Tag: Maharashtra violence

Maharashtra: Five Dalit activists held for Koregaon-Bhima violence

 In a multi-city pre-dawn operation on Wednesday, Maharashtra Police arrested Dalit activists and alleged urban Maoist sympathizers in the state and New Delhi for the January 1 Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, officials said. Those arrested included Rona Jacob Wilson in Delhi, Sudhir Dhawale in Mumbai and lawyer Surendra Gadling, who has defended several Maoists, besides Mahesh …

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June 6, 2018

Law and order in Maharashtra absolutely good: CM Fadnavis

Even as various pockets of Maharashtra witnessed unrest in the past few days, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday asserted that the law and order situation in the state was “absolutely good”. Over the past week, various pockets, especially the industrial ones like Pune and Mumbai, witnessed unruly mobs going on a rampage, damaging public …

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January 6, 2018

Sharad Pawar targets right wing forces; NCP MP backs Bhide, Ekbote

While NCP chief Sharad Pawar has alleged that right-wing forces are behind the violence that took place at Bhima-Koregaon, his party MP on Friday backed the two pro-Hindutva leaders accused of inciting the violence. Milind Ekbote of Samast Hindu Aghadi and Sambhaji Bhide, the founder of Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan, are in the spotlight for allegedly …

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January 5, 2018

Tension in Mumbai as police foil Mevani, Khalid meeting

After Wednesday’s violence-hit ‘Maharashtra Shutdown’, police on Thursday abruptly axed permission to a day-long student convention in which Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mewani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid were to take part. Simultaneously, Pune Police registered a FIR against the two leaders for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at a meeting in Shaniwarwada in Pune on …

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January 5, 2018

After Maharashtra caste violence spreads to MP, 10 vehicles set on fire

Caste violence of Maharashtra, which erupted in Bhima-Koregaon of the state, spread on Thursday to neighbouring Madhya Pradesh where more than 10 buses and other vehicles were set ablaze during a bandh called by two Dalit organisations, police said. The vandalism and arson was reported from Burhanpur district in the state where two organisations were …

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January 5, 2018

Rajya Sabha expresses concern on Maharashtra violence, appeals for peace

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday expressed concern over the Bhima-Koregaon incident and the ensuing violence across Maharashtra and appealed for the restoration of peace. The discussion on the anti-Dalit violence was taken up as soon as the House met for the day and one leader of each party was given around one minute to express …

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January 4, 2018

Security up in UP in wake of Maharashtra violence

Vigil has been stepped up in Uttar Pradesh in wake of the Dalit agitation and subsequent violence in Maharashtra over the past few days, officials said on Thursday. Officials in the Home Department said that all district police chiefs have been asked to be vigilant and to sensitize the local intelligence units to keep an …

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January 4, 2018

Rajya Sabha disrupted over Maharashtra violence

The Rajya Sabha was repeatedly disrupted and adjourned till 2 p.m. on Wednesday after the opposition created a ruckus over the violence in Maharashtra. The first adjournment came minutes after the House met for the day. As the opposition members raised the issue and sought a discussion during Zero Hour, Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu adjourned …

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January 3, 2018