Garba
- India
Hindutva workers target bouncers over religion at Garba event in Gujarat
Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers on September 25 were seen targeting Muslim bouncers at Garba events in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, demanding their immediate dismissal, citing religious reasons. As Navratri celebrations…
- India
Rajasthan: Two women denied entry to garba event over religion
Two Muslim women in Kota, Rajasthan were denied entry to a Navratri celebration of Garba event held on September 26, despite owning valid passes. The women posted a video online, alleging they…
- India
VHP’s diktat for garba ‘open invitation for violence’: Union min
Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday criticised the Vishva Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) advisory that only Hindus should be given entry to ‘garba’ events during Navratri, saying such calls were tantamount to…
- India
Maharashtra: VHP issues diktat for garba; entry based on Aadhaar details
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday, September 20, said only Hindus should be given entry to ‘garba’ events marking Navratri and advised organisers to check the Aadhaar card of entrants for…
- Middle East
Garba at the top: Indian tourists face backlash for dancing on Burj Khalifa
Dubai: A group of Indian tourists has faced online backlash after a video showed them performing Garba on the viewing deck of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The dance, set to the hit Bollywood…
- India
Islamic cleric asks community to stay away from Navratri Garba events
Ratlam: A Muslim cleric in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam city has appealed to his community members to stay away from garba (folk dance) events during the ongoing Navratri festival, stating that it goes…
- India
Indore police cancel Garba event following ‘love jihad’ allegations
Indore police cancelled the permission granted for a Garba event that was scheduled to take place in the Bhanwarkuan area, after a complaint by members of a far right-wing Hindu organisation Bajrang…
- India
Times Now Navbharat ordered to remove video giving communal colour to Garba
News channel Times Now Navbharat has been asked to take down a video dated September 2022 for its ‘communal tilt’. The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority on Thursday, November 2, directed…
- India
Gujarat’s Ambaji Mandir imposes gender-segregated garba
Ambaji: As the nine-day Navratri festival commences on Sunday, the Ambaji Mandir Management in Ambaji in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district has introduced a change by segregating men and women during the Garba festivities.…
- Hyderabad
Do not allow non-Hindus to enter garba events in Hyderabad: Raja Singh
Hyderabad: Goshamahal constituency MLA and suspended BJP leader Raja Singh has issued a warning to non-Hindus against entering garba events in Hyderabad. He has also cautioned garba organisers in the city. Claiming…
- India
VHP demands Aadhaar card checks to prevent ‘love jihad’ at garba events
Nagpur: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that entry to ‘garba and dandiya’ events during the upcoming Navratri festival be allowed only after checking the Aadhaar cards of participants in Maharashtra…
- India
24/7 medical assistance at Garba events, says Gujarat govt
Gandhinagar: To safeguard the health of its citizens during the forthcoming Navratri festival celebrations, the Gujarat government has issued a circular mandating the provision of medical teams, ambulances, and continuous medical care…
- India
Condom ad featuring garba does not hurt ‘religious sentiments’, rules MP HC
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against an Indore-based pharmacist for allegedly hurting sentiments of the Hindu community through a social media post of a condom advertisement…
- India
Navratri diaries: Communal unrest dominates festival spirit
As the country bid goodbye to Goddess Durga, religious clashes dominated the nine-day Navratri celebration across the country. States such as Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka reported incidents of clashes between…
- India
Guj govt, DGP get legal notices over cops publicly flogging Muslims
Ahmedabad: A voluntary organisation in Gujarat has sent legal notices to the state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after some police personnel publicly flogged a few members of a minority…
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