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The Jagannath Temple in Puri holds its Rath Yatra every year on a date prescribed by its centuries-old ritual calendar. A branch of ISKCON, however, stages international events of the procession on dates that differ from the original, citing practical reasons. The divergence has sparked a controversy, with many in Puri viewing it as a challenge to the temple’s authority and its religious identity, finds Satyasundar Barik


K. B. Sreekumar, Saha Prantha Karyavah (South Kerala) of the RSS, said in a statement that Mr. Mohandas’s comments on recent protest are “his personal thoughts and he is not an RSS official at any level.”








Some anti-social elements entered the students’ protest, got involved in violence and damaged public and private property. We have identified 10 people through CCTV footage and arrested them; they were not at all students, says Vidyut Goyal, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Civil Lines.


Khandwa district collector Rishav Gupta said that while an engineer who was responsible for clearing out some debris near the tank and covering it with a lid has been suspended, the administration has also found negligence on part of a private lodge in the area and is mulling legal action against both.



The statement made it clear that the “legal process for withdrawal of all FIRs, criminal complaints and show-cause notices” against individuals who took part in the protests “will be initiated immediately”