Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain sits on the podium after winning the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, center, of Britain, winner of the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix, poses with second placed Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, left, of Finland, and th...
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, center, of Britain, celebrates on the podium with second placed Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, left, of Finland, after winning the Styrian Formula...
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland celebrates after taking second place during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium his third place during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Au...
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, bottom, of Finland, steers his car during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, left, leads during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, bottom, of Britain, leads during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the qualifying session for the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria. ...
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain leads at the start of the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
The safety car drives on the track during the Styrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Race winner Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland, right, celebrates with second placed Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco, front, and third placed Mclaren driver Lando ...
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland sprays champagne after winning the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
Mclaren driver Lando Norris of Britain steers his car during the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria.
A member of the medical staff measures the temperature of a traveller at a autobahn park place near Gries am Brenner, Austrian province of Tyrol, at border crossing with Italy. Aus...
Tiffani Zagorski and Jonathan Guerreiro of Russia perform during the ice dance rhythm dance at the ISU European figure skating championships in Graz, Austria.
Italy's Christof Innerhofer competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
Germany's second placed Erline Nolte and Laura Nolte, Germany's winner Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek and third placed Kaillie Humphries and Sylvia Hoffmann of the USA, from lef...
Dawid Kubacki of Poland celebrates his first round jump at the fourth stage of the 68th four hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria.
What is the genesis of recent violence in Punjab and Haryana? Is it true that it all began in a Gurudwara (a Sikh temple) in Vienna?
Technically, the attack in Vienna was not in a gurudwara, but in a Gurdehera -- also commonly called a dera -- of the Dera Sachkand, a Ravidasi organisation. This is a new Ravidasi temple that has only recently been set-up on Rudolphsheim Street which also houses the only Gurudwara in the Austrian capital, which is said to be controlled by radicals loyal to Khalistan.
It is being suggested in some press versions, as in this Hindustan Times report, that "at the centre of the conflagration is a battle for the control of cash-rich overseas gurdwaras and an assertion of religious identity by Dalits who form roughly 29 per cent of Punjab’s three crore population. The new Ravidasi place of worship apparently took away a chunk of the offerings and the "tensions came to a head when visiting sect head Sant Niranjan Das was allegedly attacked by pro-Khalistani Sikhs" on Sunday, May 24. While Sant Niranjan Das, the sect-head, was injured, his second-in-command, Sant Ramanand, was fatally injured in the attack and the news of the latter's death on Monday ratcheted up the already inflamed passions of the Dera followers in Punjab and Haryana.
The ostensible reason for the attack in Vienna is said to be the alleged disrespect shown by the Dera leaders to the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book. But intelligence agencies are probing the possibilities of a larger conspiracy to stir up trouble between the Ravidasis and the Sikhs in India.
What exactly is Dera Sachkhand?...
