Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was honoured with the first "Sant Tukaram Maharaj Award" on the occasion of Sant Tukaram Maharaj 375th Beej Pilgrimage in Pune on Sunday.
Chief Minister Yogi listened to the grievances of the people and gave instructions to the officials to resolve their problems in the 'Janata Darshan' program, conducted on the premises of the Gorakhnath Temple.
Speaking to ANI, Tarun Chugh said, "The grenade attack at the Thakurdwara temple in Amritsar on the night of the holy occasion Holi is gravely condemnable. This is a cowardly act. The incident is an alarm and a warning of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state."
We assume that there is a linkage with the grenade attack at Thakurdwara Temple because the accused belongs to the area where the incident took place," Amritsar Commissioner GPS Bhullar said.
A grenade was lobbed at Thakurdwara Temple in Khandwala, Amritsar, last night. No injuries were reported. A forensics team and police personnel are on-site conducting investigations.
BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla attacked the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab in condemning the Amritsar temple attack.
An unknown person attacked Narsing Rao, the accountant of Bhulaxmi Temple in Hyderabad, with a chemical during a conversation about Anna Prasad. The accountant suffered minor injuries, and the police have launched a search to identify the attacker.
"There were some miscreants who hurled a grenade at a temple after 12 am. There are no injuries or casualties... The situation is under control," Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal confirmed who assured the public that authorities were taking swift action.
Amritsar Commissioner GPS Bhullar responds to the blast at Thakurdwara Temple in Khandwala, blaming ISI for luring youth into disturbances. He assures that the culprits will be caught soon and urges youth not to ruin their lives.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday stated that there were many attempts to disturb the peace in the state after a blast occurred at Thakurdwara Temple in Khandwala, Amritsar, late last night.
Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday condemned the attack inside the Golden Temple premises and hoped that the Punjab government will take action against the people involved in the incident.