Communal Violence

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Vehicles set on fire by miscreants over the demolition of an "illegally built" madrasa at Banbhoolpura area, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (PTI Photo)

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Pattern of discriminatory demolitions in BJP-ruled states targeting Muslims raises concerns about human rights violations.

12 Feb 2024 11:55 PM

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel conduct a flag march at Badshahpur after incidents of violence following Monday's attack on a procession in adjoining Nuh district, in Gurugram district, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Train horror: Hate spreads

This is an alarming state of affairs as it amounts to rampant misuse of arms.

03 Aug 2023 12:06 AM

RAF jawans stand guard as a Muslim man walks with children on Eid-al-Fitr, in violence-t Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Hindus, Muslims celebrate Eid together in Delhi's violence-hit Jahangirpuri

Police said they have ensured adequate security arrangements on the occasion of Eid

03 May 2022 12:42 PM

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | As communal monsters try to engulf India, fight back

April has also, sadly, been the month not of Gods alone, but of monsters. Communal monsters

19 Apr 2022 1:25 AM

“Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmar's systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity,” the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal as India Policy Chief

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sep 2020 5:40 PM

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal as India Policy Chief

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sep 2020 5:40 PM

Remembering former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary, he said these trends are repugnant to promotion of peace, national integration and communal harmony, which are cherished objectives enshrined in our Constitution. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Manmohan warns of unpleasant trends of growing intolerance, violence

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said these trends are repugnant to promotion of peace, national integration and communal harmony.

20 Aug 2019 3:38 PM

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said that incidents of communal violence have declined to 708 in 2018 from 823 in 2013. (Photo: File)

Government says zero tolerance for incidents of communal violence

Reddy said 'public order' and 'police' are state subjects as per provisions of the Constitution

24 Jul 2019 5:02 PM

Fight over parking two-wheeler Chawri Bazaar area on Sunday took a communal turn when a temple was vandalised by mob leading to tension in the area. (Representational image)

Court dismisses plea to constitute SIT temple vandalisation case in Chawri Bazaar

Advocate Alakh Alok Shrivastava, a petitioner, had prayed to constitute an SIT to identify the people who desecrated the place of worship.

05 Jul 2019 4:38 PM

Home minister Amit Shah summoned Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Wednesday over communal violence in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk area. (Photo: File)

Amit Shah summons Delhi Police chief over communal clash in Chandni Chowk

Delhi Police chief Patnaik said four people have been arrested and the situation in the area is under control.

03 Jul 2019 12:50 PM

Earlier on Saturday, Rajbhar had said that his party will part ways with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not want to continue with the alliance. (Photo: ANI)

Burn politician who tries to provoke, create Hindu-Muslim violence: OP Rajbhar

Rajbhar, a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government has always been a bit critical of the BJP government.

14 Jan 2019 12:07 PM

In Bahraich, a face-off was witnessed between the two communities over installation of an idol of Goddess Durga on Thursday. A similar incident had taken place a day earlier in which 8 cops were injured. (Representational image)

Communal tension in 2 districts, cops deployed

Violence in UP over ‘shobha yatra’, Durga idol.

13 Oct 2018 12:37 AM

Shashi Tharoor further slammed PM Modi for his silence over the issue adding 'such incidents had increased as Modi had not come out openly and condemned the killings'. (Photo: File)

In today’s India, engine oil would be thrown at Swami Vivekananda: Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor also claimed that communal violence, killing in the name of cow vigilantism had increased in the last 4 years.

06 Aug 2018 7:27 PM

'We would raise the issues of lynching and communal violence in the country in both the Houses of parliament,' CPI(M) Lok Sabha member Mohammad Salim said. (Photo: File/PTI)

Left to press for PM's reply on communal violence, lynching in Monsoon Session

Opposition parties would be meeting on July 16 and work out a strategy for the Parliament, said the Left leaders.

15 Jul 2018 4:53 PM

The Shiv Sena sought to know if Pawar, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar and others had taken it upon themselves to mislead the course of investigation into the Bhima-Koregaon incident. (Photo: PTI)

Sharad Pawar's politics dangerous for Maharashtra: Shiv Sena

Citing instances of recent violence in UP, Shiv Sena cautioned that attempts were being made to communally polarise Maharashtra also.

13 Jun 2018 3:59 PM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

‘Farmers’ stir may trigger communal tension in MP’

Several farmers’ bodies have come together to launch ten-day stir in MP to highlight plight of farmers.

25 May 2018 2:30 AM

The police have registered six cases in which nearly 3,000 unidentified people were booked for offences like arson, rioting and damaging public property. (Photo: File/PTI)

Prohibitory orders revoked, internet services restored in riot-hit Aurangabad

The violence in Maharashtra's riot-hit Aurangabad city claimed two lives, left over 60 people, including 12 policemen, injured.

15 May 2018 1:25 PM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

As Nitish warms up to Muslims, BJP gets jittery

Discontent within the NDA was also seen after several clerics publicly thanked Bihar chief minister for making the rally successful.

23 Apr 2018 2:27 AM

The public display of aggression against the state administration by BJP leaders in Bihar has snowballed into a political controversy.

Bihar: Action against riot accused irks BJP

Two BJP leaders Dinesh Jha and Mohan Patwa were arrested from Rosera town of Samastipur district on March 29.

08 Apr 2018 1:15 AM

RJD creates ruckus over communal violence

Questions were also raised on Ashwini Choubey’s son Arijit Shaswat evading arrest despite a warrant of arrest being issued against him.

27 Mar 2018 2:53 AM

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