A Bangladesh court granted bail to former Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case after his arrest sparked widespread outrage. The charges stemmed from the hoisting of a saffron flag above Bangladesh’s official flag during a rally in Chattogram. Das, spokesperson for a minority rights group, advocates for Hindu community reforms and organized large public rallies.

Adarsh Raut, a Jalna resident, believes he encountered a suspect in the Pahalgam terror attack a day before the incident. Raut recalls a man at a Baisaran Valley food stall questioning his religious identity and remarking on the sparse crowd. Following the attack that killed 26 tourists, Raut recognized the man’s sketch released by the NIA.

The rule came about because, as the symbolic representative and ‘sevak’ of Lord Hanuman, the priest’s role is to stay at the temple, which is seen as Hanuman’s own abode