Thousands of Indigenous Tamil Hindus gathered to protest against far-right Islamists who tried to do animal sacrifices at the holy hill of Thiruparankundram where the Lord Murugan temple resides in Madurai which these Islamists have renamed as Sikandar Malai Dargah. Section 144 has been imposed in the entire Madurai district, while the Madras HC has [...]
In yet another case of murder of a Hindu leader, Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Agra city unit vice-president Arun Kumar Mahaur, a Dalit, was on Thursday shot dead in broad daylight on the way back home after performing his daily prayers at a local temple. He was accosted by five assailants in a busy marketplace [...]
February 29, 2016
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The Hindu Munnani has called upon the Tamil Nadu Government to hand over the control of Hindu religious places of worship to independent trusts. The trusts must ensure that revenue generated from these places are solely utilised to develop the temples. It also demanded scrapping of ‘darshan’ fees in all temples. This was among the [...]
June 13, 2015
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CHENNAI: Police probing the murder of Hindu Munnani leader K P S Suresh Kumar in Ambattur in June have claimed to have identified four suspects. “We have identified their hideouts and will nab them soon,” a senior police officer said. While three of the suspects are from Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district, one is from Kerala, [...]
Tirunelveli (TN): A 38-year old Hindu Munnani leader was murdered during wee hours today in front of his house at Sankarankoil near here by three unidentified men, triggering tension in the area, police said. Jeevaraj was a former town secretary of the right wing organisation, they said, adding the incident occurred when he was having [...]
July 6, 2014
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CHENNAI: The BJP on Thursday condemned the murder of a Hindu Munnani activist at Ambattur on Wednesday night. Hindu Munnani’s Tiruvallur district president Suresh Kumar died after he was attacked by a gang near the Ambattur bus stand on Wednesday night. In a statement, BJP state president Pon Radhakrishnan said Suresh had been involved in [...]
June 20, 2014
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