Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati on Monday surrendered before a court here in a case involving the violation of prohibitory orders and inciting communal violence. The court has withdrawn the non-bailable warrant issued against Narsinghanand Saraswati and directed that he may be released on bail furnishing twoRead More →
Immediately after walking out of the Haridwar district jail on Thursday, Narsinghanand proceeded to Sarvanand ghat to resume his hunger strike demanding the release of co-accused in the case, Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi. Narsinghanand’s release follows bail granted to him on Tuesday by a local courtRead More →
A Haridwar court on Sunday sent Yati Narsinghanand, organiser of the controversial Dharma Sansad in Haridwar, to 14-day judicial custody. He has been booked under Sections 295 (A) and 509 of the Indian Penal Code and sent to Roshnabad Jail, Haridwar police station SHO Rakinder Singh Kathait said. Section 295Read More →
Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas (retd) wrote an open letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra seeking action on calls for inciting violence at ‘Dharam Sansads’, adding that it is a violation of both the Constitution and the Election Commission’s model code of conduct. The letter written on JanuaryRead More →
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal that no action has been taken against those who made the hate speeches despite registration of FIR. “I have moved this PIL in respect of what happened in Dharam Sansad inRead More →
The Uttarakhand police on Saturday added the names of Yati Narsinghanand and one more accused in the FIR registered in connection with a recent three-day ‘Dharam Sansad’ held in Haridwar, where a series of hate speeches targeting Muslims and calling for violence and assassination were made. While the FIR wasRead More →
