The skies were blue over the 42nd Annual India Day Parade in New York City on 18 August, yet the entire event was overshadowed by over a week of protest surrounding a single one of the over 40 floats that flooded the streets of Manhattan.
A multiracial coalition of human rights and interfaith organisations in the United States has raised concerns about the inclusion of an anti-Muslim float at the India Day Parade scheduled to be held in New York City on 18 August, 2024.
Following the reports on leaking roofs, deep road cave-ins were found at more than 10 places on the Rampath that was constructed ahead of the pompously celebrated consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in the city.
In a controversial move, the authorities at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut have imposed substantial fines totaling Rs 33 lakh on five students who were part of the Student Affairs Council and organizers of the protest held on 22 March, with each required to pay Rs 6,61,155.
The construction of the Ram Mandir at the site of demolished Babri Masjid and its consecration in January this year have helped Bharatiya Janata Party silently consolidate Hindu identity, says CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey.
A month after a Dalit student of the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) was arrested for allegedly posting a story on WhatsApp in protest against the celebration of the consecration of the Ayodhya Ram Temple on January 22, the Govandi police station in Mumbai has arrested another student in the same case.