ISKCON
- India
IIT Mandi probes casteist ‘Shudras serve higher classes’ poster
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has ordered an inquiry into a controversial Bhagavad Gita-themed poster on its campus that said Shudras should “serve higher classes,” with Director Laxmidhar Behera…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad traffic advisory: Diversions announced for Janmashtami
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Traffic Police has issued a traffic advisory announcing restrictions and diversions around the ISKCON Temple in Abids on September 4 in view of the Lord Sri Krishna Janmashtami Mahotsava. The…
- India
IIT-Kanpur’s tie-up with ISKCON for student welfare sparks row
New Delhi: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIT Kanpur and ISKCON for programmes aimed at student well-being, stress management and value-based education became the centre of controversy, with people questioning the…
- India
JNU cancels Umar Khalid’s book event, students’ union hits out
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday, August 9, said that permission has been cancelled for an August 9 discussion by JNUSU on a book authored by its former student Umar…
- India
Suvendu launches ISKCON midday meals, eggs served separately
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, August 1, inaugurated ISKCON’s kitchen, where mid-day meals will be prepared for 44,000 students of 500 schools in the city, and said his…
- India
ISKCON releases statement on relieving former VP Radharaman Das
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Sunday evening issued a statement, saying that the former Vice-President and spokesperson of the religious organisation’s Kolkata branch Radharaman Das has been sent on…
- India
BJP govt trying to impose vegetarianism in Bengal: O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) joint secretary Derek O’Brien on Wednesday, June 24, targeted the BJP over reports that eggs might be excluded from midday meals in West Bengal, alleging that the…
- Telangana
Two drown after entering water pit dug near ISKCON temple in Medchal
Hyderabad: Two students tragically lost their lives by drowning in a water-filled pit in Medchal on Sunday. The deceased – 14-year-old Uman and 12-year-old Irfan – were returning from school located in…
- News
UP: Mathura ISKCON employee absconds with donation money & receipt book
Mathura: An ISKCON temple employee tasked with collecting money donated by devotees has fled with lakhs of rupees along with a receipt book, officials said on Saturday. “An FIR was filed by…
- Hyderabad
Protest rally held in Hyderabad for the release of ISKCON’s Chinmoy Krishnadas
Hyderabad: A protest rally was held by Global Hindu Human Rights Collective, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and various Hindutva organisations from Botanical Garden to Shilparamam on Sunday, December 15, against the arrest of…
- India
Maha: ISKCON priest beaten for sending lewd texts to woman
An ISKCON priest identified as Suddhdas Sewa was brutally beaten up in Maharashtra’s Palghar district following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and sending obscene messages to a woman. The priest was thrashed at…
- World
Bangladesh court rejects bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das once again
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Wednesday, December 11, rejected the bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu priest and spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote also associated with the…
- News
Radharamn Das warns of violence against ISKCON devotees in Bangladesh
Kolkata: ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das on Sunday alleged that fundamentalist groups in Bangladesh are openly delivering sermons calling for the extermination of ISKCON devotees and their supporters. In a post on…
- India
‘ISKCON centre in Bangladesh burnt down,’ claims Radharaman Das
Kolkata: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Saturday alleged that its centre in Dhaka district in neighbouring Bangladesh was burnt down earlier in the day. Iskcon Kolkata vice president Radharamn…
- News
ISKCON row: Far-right outfits breach Bangladesh mission in Agartala
New Delhi: The premises of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala were breached by Hindu Sangharsh Samity, a Hindutwa outfit affiliated to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Monday, December 2. India’s…
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