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Tharoor writes to PM Modi urging him to take public stand welcoming dissent

Tharoor said that if we are all blind to problems that exist and impact Indians, we risk becoming authoritarian regime.

08 Oct 2019 11:00 AM

Muslims hold posters and tie black ribbon on their arms during a protest against recent mob lynching in Haryana in Ahmedabad . (Photo: PTI)

India is still a vibrant secular nation

Attempts have been made to provoke people over various issues in the name of religion.

03 Jul 2017 12:51 AM

The police said five people have been arrested for hate posts on social media. (Representational image)

Assam lynching: 16 arrested; protest march turns violent

6 policemen injured as protest march turns violent.

11 Jun 2018 5:55 AM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi supported petition against Jayant Sinha that seeks withdrawal of his Harvard alumni status after he felicitated criminals convicted of lynching. (Photo: File/PTI)

Rahul Gandhi backs petition to revoke Jayant Sinha's Harvard alumni tag

The petition, launched by a Harvard student, seeks that Sinha's alumni status be revoked for 'honouring criminals'.

10 Jul 2018 10:24 PM

According to police officials and locals, the victims were first attacked by a group of 'highly inebriated' people in Kakar pada, a village adjoining Rainpada village. (Photo: File | Representational)

Dhule mob wasn’t satisfied with killing ‘child abductors’, wanted to burn them too

The victims belonged to the nomadic Nath Gosavi community who move from place to place in Maharashtra in search of food and work.

04 Jul 2018 8:36 PM

Cow is treated as a mother in India and is an emotive issue. (Representational Image)

The cow agenda

The Modi govt is not serious about cracking down on cow vigilante lynch mobs.

20 Jul 2017 12:12 AM

During the hearing, the Centre informed the court that an empowered Group of Ministers has been set up to consider framing a law on mob violence. (Photo: File)

SC warns states, gives one week to show steps taken to prevent mob lynching

On July 17, the top court had said that 'horrendous acts of mobocracy' cannot be allowed to overrun the law.

07 Sep 2018 1:47 PM

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah with party's Rajasthan President Madan Lal Saini at the party's 'Shakti Kendra Sammelan', in Jaipur. (Photo: PTI)

Will win despite Dadri mob lynching, award wapsi: Amit Shah in Rajasthan

Amit Shah said in the land of Maharana Pratap and Chetak no one can defeat the BJP.

11 Sep 2018 7:38 PM

The police said a woman was also injured when the criminals opened fire in order to disperse the crowd from the crime scene.

Mob kills man in Bihar for bid to ‘rob’ rail employee

While two others managed to escape from the crime scene the third one was caught and beaten up with wooden stick and belts.

12 Sep 2018 12:43 AM

'The brutal lynching of this young man by a mob in Jharkhand is a blot on humanity. The cruelty of the police who held this dying boy in custody for 4 days is shocking as is the silence of powerful voices in the BJP ruled Central & State Govts. #IndiaAgainstLynchTerror' he tweeted. (Photo: File)

Jharkhand mob lynching incident a 'blot on humanity': Rahul Gandhi

Tabrez's family has alleged that the attack was communal and that he was made to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman'.

26 Jun 2019 9:14 AM

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar

NCP chief slams BJP government over lynchings

The NCP chief alleged that certain sections of the society were being targeted. But action was not being taken against the perpetrators.

15 Sep 2019 3:15 AM

He added that life itself is sacred, and there is nothing sacred in lynching or taking life in the name of cow protection. (Photo: File)

Lynching in name of protecting something not acceptable: Ram Madhav

On June 22, Junaid Khan was allegedly lynched by unidentified persons on a local train while travelling from Ghaziabad to Mathura.

09 Jul 2017 8:02 PM

Junaid Khan, who had boarded a Mathura-bound train from Delhi, was allegedly stabbed to death when he, along with his brothers and cousins, was returning home to Khandawali village after shopping for Eid in Delhi in June. (Photo: File)

Punjab and Haryana HC stays trial proceedings in Junaid lynching case

The case will now be heard on January 11, said Cheema, the counsel for Khan’s father.

05 Dec 2017 5:56 PM

Union minister Jayant Sinha on Friday felicitated eight men who were held guilty of killing meat trader Alimuddin Ansari, 55, in the name of cow vigilantism in Jharkhand on June 30 last year. The life sentences of eight men have been suspended by the HC.

Sinha defends pic with convicted gau rakshaks after Twitter storm

Condemning Jayant Sinha’s action, the Congress slammed the BJP and accused it of fanning communal tension.

08 Jul 2018 5:26 AM

Noting that there was also a debate on about nationalism in the country, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said it should also be properly defined and articulated. (Photo: File | AP)

Those involved in hate incidents can’t call themselves nationalists: Venkaiah Naidu

Venkaiah Naidu also said legislation alone was not enough as a change in societal behaviour was required to prevent hate incidents.

09 Sep 2018 2:07 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Lynching in Jharkhand ‘pained’ me, Modi tells RS

The PM said some people in the Rajya Sabha were calling Jharkhand a hub of lynching.

27 Jun 2019 3:16 AM

Naseeruddin Shah keeps silence on Pehlu Khan lynching case

Naseeruddin also turned down questions related to revocation of Article 370 in Kashmir.

15 Aug 2019 8:16 AM

Pehlu Khan, a cattle trader, was beaten to death allegedly by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes on suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar district 2017. (Photo: ANI)

We are now hopeful of getting justice: Pehlu Khan's kin on Rajasthan govt forming SIT

The SIT will probe and identify lapses and irregularities in the police investigation.

17 Aug 2019 5:17 PM

A policeman injured in a mob attack in Latur district on February 20 on Friday alleged a local NCP leader led the crowd which surrounded the police chowky (outpost) at Pangaon village and attacked him

27 Feb 2016 2:45 AM

Protesters were seen burning tyres which resulted in traffic blocks at Badlapur-Thane road. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Cops fire pellet guns at villagers’ protest in Maharashtra

Kalyan villagers protest land acquisition by Navy, mob blocks roads, torches vehicles, injures 12 cops.

23 Jun 2017 1:59 AM

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