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Nuh VHP yatra HIGHLIGHTS: 51 members of Hindu organisations perform 'Jal Abhishek' at Nalhar Temple

VHP procession row HIGHLIGHTS: Authorities ordered the closure of educational institutions and banks on the day, suspended mobile Internet and bulk SMS services, and imposed prohibitory orders in the communally-sensitive district.

The Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat called for a 'Shobha Yatra' in Nuh Image Source : PTIThe Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat called for a 'Shobha Yatra' in Nuh

VHP procession in Nuh HIGHLIGHTS:  At least 51 members of Hindu organisations performed the 'Jal Abhishek' ceremony in Nuh's Nalhar Mahadev Temple on Monday. Haryana was put on high alert with heavy security arrangements in place fearing fresh violence in the Nuh district after the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat called for a 'Shobha Yatra' in Nuh despite the government denying permission for the procession. Authorities ordered the closure of educational institutions and banks on the day, suspended mobile Internet and bulk SMS services, and imposed prohibitory orders in the communally-sensitive district.

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Live updates : VHP procession row

  • 6:49 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

    Ruckus in Haryana Assembly after Congress raises Nuh violence issue

    The Haryana Assembly was briefly adjourned on Monday following an uproar as the opposition Congress raised the issue of the violence in Nuh and sought a probe monitored by a high court judge. Communal clashes had erupted in Nuh and its adjoining areas after a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession was attacked by a mob on July 31 leading to the death of six people, including two home guards and a cleric.

  • 6:14 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

    Former MLA Zakir Hussain reached Nalheshwar Temple with his wife

    National Vice President of BJP Minority Morcha and Administrator of Haryana Waqf Board, Chaudhary Zakir Hussain, former MLA and his wife Mrs. Naseema Hussain, Advocate, Haryana Director of Rashtriya Swayam Sangh Mr. Vijay, District President Mr. Narendra Patel, Mr. Sunil Jindal, Sr. Social worker Sardar GS Malik and other senior dignitaries were present at Jalabhishek ceremony in Nalhar Temple. 

  • 5:23 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

    Police sub-inspector dies of heart attack in Haryana's Nuh

    A Haryana Police sub-inspector died of a heart attack here on Monday, an official said. Heavy security arrangements are in place in Nuh in view of the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat's call for a 'Shobha Yatra'.

  • 4:15 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

    We will remove all restrictions once everything is normal in the area: Haryana ADG

    "The Internet services have been suspended in the area...We will remove all restrictions once everything is normal in the area," said Haryana Mamata Singh, ADG, Law and Order.

  • 4:09 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

    VHP leader Alok Kumar performs Jalabhishek inside Nalhar temple

     

     

  • 1:36 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar

    51 members of Hindu organisations get permission

    Nuh administration gave permission to 51 members of Hindu organisations get permission to perform jalabhishek.

     

  • 1:11 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar

    Haryana Mamata Singh, ADG, Law & Order on Nuh situation

    Nuh: Haryana Mamata Singh, ADG, Law & Order says, "The situation is normal in the area. Force deployment has been done in the area to maintain a peaceful environment...The Internet services have been suspended in the area...We will remove all restrictions once everything is normal in the area."

  • 11:57 AM (IST) Posted by Ashesh Mallick

    We have no intent for tussle: Mahant Narayan Giri

  • 11:53 AM (IST) Posted by Ashesh Mallick

    3 buses approach Nalhad Mahadev Temple

  • 11:48 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar

    Seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj stopped at Sohna toll plaza

     Seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj from Ayodhya was stopped at the Sohna toll plaza by the administration. "I have come here from Ayodhya...The administration has stopped us here, they are not allowing us to move ahead nor they are allowing us to go back. So I am doing fast until death. If they (the administration) will shift me somewhere else, I will do fast until death there also," says Seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj

  • 11:46 AM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar

    Administration partially allows VHP to hold procession

    According to media report, the administration partially allowed VHP to hold a procession in Nuh amid heightened security. Earlier the authorities denied permission to the VHP to hold the procession but the Hindu organisation is adamant about going ahead with its plan in Nuh which recently saw a communal clash in which six people, including two home guards and a cleric, died when a religious procession of the Vishva Hindu Parishad was attacked by a mob on July 31.