withdraws order asking only Hindu temples to pay Rs 10 crores to CM’s Coronavirus relief fund
Earlier the Madras HC had refused to interfere with the Tamil Nadu govt's order to distribute free rice to Mosques in the month of Ramzan.
5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques, 47 temples have to pay rupees 10 crores: Tamil Nadu government order
The Tamil Nadu government has asked 47 temples to donate total of rupees 10 crores to the CM Relief Fund to fight Chinese coronavirus while giving free rice to mosques for Ramzan
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Times of India spreads fake news about PV Sindhu quitting national camp due to fall-out with family and coach: Here is the truth
Badminton world champion PV Sindhu has left the national camp meant for Olympic hopefuls and travelled to London to work on her recovery and nutrition.
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UK: Conservative party’s Israel body condemns BBC’s attempt to portray convicted Hamas terrorist as a victim, asks to apologise
CFI urges BBC to apologize to victims of 2001 Jerusalem bombing for showing Tamimi as a victim. The US has a 5 million USD bounty on Ahlam Tamimi.
Social Media
Twitter first says Leh a part of China, then, they say technical glitch, gets it horribly wrong even after fixing it: Read how
Nitin A Gokhale found that the microblogging platform had not fixed the technical glitch, despite being well aware of the sensitivity around it.
Media
Anti-Trump legal analyst of CNN and The New Yorker contributor suspended after masturbating on Zoom call
Jeffrey Toobin has offered an apology for masturbating on the Zoom video call and said that he thought he had put the video and audio on mute.
News Reports
ABP News team attacked, stones pelted at crew in RJD held constituency of Arwal
RJD's Ravindra Singh is the sitting MLA from Arwal. ABP's Sumeet Awasthi had shared that a local IYC leader has been threatening to beat up anchor Akhilesh Anand.
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After Chinese phones blocking weather data for Arunachal and Ladakh, now Twitter shows Leh as part of China
Security analyst Nitin A Gokhale found that Twitter has labelled Leh in Ladakh as part of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Entertainment
In 2012 ‘out of town’ Salman Khan partied with Parambir Singh in Mumbai on day Bandra cops could not serve him Court summons for...
As reported by Mid-Day in 2012, Salman Khan and Parambir Singh were both found attending a Christmas party hosted by Sunny Dewan and his wife Anu Dewan in Mumbai. This when the Bandra cops claimed Khan was not in town.
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During 26/11 Mumbai attack, Param Bir Singh refused to be on ground and take on terrorists, then Mumbai CP Hasan Gafoor had said
Hasan Gafoor, who was the Mumbai Commissioner of Police during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, had accused senior police officials, including Param Bir Singh of not taking on the terrorists.
Media
TimesNow joined the Left in condemning Republic TV to hell, now, the Left is gunning for them too
The 'TRP scam' started off when Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh named Republic TV and hid the fact that the FIR which was filed, based on the Hansa Research Report, named India Today
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Rajdeep Sardesai and India Today secure a gag order against social media user who had said they took 8 crores for Rhea interview
Issuing an order on India Today petition, the Delhi HC has ordered Twitter to suspend the man named Anurag Srivastava, and Google to remove the content from search results.
