"A woman from Elyarpadavu, about 15km from here, who had married a Bajrang Dal activist, filed charges of abduction and attempt to outrage the modesty of a woman against several Dal activists. She also alleged that Jagadeesh Shenava, president, Mangalore district unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, had threatened to harm her parents if she didn't marry the activist..."
"A four-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and former state minister from communally sensitive Akola takes pride in calling himself the original campaigner against "Love Jihad". In all seriousness, Govardhan Sharma, 59, says no interaction should be allowed between Hindu girls and Muslim boys; girls should not be allowed the use of mobile phones and should have a stricter dress code. Worse, Hindu women should not be allowed to go grocery shopping. Sharma's efforts have yielded political dividends. Akola is seen as the BJP's safest seat in the district.
"Rioters have become active in Gujarat once again. Attempts are being made to revive communalism in an Gujarat which is known to be a communal tinderbox. Baroda was under the grip of riots since September 25th 2014, first day of Navratri. Riots continued for five days in one km area of old city namely Yakutpura, Fatehpura, Bhandwada and Hathikhana, when rest of the Baroda was dancing to the tunes of Garba.
" A common thread appears to have emerged from a series of communal incidents in Gujarat over the last two weeks, with residents of the areas affected blaming an alleged nexus between local VHP activists and police in triggering the violence. All the clashes were sparked by crackdowns on the sale of beef during Navratri and Bakrid — the slaughter of cows is banned in Gujarat.
"Bhopal: In a shocking incident, activists of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad thrashed the Vice-Chancellor of Vikram University, Jawahar Kaul, for his appeal to help the students from flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir. The vice-chancellor was mercilessly thrashed in the presence of cops in the university in Ujjain. The cops did nothing to stop the goons, who ransacked the office of VC and caused extensive damage. The goons also insulted the tricolour by throwing it on the floor. Kaul has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a local hospital...
"Echoing the views of a BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh, firebrand VHP leader Pravin Togadia on Saturday said Muslims must not be allowed inside the Garba events and insisted identity cards of each and every person be checked for participants in and visitors to such events. "We must be alert so that not a single Muslim person can enter in our Garba festival. Identity cards of each and every person must be checked at every Garba event," Togadia said in Amreli town in Saurashtra.
"RSS chief Mohanrao Bhagwat will tomorrow launch a three-volume work in Hindi on the “Hindu” identity of India’s Dalits at a high-powered event to be chaired by Vishwa Hindu Parishad international president Ashok Singhal. Union ministers Smriti Irani and Prakash Javadekar will be special guests at the launch, signifying the Sangh parivar’s agenda to “reclaim” and “propagate” the “Hindu roots” of Scheduled Castes.
"Four members of a family who have converted to Islam were arrested last night in Madhya Pradesh, hours after they told a court that they had not been forced into adopting another religion. Seven others have been held for questioning... All four, if found guilty, face two years in jail. On Tuesday, when the Jatav family went to a district magistrate with affidavits affirming that they were converting willingly, a large group of activists from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal arrived too, and started protesting and chanting slogans.
"After an excited start to push “Love Jihad” as the new Bharatiya Janata Party slogan ahead of the by elections in Uttar Pradesh, top leaders of the party who were falling over each other to take credit for the idea, are now distancing themselves from the slogan after New Delhi frowned on the idea that had all other political parties and women’s organisations up in arms within hours of the announcement.
"The Vadodara Police have booked members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad for brandishing swords and daggers at a rally to mark the 50 years of the saffron organization in the city. Members partaking in the rally passed through communally sensitive areas at at least two points in the city, wielding swords and holding banners with the message: “Yachna nahi Rann hoga”. With the dates for the bypolls of the Vadodara Parliamentary Constituency already declared and the Model Code of Conduct in place, VHP members violated the rules by carrying weapons.
