Sarang told ANI, "Rahul Gandhi should come and talk to me about Hindutva. Congress has a habit of making fun of God and Goddess of Hindu religion. What Rahul will talk about Hinduism, he does not know about even initials of Hinduism."

Bengaluru Apr 22 PTI Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Friday said many unseen hands including certain organisations were behind the recent violence in Hubballi over a social media post and they will be brought to justice He also said that the government was contemplating on controlling activities of such organisations including imposing a ban on them The Hubballi incident was to incite large-scale violence there as our police acted immediately the situation was brought under control in a couple of hours The Maulvi who allegedly instigated the mob was arrested on Thursday investigations are on to find who were behind the incident and organisations that were involved Jnanendra said Speaking to reporters here he said there will be a thorough inquiry as there are many unseen hands involved Innocent people were incited and sent on to the streets to indulge in violence Some people are trying to create unrest in the society against a particular community and some organisations are involved in it We are aware who they are and we will find themthinking is on in all aspects like-to ban and control them We want peace and stability and all communities to co-exist he added Further alleging Congress appeasement policy as the reason for communal issues the Minister said these are the trees that have grown from the seeds sown by that party A mob allegedly went on a rampage damaging many police vehicles a hospital and a Hanuman temple in the old town of Hubballi and injured some police officers on duty over a social media post on April 16 According to police sources it was allegedly following a social media post of a digitally altered image of a Bhagwa saffron flag flying over a masjid Muezzin Wasim Pathan the cleric who is facing charges of instigating the mob for violence was arrested on Thursday According to the information last available the number of people arrested in the case so far has gone up to 134 Karnataka DG IGP Praveen Sood said strict action will be taken against all those directly or indirectly involved in the violence and no one will be spared All those directly or indirectly involved and conspiracy angle if any will be found and they will be brought to justice We have arrested all those directly involved and time is required to arrest all those indirectly involved as technical investigation has to take place he said Warning against attacking police or police stations the DGP said if there is a complaint police will take it and act instead of that showing anger against the men in uniform is not right PTI KSU KSU KH KSU SS SS

Bengaluru Apr 18 PTI Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said arrests have been made and an investigation is on in connection with the violence in Hubbali over a social media post Action will be taken against those guilty in accordance with law he told reporters here Arrests have been made and investigation is on All those behind it also leaders behind it will face the investigation and action will be taken against those guilty in accordance with law Bommai said responding to a question regarding the violence in Hubbali in the early hours of Sunday A mob allegedly went on a rampage damaging many police vehicles a hospital and a Hanuman temple in the old town of Hubbali and injured some police officers on duty over a social media post According to police sources it was allegedly following a social media post of a digitally altered image of a Bhagwa saffron flag flying over a masjid According to police a complaint had been lodged on an objectionable social media post after which a person was arrested Not satisfied with the action some people gathered around the police station but were persuaded to disperse Later a large number of people once again started gathering around the police station and indulged in heavy stone-pelting A number of police officials sustained injuries in the incident PTI KSU SS SS

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 28 (ANI): Ahead of the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday held a roadshow in his bastion Gorakhpur which votes on March 3, and said that 'Bhagwa' is the identity of Bhartiyata (Indianness) but it is being targeted by some people.

Bengaluru Feb 20 PTI The Congress in Karnataka continued its agitation inside the Karnataka Assembly for the past three days demanding removal of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa for his alleged statement on the national flag The Congress legislators have been camping in the Vidhana Soudha inside the Assembly Hall and have been sleeping there in the night The agitation is happening because of the adamant stand of the BJP Who is asking for Eshwarappas resignation No one We want his dismissal Our appeal is also to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to dismiss him KPCC chief D K Shivakumar said He was confident that the minister would be dismissed from office in the next two days Stating that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is under pressure from within the party Shivakumar said if the CM has self-esteem then he would have thrown out foul-mouthed Eshwarappa from the government when the latter had said Medium and Large Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani would become the next chief minister However the Chief Minister said on Saturday that the Congress has lost the morality to be the opposition party Reacting to a question about the protest and camping inside the Karnataka Assembly by Congress party members Bommai said they had lost morality to be either the ruling party or even sit in the opposition D K Shivakumar and other Congress legislators go home for a while to come back again The agitation will continue either till the dismissal of Eshwarappa or till the end of the current assembly session a source close to Shivakumar told PTI The source said the legislators have been sleeping at night inside the Assembly perform yoga under the rising sun and jog and walk around the Vidhana Soudha in the morning The Congress in Karnataka has been demanding the resignation of the minister and that he be booked for sedition regarding his statement about the national flag The partys agitation led to chaos in the assembly and council proceedings for three days Eshwarappa had said on February 9 that Bhagwa dhwaj saffron flag may become the national flag some time in the future The senior party leader however had said the tricolour is the national flag now and it should be respected by everyone Hundreds of years ago the chariots of Sri Ramachandra and Maruthi had saffron flags on them Was the tricolour flag there in our country then Now it tricolour is fixed as our national flag what respect it has to be given should be given by every person who eats food in this country there is no question about it Eshwarappa had said Responding to a question by reporters whether the saffron flag can be hoisted on the red fort he had said Not today some day in the future Discussions are today taking place in the country on Hindu vichara and Hindutva People used to laugh at one point when we said Ram Mandair will be constructed in Ayodhya arent we constructing it now he said In the same way some time in the future after 100 or 200 or 500 years Bhagwa dhwaj may become the national flag I dont know Eshwarappa added The overnight agitation by the Congress came even as protests by the party legislators rocked the proceedings in both houses PTI GMS GMS HDA HDA

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI): Bollywood power couple Ajay Devgn and Kajol on Monday celebrated two years of the release of their film 'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior'.