GOA NARKASUR
Diwali 2026: From Ayodhya’s sea of diyas to Goa’s fiery Narkasurs, India celebrates the festival in splendour
India celebrates Diwali on November 8 with spectacular displays of devotion and tradition, from lakhs of diyas illuminating Ayodhya’s Saryu ghats to giant Narkasur effigies burning in Goa. As families prepare for Lakshmi Puja, security is tightened, special trains ferry festive travellers and temples across Uttar Pradesh host elaborate celebrations.
How fringe organisations like Hindu Sena and Sanatan Sanstha are attempting to set the agenda with BJP in power
Having a parivar power seems to have emboldened these outfits to force their own agenda and methods that are sometimes sophisticated & assertive.
Goa minister’s wife under lens for links with Sanatan Sanstha
State home minister Ravi Naik, late on Monday evening, confirmed that Malgunda Patil, who died in the blast, was associated with Sangli riots.
Goa blast heat on Hindu outfit, five activists detained
Five Hindu activists were detained on Saturday with Goa police, investigating the blast in Margao on Friday night, claiming strong signs of complicity of Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu organisation, in the crime.
Margao blast: Two detained, death toll rises to 2
Two persons were detained today in connection with the explosion in Margao town in Goa in which a member of a right-wing Hindu group allegedly linked to Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh was killed and another critically injured.
