Wednesday, 28 October 2026
The most important stories since the previous edition, each checked against its source and timestamp.
1Madras High Court rules non-Hindus must sign an undertaking of reverence for the deity before entering Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu
The Bench held up Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, a Christian who signed the register at Madurai's Meenakshi temple, as the model of what it called an inclusive approach.
2Stolen 11th-century Chola bronze of Kannappa Nāyaṉār returns to India from the Netherlands
Investigators used an AI tool to digitally strip the encrustations from old discovery photos and match them to the cleaned bronze on sale in Maastricht.
3Pakistan's Swat district holds its first official Vālmīki Jayantī for the local Hindu community
The district administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organised the event itself and arranged security for the Valmiki community.
