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Unidentified men display Ghodse, Veer Savarkar images during Shobha Yatre in Chitradurga

Unidentified men displayed images of Nathuram Ghodse, Veer Savarkar, and Bajrang Dal activist Sharat Madiwal during a Hindu Maha Ganapati Shobha Yatre in Chitradurga. The procession, organised by Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishat, was attended by 3,000 people and passed through various locations. Music was played through disco jockey…

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Junaid-Nasir murder case: Gurgaon Police gets cow vigilante Monu Manesar's 4-day remand

GURGOAN: A local court in Gurgaon on Saturday granted four days of police remand to Monu Manesar, a cow vigilante and Bajrang Dal activist who stands accused in the Junaid-Nasir murder case.

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VHP to increase Bajrang Dal units from 2,000 to 5,000 in Karnataka

MANGALURU: Even when the Congress government in Karnataka was planning to ban Bajrang Dal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is gearing up to increase the number of its saffron youth wing branches from 2,000 to 5,000 in the state.

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Haryana Congress MLA arrested in Nuh violence case; remanded to two days police custody

Congress MLA Mamman Khan arrested in connection to communal riots in Nuh, Haryana. Home Minister Anil Vij had earlier said Khan was responsible for the violence. Khan was arrested two days after Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar. Khan had sought protection from the High Court fearing arrest.

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India vigilante Monu Manesar, accused of inciting Haryana riots, arrested

Cow vigilante has been arrested for allegedly uploading ‘objectionable and inflammatory’ posts under fictitious name.

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‘Cow vigilante’ Monu Manesar held in Gurugram on multiple charges

Monu Manesar, Bajrang Dal activist, was taken into custody by Haryana Police in Gurugram's Manesar on Sept 12. He is accused of murdering two Muslim men in Feb and triggering recent violence in Nuh.

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Traders attacked allegedly by cow vigilantes in Karnataka

The police said the accused belonged to Bajrang Dal and Sangh Parivar organisations.

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Now, Hindu women threatened with rape and death by right-wing ‘activists’ for befriending young Muslim men

Tanu, Riya & Shilpi, all Hindu women, faced death & rape threats for posting pictures with Muslim men. Bajrang Dal members threatened their families & spread their personal details online.

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GPS tools, spike bars, and informer-cop nexus: Inside the world of Monu Manesar

“We have only one clarion call…If you slaughter cows, there will be hell to pay,” Monu Manesar says in a film documenting the modus operandi of the Bajrang Dal vigilante. On the run after being booked for the murder of two Muslim men in February this year, Monu is again…

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s tweet found misleading; case registered in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh

Digvijaya Singh's post on X claiming Bajrang Dal workers were installing Shivling on Shri Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra Kundalpur in Damoh district was found to be misleading. A case was registered against the X account holder following a VHP complaint.

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Madhya Pradesh: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s tweet found misleading; case registered in Damoh

Former Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has once again hit the headlines after his post on X (formerly twitter) claiming that Bajrang Dal workers were installing Shivling on the premises of Shri Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra Kundalpur in Damoh district was said to be misleading. Read Fourther…

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Nuh violence: State Rights body to probe ‘police negligence’ in death of activist

The Haryana Human Rights Commission has initiated a probe into allegations of police negligence in the death of a Bajrang Dal activist, Pradeep Sharma, and others during the recent communal violence in the State’s Nuh district

The Hindu

Gurgaon: Posters asking Muslims to leave come up in slum; FIR lodged

GURGAON: Posters were pasted on the walls of a few shops in a slum in Gurgaon, asking Muslims to leave the place by Monday or face consequences.

The Times of India

Reporters Without Orders Ep 284: Manipur internet shutdown, deepening divide, Bajrang Dal laboratory

This week, host Gurmehar Kaur is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Sumedha Mittal.

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VHP denies link with Bittu Bajrangi after his arrest over Nuh violence

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad issued a statement saying that Raj Kumar alias Bittu Bajrangi, who was arrested by Haryana Police in connection with the Nuh violence, “never had any relation” with its youth wing Bajrang Dal, or other VHP-linked organisations.

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Karkala police book 2 Bajrang Dal leaders for provocative speech in coastal Karnataka

In the speech, Bajrang Dal Mangaluru division joint convenor Puneet Attavar said, “...the hand with which a Muslim slaughters cows should be separated from his body. Activists should take a vow today to accomplish this”.

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Indian Muslims in Haryana face calls for economic boycott after violence

Hindu far-right groups call for northern Haryana state residents to boycott Muslim shops.

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Don’t harass the innocent, arrest the real culprits: Nuh MLA

Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed slammed the government for the demolition drive, saying that it was aimed at teaching a “lesson” to a particular community.

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Nuh violence well-planned to garner poll dividends: CPI(M) delegation

A CPI (M) delegation described the communal clashes in Nuh as "well orchestrated" to gain electoral dividends and sought a judicial probe under High Court supervision. The team interacted with the prominent persons of the society and appreciated the people of both communities for maintaining peace among themselves keeping with…

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Bajrang Dal | The aggressive arm of Hindutva

Bajrang Dal, VHP's youth wing, was set up in 1984 to provide muscle to Hindutva agenda. It has been involved in Ram temple movement, anti-conversion activities, cow protection and 'Love Jihad' protests. It has been banned once and its activities have led to violence. It celebrates Hanuman Jayanti as Balopasana…

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Haryana communal violence | In the shadow of the millennium city

On July 31, communal clashes broke out during a religious procession in Nuh, the poorest district of the country, and spilled over to other districts of Haryana, including Gurugram, the financial capital of the State. Ashok Kumar traces the origin and spread of the riots, which have widened the distrust…

Newslaundry

‘His best friend was Muslim’: Family of Bajrang Dal man killed in Nuh worried his ‘activism’ affected job

Abhishek Chauhan, a Bajrang Dal worker who has been killed in communal violence in Nuh, often ran into arguments with his family. The reason? The impact on his job due to regular participation in the group’s activities.

Newslaundry

Monu Manesar as cattle crusader, Muslims ‘love’ Pakistan: Sudhir Chaudhary’s spiel on Haryana violence

Six people have died in the communal violence in Haryana so far, and our TV news brethren have been all over it. On primetime shows on News18 India, Times Now Navbharat, Republic Bharat and Aaj Tak, anchors grilled Nuh’s Meo Muslims, the police and the administration for the roles they…

The Hindu

Making a riot: On the communal clashes in Haryana

The Haryana administration must act against the perpetrators of the violence, and be vigilant and impartial to ensure peace

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Muslims in fear in India’s Gurugram after attacks on mosque, businesses

Streets are deserted and tensions high after mobs torch Muslim-owned shops, a mosque and kill its imam in Haryana state.

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