Friday, 23 October 2026
The most important stories since the previous edition, each checked against its source and timestamp.
1PM Modi opens Chinmaya Mission's 75th-year sammelan, ties its 2047 centenary to a developed Bharat
Speaking with a hologram of Swami Chinmayananda, the Prime Minister asked spiritual organisations to carry the Upaniṣadic idea of amṛta into national life.
2Police stop three Dalit ministers at Mysuru Palace Dasara puja; Karnataka CM orders probe
The opposition says the ministers were singled out for being Dalit; the Deputy CM says police may only have been enforcing security limits.
3Bengal's "only Sanātanīs may touch Durgā idols" rule draws opposition fire as immersions run without cranes and DJs
About 2,800 idols were immersed in Kolkata on Wednesday on rail trolleys instead of cranes, as critics asked who decides who is a Sanātanī.
Society
Three Christian families in Bengal allege they were beaten and forced into puja rituals; police register case
Global
"No standing to lecture India": New Delhi hits Pakistan on minorities at UN as Sindh's forced-conversion data surfaces
Dharma
Kolkata stampede: puja treasurer held for "pandal collapsing" announcement as probe finds a 7-foot exit
Dharma
President Murmu prays at Maa Danteshwari temple and joins Bastar Dussehra's Muria Darbar
Global
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Hindu New Yorkers for Navarātri and Durgā Pūjā after Illinois temple plot
Heritage
Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 will centre on the Thirukkural, with 1,000 paid student internships
Society
Sangh's labour wing opens first public RSS-affiliated office in Kashmir's Pulwama, run by a Muslim in-charge
