Locals held protests, demanding strict action against the perpetrator. In recent months, Hyderabad had witnessed two separate incidents involving the vandalization of Hindu idols, sparking protests from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other religious organisations.
Uttar Pradesh news: On Thursday morning, the locals found the statue disfigured and reported the matter to the police.
The incident took place less than ten days after a similar act of vandalism took place at the BAPS Mandir in New York, prompting concerns among the Hindu community. India had brought increasing attacks on Hindu temples to the attention of the US authorities.
The Hindu American Foundation has urged the US Justice Department to investigate the attack on BAPS Hindu Temple in New York. Earlier, the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Canada was defaced with anti-India graffiti in July.
At least 800 Hindus have been forced to flee their homes in Bangladesh and attempt to enter India as attackers targeted their homes and properties. Muhammad Yunus, the head of the interim government, called the attacks on minorities as part of a conspiracy and vowed action.
Railway traffic would remain disrupted until the end of the weekend as repairs were underway and travellers were urged to postpone their journeys. Government officials denounced the 'malicious incidents' that took hours before the opening ceremony of Paris Olympics.
Eight police teams of Andhra have been searching for MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy for the last two days as the Election Commission has ordered his immediate arrest.
Lord James Balfour was responsible for the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which created the path for the creation of Israel in 1948 and some hold him responsible for the Israel-Palestine conflict. The painting was by artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo in 1914.
Imran was booked in multiple cases related to the violence on May 9, although the former PM maintains he was illegally arrested from Islamabad High Court. He and Qureshi were indicted on February 6 and were produced to the court, where Imran rejected all allegations against him.
At least four people were killed, including two children, and several others were injured after four coaches of the Benapole Express train in Dhaka's Gopibagh area were set ablaze on Friday. This happened two days before the elections, where PM Sheikh Hasina is poised to win.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said his government won't allow anyone to go on rampage in Karnataka. His statement comes amid violent protests by pro-Kannada activists targeting shops, and banners carrying English texts.
Some suspected pro-Khalistan activists defaced the Swaminarayan temple in Newark, California. One of the devotees, who lives near to the temple, noticed anti-Hindu, anti-India graffiti in black ink on the exterior wall of the temple and informed the local authorities.
"There may be an attempt to harm them from a section of marginalised and peripheral group of people, but that would be responded sternly and strictly," assured caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar.
Pakistan has faced renewed criticism after several churches were vandalised and torched in Punjab province over blasphemy allegations.
At least five churches were torched and houses were looted by the mob which is said to be incited by clerics in mosques. The house of a Christian cleaner was also demolished over blasphemy allegations.
Earlier in January, Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Australia's Carrum Downs was vandalised with anti-Hindu graffiti.
Between January 12 to 23, three Hindu temples in Melbourne were defaced with anti-India graffiti in Melbourne by Khalistan supporters.
In a possible hate crime, unidentified persons have destroyed a handcrafted statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a sledgehammer at a Hindu temple here after vandalising it earlier this month, media reports said on Friday.
The vandalism of Rahul Gandhi's office had led to Congress organising a massive rally at Kalpetta in Wayanad district and a Youth Congress protest in Kottayam had allegedly turned violent.
The family of caretaker Sunder Lal was also threatened. Later, an FIR was registered against one person, who was identified, and 20 unknown people on the basis of a complaint by Sunder Lal.
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