Holi Festival
- India
Karnataka youth applies colour to girl; gets abducted, stripped nude, thrashed
Kolar: A youth in Karnataka’s Kolar district was abducted, stripped nude, and assaulted for applying colour to a girl in a bus, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the incident had…
- Delhi
Man tries to hit policeman with car after told to lower music volume, arrested
New Delhi: A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to hit a Delhi Police head constable with a car in an inebriated state on Holi in the Dwarka area after…
- India
3 held by Delhi Police for harassing, groping Japanese woman on Holi
Delhi: Three persons, including a juvenile, were apprehended after a video surfaced on social media showing a group of men allegedly harassing and groping a Japanese woman on Holi, police said on Saturday.…
- India
Video of Japanese woman being harassed on Holi sparks outrage
Video of a woman being harassed by a group of men while taking part in Holi celebrations surfaced online leading to outrage. Several media reports have suggested that the woman is a…
- Delhi
Delhi traffic police issued 8,550 challans during Shab-e-Barat, Holi: Data
New Delhi: The Delhi traffic police issued more than 8,550 challans for violation of traffic rules during Shab-e-Barat and Holi this year, according to the official data. Many of those challaned included…
- Telangana
UP: Man suffers heart attack while dancing on Holi, dies
Ghaziabad: A 30-year-old man died of a heart attack while dancing to DJ music in Laxmi Nagar Colony of Modinagar. The deceased has been identified as Vineet Kumar, who worked as a…
- India
Man followed by PM Modi on Twitter lauds harassment of Muslim women on Holi
A Twitter user by the name Sushant Kumar Rai (@Skraivns) uploaded a viral video on his Facebook page lauding the harassment of Muslim women by a Hindu mob who were playing Holi.…
- Delhi
Holi: DU female students protest against ‘curbs’ on movement
Women students at Delhi University’s Rajiv Gandhi Hostel for Girls (RGHG) raised slogans and protested on Wednesday against university hostel curfews that prohibit students from leaving the premises until 6 PM, due…
- India
Raj cops look for couple seen romancing on bike on Holi eve
Jaipur: Rajasthan cops are on the lookout for a couple who was seen romancing on a motorbike on Jaipur streets on the eve of Holi. The reported incident took place at the…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Clashes in Aligarh while playing Holi
Aligarh: Two groups clashed with each other during Holi celebrations. In the clash, Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Metropolitan Vice President Subodh Sweety was injured. According to sources, people from both groups belong…
- India
UP: ‘Devars’, ‘bhabhis’ smear each other with colours of love on Holi
Mathura: Twenty quintals of ‘tesu’ flowers and 50 quintals of ‘gulal’ of varied hues are stocked at Dauji temple in Baldeo region of Uttar Pradesh to celebrate a unique Holi played by…
- India
Swiggy takes down ‘egg ad’ billboard for Holi after backlash: Sources
New Delhi: Swiggy’s egg ad billboard for Holi has been taken down after a section of people expressed “outrage” on social media. The advertisement said, “Omelette – Sunny side-up – Kisi ke…
- India
We all had 1 common ancestor’: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind chief Arshad Madani
Saharanpur: While addressing a Holi function on Monday organised by BJP leader Colonel Rajiv Rawat in Bhaila village of Deoband, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani said that we all had one…
- Pakistan
15 Hindu students of Pak univ injured by radical Islamic group while playing Holi
Karachi: At least 15 students from the minority Hindu community celebrating Holi at the University of Karachi were injured when they were attacked by some members of a radical Islamic student organisation,…
- Offbeat
‘Don’t deliver bhaang’, Zomato tells user; Delhi Police joins in
New Delhi: As Holi posts and memes flood social media ahead of the festival of colours, a post by Zomato saying that they “don’t deliver bhaang ki goli”, has gone viral. Twitter…
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