Communal violence
- India
MP: Muslim man-Dalit woman allegedly elope, Bajrang Dal ‘protests’
Dewas: Members of the Bajrang Dal raised slogans on Saturday against a Muslim family whose 20-year-old son allegedly eloped with a 19-year-old Dalit woman in a village in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh.…
- India
Karnataka communal clash: Police inspector, 3 cops suspended
Koppal: A police inspector and three cops have been suspended in connection with negligence over handling communal clash that surfaced following an interfaith marriage in Hulihaider village in Karnataka’s Koppal district. Inspector…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: TRS Sikh Community files FIR against MLA Raja Singh
Hyderabad: Another case was registered against MLA Raja Singh by Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) Sikh minority faction who demanded immediate action against Singh for his derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad. “Telangana was…
- India
Lulu mall controversy: Four men arrested for offering namaz
The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested four people in connection with offering namaz in Lulu Mall, Lucknow. Four arrested for offering Namaz at Lulu Mall in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/QA1s8Fnun7— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa)…
- India
SC grants Nupur Sharma interim relief; no arrest until August 10
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday granted interim relief to now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. It also directed that Sharma should not be arrested until August 10. The erstwhile BJP…
- India
Stop persecution of Hindus in B’desh: WB BJP leader writes to PM
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to intervene in the incidents of communal violence against the Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh. Adhikari, also the…
- India
Prophet row: Nupur Sharma files new application in Supreme Court
Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma filed a new application in the Supreme Court of India to revive her withdrawn writ petition. On July 1 she had withdrawn her petition…
- India
Kanpur violence: Miscreants were paid, assured legal help
Kanpur: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the June 3 Kanpur violence has filed a case diary in court. Violent clashes followed by stone-pelting took place last month in Kanpur after a…
- India
Rajasthan: Four communal episodes in 3 months highlight intel failure
Jaipur: Four incidents of communal violence in three months in Rajasthan have shifted the attention to the intelligence failure in the desert state and now questions are being raised on the governance. The…
- India
Ranchi violence: Posters of rioters with pictures released by police
Following the violence that erupted between members of the Muslim community and the Ranchi police on June 10 over the “blasphemous” remarks on Prophet Muhammad by now-suspended Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries Nupur…
- India
Prophet Row: Family of deceased claim they were not part of Ranchi protest
Ranchi: The family members of two persons who succumbed to gunshot wounds during Friday’s protests here against controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, have claimed they were not a part of the procession that…
- India
In videos: Police brutality on Muslims protesting remarks against Prophet
Several accounts of police brutality against protestors condemning the remarks on Prophet Muhammad by suspended BJP spokespersons have surfaced on social media. After the protests that erupted in many parts of the…
- India
Prophet Row: Minister’s narrow escape from clutches of mob in Ranchi
Ranchi: “Only God saved me and it was a nightmare that will continue to haunt me, says Bihar Minister Nitin Naveen whose car had got stranded amid a mob near the Hanuman Temple…
- India
Prophet remark row: UP cops to probe PFI’s involvement in protests
The Uttar Pradesh police have so far arrested over 48 people accused of violence in the protests that erupted across various parts of the state, including Saharanpur. Speaking to ANI, Akash Tomar,…
- India
Prophet remark row: Bulldozers raze houses of violence accused in UP
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur shared videos of municipal teams out with bulldozers under a heavy police presence demolishing parts of the homes of two of the accused arrested for allegedly disturbing…
