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Dhubri: In the minority-dominated Dhubri constituency, BJP has picked 55-year-old Hindu OBC leader Uttam Prasad as its candidate for the assembly poll race.Prasad, also an ardent social worker, had contested the civic body poll in 2017 as an independent candidate from Ward No. 9 and won. He later joined BJP.Though Prasad has been associated with…
Vivek Sinha, playing hijacker Zahoor Mistry in Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’, faces online threats over his trailer line: “Hindu ek darpok qaum hai…” In Instagram reels, he praises fans’ patriotism, clarifies he’s from Bijnor (now Mumbai)—not Pakistani—and thanks the buzz. Sequel ‘The Revenge’ releases March 19. Vivek Sinha, the actor behind the hijacker Zahoor Mistry in…
The ongoing immigration diatribe aimed at Indian-Americans and Hindus has found a fresh flashpoint online in a recent X post. A self-described nationalist account recently took to the social media app to rant about another ‘massive’ Hindu temple rising in Dallas. They claimed the temple was the ’18th’ temple in the Dallas-Fort Worth area alone…
Lord Singh of Wimbledon heads Network of Sikh Organisations (Credit: © House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris) TOI correspondent from London: Hindu and Sikh groups have criticised a non-statutory (not legally binding) definition of anti-Muslim hostility and the appointment of an “Islamophobia tsar” by the UK govt, saying it will foster resentment and…
PRAYAGRAJ: Ahutosh Brahmachari, who lodged a case of sexual harassment against Swami Avimukteshwaranand at Jhunsi police station last month, was allegedly attacked and assaulted by an unknown person in Reewa Express near Sirathu railway station early Sunday. Following the incident, senior GRP (Government railway police) authorities have launched a detailed probe into the case and…
LONDON: A temple serving 18,000 Hindus in Peterborough and surrounding counties has been thrown a lifeline by a high court judge who has issued a temporary injunction preventing the sale of the building it is in to a mosque.The Bharat Hindu Samaj Temple (BHS) was established in the New England Complex in Peterborough in 1986…
The Bombay High Court ruled that the right to dignity under Article 21 extends beyond death, allowing exhumation for religious rites (AI image) In a significant ruling reinforcing that constitutional protections do not cease with death, the Nagpur Bench of the high court of Judicature at Bombay held that the right to dignity under Article…
LONDON: Hindu groups have rejected a new SOAS-led report into the 2022 Hindu-Muslim Leicester riots which seeks to blame Hindus and “Hindutva” for much of the violence, saying they have serious concerns about its impartiality, funding and panel composition.The Hindu Community Organisations Group (HCOG) Leicester, which represents over 50,000 Hindus, said the vast majority of…
Nitai Roy Chowdhury, 77, lone Hindu minister in PM Tarique Rahman-led govt and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s central committee, said the administration was committed to ensuring the safety of all minorities and restoring cordial relations with India, asserting that fundamentalism would not be allowed to spread in Bangladesh.Chowdhury spoke to TOI in an exclusive…
Rohit Shetty’s Mumbai home was attacked on February 1. Police say the shooting was planned by the Shubham Lonkar gang, who recruited seven youths through social media with promises of money and fame. Two modules, from Pune and North India, handled logistics and execution. Several accused are now under arrest. Rohit Shetty’s home came under…
