Friday, 2 October 2026
7 verified stories first published on this date, from the daily briefing archive.
Man held for attacking Santoshi Mata idol in Hyderabad temple sanctum
A 40-year-old man allegedly threw sticks at the idol inside the garbhagṛha of the Santoshi Mata temple in Dilsukhnagar while priests and devotees were present.
Bangladesh Hindu Mohajote flags safety fears before Durgā Pūjā
At the Jatiya Press Club, the Mohajote alleged temple vandalism and threats across districts, citing the burning death of Dipu Das and the Mymensingh case of Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar.
Bhagwat: "Rashtra and dharma are not separate"
Addressing the 14th All India Vihar Seva conference of a Jain youth service group in Mumbai, the RSS chief said "the purpose of the nation is dharma, and dharma helps sustain the nation", and that India showed a path of peace for about 3,000 years "without conquering any country".
Dharma
Mathura's Krishna Janmasthan to test metal donations by machine from Navarātri
Dharma
DMK functionary arrested over ₹50-crore Srirangam temple land grab
Global
Probe clears BAPS: it never asked Eiffel Tower to remove women staff
Global
Bangladesh: seven Durgā idols vandalised at an 85-year-old pūjā site in Tangail