Uttar Pradesh Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammed Azam Khan on Saturday called for a complete ban on cow slaughter, saying he was personally against it as it hurt the religious sentiments of a community.
"As you may be aware, Ms. Kasthuri has suffered grievous injuries, including a severed arm. Her life is reportedly at risk," she wrote to Modi on Friday.
None of the summoned high priests showed up to explain their decision to pardon the Dera chief for his act of imitating Guru Gobind Singh in 2007
Tension gripped the hilly Bhaderwah town in Jammu region on Friday over allegations that miscreants desecrated the Quran.
Protests against the recent desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib continued on Wednesday in various parts of Punjab as the state police said it had solved five of the seven cases.
As opposition parties demanded his sacking, the former army chief clarified that he had been misunderstood.