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FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE
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Let noble thoughts come to us from every side
24 - 30 NOVEMBER 2018 - VOL 47 ISSUE 29
TEMPLES BURGLED, HINDUS SHOCKED
Mitul Paniker
inside: PM Modi raises Pak terror at talks with US V-P Mike Pence SEE PAGE 26
Hindu communities in Britain are hit hard with two thefts, and vandalism of Hindu idols and a temple in the country; events that sliced through the otherwise secular sentiments of all communities. It has been a tough year for the ethnic minority in the UK as it found its faith attacked not once, but thrice in one year. A theft of three Hari Krishna idols from a temple, an attempted burglary in another temple, shocked devotees who flock in each day to pray to the deities. Ironically, the events have made an utter joke out of the British government, which had in June this year, discharged an extra £1m for protective security of temples vulnerable to hate attacks. Scotland Yard officers were called into the Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Willesden on November 9, late night after a thief broke through a door and left with three “beloved” Hari Krishna idols and cash.
NSA, NDA minister interfered in Asthana probe: CBI DIG tells SC SEE PAGE 26
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British Punjabis: Breaking barriers SEE PAGE 14-16
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