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Hindu priest

Hindu priest

Mujtaba Hasan Askari with Rangarajan

A faith that serves and not divides

A Hindu priest and a Muslim social worker have come together to promote harmony during times of polarisation and communal discord.
23 Jan 2020 12:00 AM
New York Attorney General Letitia James said there is zero tolerance for hate or bigotry of any kind in New York. (Photo: File)

Prominent US lawmakers condemn attack on Hindu priest in New York

Police arrested 52-year old Sergio Gouveia in connection with the attack and charged him with assault, harassment and criminal possession.
27 Jul 2019 3:06 PM
Some of the people who regularly attend the temple said they believe the priest was targeted. (Photo: Representational)

Hindu priest beaten near temple in US, visitors call it 'targeted attack'

The police are looking into whether the attack should be investigated as a hate crime.
21 Jul 2019 11:48 AM
Chilukuru Balaji Archakulu C.S. Rangarajan Lifting Aditya Parasri on his shoulders as a part of the Muni Vahana Seva utsavsam at Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple Puranapul in Hyderabad. Venugopalachari, Special Representative of Telangana state government was also present.

Chilkur Balaji temple priest re-enacts 2,700-year-old ritual

Carries dalit man on his shoulder in to temple.
17 Apr 2018 12:22 AM
Police said the priest, Ramesh Suthar, and his friends then broke Khan’s musical instruments and killed him. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Rajasthan village tense after Hindu priest 'kills' singer; 200 Muslims flee home

The Muslim singer was killed on Sept 27, when a Hindu priest accused him of making mistakes while reciting hymns to evoke a Hindu goddess.
11 Oct 2017 1:44 PM
S. Sudhikumar

Kerala: Temple stonewalls non-Brahmin priest

Priest to seek legal recourse after waiting for final order.
17 Jul 2017 1:27 AM
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Another Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh: police

The priest was hacked by 3 helmetted men riding a motor-cycle as he was walking on a highway adjacent to his temple early in the morning.
01 Jul 2016 8:05 AM
Bangladesh authorities have detained nearly 12,000 people in a nationwide crackdown to halt a spate of deadly attacks.(Photo: AP)

Hindu priest receives death threat in Bangladesh

Suspected Islamists have killed a number of secular activists, Hindus and other minorities across the country in recent months.
16 Jun 2016 1:06 PM
Bangladeshi authorities have been coming under mounting international pressure to end the string of attacks on religious minorities and secular activists that have left more than 40 people dead in the last three years. (Photo: AP)

Crackdown on Bangladesh Islamists as Hindu priest murdered

Two high-ranking members of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh were shot dead in a battle in Dhaka and another was killed.
07 Jun 2016 1:15 PM
The Hindu priest's head had been nearly severed from his neck. (Representational Image: AP)

70-year-old Hindu priest slaughtered in western Bangladesh

The priest's body was found in a rice field near his home in the village of Noldanga.
07 Jun 2016 10:42 AM
The murder of the priest triggered a surge of grief and shock among his friends and relatives in the remote northern district of Panchagarh, Bangladesh.

ISIS claims killing of Hindu priest in Bangladesh

This is the first attack by the group against a Hindu.
23 Feb 2016 1:19 AM
Two members of banned militant group Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh and an activist with Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh arrests three Islamists over Hindu priest murder

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack inside the temple complex.
22 Feb 2016 5:05 PM
The killers then pounced on him and slit his throat, a TV channel quoted a devotee in the neighbourhood as saying. (Representational Image)

Hindu priest killed in Bangladesh

a Hindu priest was hacked to death by unknown men in a predawn attack on a temple in Bangladesh.
22 Feb 2016 1:15 AM

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