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US State Department for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs posted a tweet condemning the vandalism of Swaminarayan Temple in California

The Indian consulate in San Francisco has strongly condemned the defacement of the Swaminarayan Mandir Vasana Sanstha with anti-India and pro-Khalistani graffiti in California's Newark city

A bearded man wearing a skull cap was caught on camera urinating at the gate of a temple in Dehradun and later hurling stones at it.

This was the first arrest made by Canadian authorities since temples were desecrated on August 12 with pro-Khalistan graffiti spraypainted on their walls.

The locals in Begusarai had blamed members of 'Samuday Vishesh' for the desecration of a temple and the Shivling housed in it.

According to locals, members of 'Samuday Vishesh' were responsible for the desecration of the temple and the vandalism of Shivling.

Details that have emerged suggests that the religious procession in Bihar's Bagaha district had come under brutal attack, when it reached a mosque in the Ratanmela area

The procession in Bagaha was taken out with prior police approval and police forces were present during the procession, still it was brutally attacked by stone pelters.

Additional SP stated, “As soon as the matter came to the notice of the police, they immediately got the statue of Maharana Pratap repaired. It is true that this is a matter of anger but soon the accused will be identified and arrested.”

BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria on Saturday was awarded two-year imprisonment by an Agra Court in connection with a vandalism case at a company in a mall in 2011.