Tag: Violence

BJP seek Centre’s intervention in Bengal violence

The BJP on Tuesday alleged that over 2000 Muslims attacked Hindu families in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and its offices at several places were set on fire. Accusing the state police of failing to control the situation, party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is also in charge of the state, urged Home...

July 4, 2017

Haryana’s OSC to help women against violence

With a view to providing integrated support and assistance to women affected by any kind of violence both in private and public places, the Haryana government has decided to set up One Stop Centres (OSCs) in 15 districts of the state under the Swarn Jayanti Programme. An official spokesperson said the Chief Minister Manohar Lal...

June 27, 2017

Case filed against Gurung, wife for Darjeeling violence

A case has been lodged against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung and his wife Asha for their alleged involvement in violence, arson and killing of one person during clashes in Darjeeling hills on the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. "We have lodged a case (against Gurung and his wife) and the investigation...

June 22, 2017

31 killed in ethnic violence in central Mali

Thirty-one people were killed over the weekend in central Mali as ethnic groups clashed over land in a zone where the state is near-absent and jihadists roam freely. Nomadic Fulani people and farmers from the Dogon ethnic group have engaged in tit-for-tat violence sparked by Fulanis grazing their cattle on Dogon land. Dogons also accuse...

June 20, 2017

Rajnath calls meeting of state home ministers to discuss internal security

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has called a meeting of all state home ministers on July 3 to assess the internal security situation in the country. Home ministers of all states are expected to join the conference that would be chaired by Singh. Prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, crose-border terrorism, violence perpetrated by the...

June 13, 2017

270 people booked for violence in Muzaffarnagar

As many as 270 people have been booked here in connection with the violence at Sherpur village on Friday in which eight people, including five policemen, were injured, police said on Sunday. The violent episode unfolded after a group of people resorted to stone-pelting when a police team raided some houses in Sherpur on information...

June 4, 2017

Unnecessary ban that divides India

Cow politics has come to the fore once again. The latest provocation is the Centre’s move to ban sale and purchase of cattle in animal markets for slaughter. No doubt the cow population is declining and indigenous brands are dying slowly. And the BJP and the RSS have always talked of cow protection. It is...

June 3, 2017

Toll in Venezuela’s violent protests reaches 62

The death toll in the violent Venezuelan protests has increased to 62 amid escalating tensions provoked by the government's call to rewrite the Constitution. The latest victim of the violence that started in April, is a woman killed at a protest in Lara state, the Public Ministry said on Friday. "The ministry has commissioned the...

June 3, 2017

Stray violence in Maharashtra as farmers begin indefinite strike

Minor incidents of violence marred the start of an unprecedented 'indefinite strike' by over half a million farmers in Maharashtra in support of various demands including the long-pending loan waiver package, here on Thursday. Striking farmers, who had warned they would not indulge in any farming activity, including sowing for the upcoming kharif season, resorted...

June 1, 2017

Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur district and said the clashes escalated due to its "prejudiced action". There is no town or city in Uttar Pradesh where crime is not soaring after the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Yogi Adityanath...

May 27, 2017

Rahul Gandhi visits Saharanpur despite no permission

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday left for riot-hit Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh despite being denied permission by the authorities. Uttar Pradesh ADG Law and Order Aditya Mishra had on Friday requested all political parties not to visit the violence-hit area until the situation returns to normal. “No permission has been given for Rahul...

May 27, 2017

Centre seeks report from UP on Saharanpur violence

The Centre on Thursday sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the continuing violence in Saharanpur in which two people had been killed and several others injured. The Home Ministry has asked the state government to provide details of the incidents which started last month and the steps taken to restore peace in the...

May 25, 2017

BJP MP proposes to adopt village hit by caste violence

A BJP MP has sent a proposal to the Centre to adopt Shabbirpur village, which has been witnessing inter-caste clashes, under the Adarsh Gram Yojna. After a meeting with the officials concerned, BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma chose the village under scheme and sent a proposal for the same to the central government. He said...

May 25, 2017

Violence at Allahabad University after arrest of 4 students

Violence rocked the Allahabad University campus here after the arrest of four students for allegedly disrupting a meeting and violating prohibitory orders. A group of students, led by office bearers of the students' union surrounded the university's guest house in the noon, where the executive council meeting was underway and shouted slogans demanding action against...

April 29, 2017

Macedonia parliament violence injures 100

Scores of people were injured as violence erupted in Macedonia's parliament after nationalist protesters stormed the building in anger over a vote for a new speaker, the interior ministry said on Friday. The chaos in Skopje broke out on Thursday evening, with dozens of demonstrators — including a group of masked men — breaking a...

April 28, 2017

NC youth wing protests against alleged use of force

The youth wing of the opposition National Conference on Tuesday took out a protest rally against the alleged use of "unprecedented force" by the government against the people, especially students, in Kashmir. The activists of Jammu and Kashmir Youth National Conference (JKYNC) led by its president Salman Sagar took out a protest rally from party headquarter...

April 18, 2017

Maruti violence: Court to announce punishment on March 18

After hearing arguments from prosecution and defence, a Haryana court on Friday said it will on Saturday pronounce the quantum of punishment to 31 workers convicted for the 2012 violence at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki. On March 10, Additional District and Sessions Judge R.P. Goel held 31 former workers guilty of murder and...

March 17, 2017