Bajrang Dal workers barged into Rishikul Ayurvedic College in Haridwar on Saturday, protesting against Muslim students organizing an Iftar party on campus.
After he was denied permission to hold a ‘Dharam Sansad’ in Haridwar, controversial Hindu priest Yati Narsinghanand made a hate speech against Muslims at another event in the city on December 20. Police say they are looking into the contents of the purported speech, the video of which is circulating.
Two mosques and a shrine along the route of the Kanwar Yatra in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar were on Friday morning hidden from view with large white sheets. Following the video becoming viral on social media and mass condemnations, the sheets were removed later in the day.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the interim bail granted on medical grounds to Jitendra Tyagi in the case for making anti-Muslim hate speeches at the Haridwar Dharam Sansad or Hindu Parliament.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, one of the accused in the Haridwar genocidal event case, on medical grounds for three months.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the Haridwar anti-Muslim hate speech delivered at the ‘Dharam...