Attacks

Kathmandu (Nepal): A mob suspected to be led by those loyal to the Maoist cause assaulting two newly appointed Indian priests, stripping them naked and tearing off the sacred threads regarded as mandatory for Brahmins.

Perpetrators with the help of police and Magistrate started throwing belongings, ulltencils of possessors, destroyed Durga structures situated thereon.

The central committee of the banned CPI - Maoist had decided to eliminate VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda as he was opposing them in Kandhamal, according to the confessions of an arrested Maoist commander.

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed a leader of hardline Hindu organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Kathmandu (Nepal): Close on the heels of a power tussle over Nepal's Pashupatinath shrine revered by Hindus worldwide, the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita has come under attack in the former Hindu kingdom.

Kathmandu: A dispute at a Hindu temple in Nepal that has required riot police to keep the peace is not about religion or tradition, but simply a matter of money, officials and pilgrims at the site have told.

Behrampore (West Bengal): A 30-year-old Hindu labourer was beheaded after a kangaroo court in a Murshidabad decided he must die because he had married a Muslim girl and the couple had hidden his religion from her family.

Ranchi (Jharkhand): Maoists in Jharkhand are being trained in guerrilla and jungle warfare by former Army personnel, the state police claim.

New Delhi: Claiming responsibility for the killing of VHP leader Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati in Orissa, the CPI-M on Sunday warned the saffron oufit of "more such punishments if it continued violence against religious minorities in the country".

Raipur (Chhattisgarh): Six CRPF personnel, including an officer, were killed in a landmine attack by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday.

Hindus in West Bengal are now under attack from Muslim fundamentalists, who are mostly Bangladeshi infiltrators, with an active support from the ruling CPM.

The Police came to the spot when the Swami was senseless and the CPIM & Muslim fanatics satisfied themselves by a enormous blood-shed of a peaceful Hindu Monk.

Trivendram (Kerala): A group of sanyasis met Governor R.L. Bhatia here on Tuesday and urged him to direct the government to take action against the attack on ashrams in different parts of the State.

Maoists killed three policemen and looted their sophisticated weapons whereas five others are still missing with weapons in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, a top police officer said.

Kerala: The real intention of the LDF Govt. is not to rein in the fraud spiritual leaders and their centres but to curb the spiritual wave sweeping Kerala in particular and India in general.