Violence
- Kolkata
Bengal: Anti-SIR protests rise, Mamata says BJP plotting unrest
Kolkata: Just three weeks ahead of the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls spread across several districts of the state on…
- India
EC suspends BDO after violence at Bengal poll training venue
Kolkata: The Election Commission ordered the suspension of a block development officer (BDO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him, following violence at a poll…
- India
Surrender of 4 top Maoists in Telangana turning point against extremism: Police
Raipur: The surrender of Maoists’ politburo member Devuji alias Thippiri Tirupati and three other senior operatives in Telangana marks a watershed moment in the fight against Left Wing Extremism (LWE), a senior…
- India
Ban on fish, meat to prevent ‘violent tendencies’ in children: Bihar Dy CM
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, on Monday, February 23, said the decision to ban the sale of meat and fish near religious places, educational institutions or crowded locations was…
- Telangana
Tensions flare in Kamareddy over government land dispute
Hyderabad: Tensions flared in Telangana’s Kamareddy district between former Congress sarpanch Giri Reddy Mahender Reddy and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Venkata Ramana Reddy on Saturday, February 21, reportedly over a disputed…
- Bangalore
Two activists held for communal tension in Karnataka’s Bagalkote
Bagalkote: Two persons have been arrested in connection with communal clashes during a Shivaji Jayanti procession in Bagalkote, police said on Sunday, February 22. An FIR was registered following the incident in…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad hate crime: 3 attack bike taxi rider for wearing kurta, held
Hyderabad: As many as three people were arrested for allegedly attacking a bike taxi rider in Hyderabad’s Domalguda police limits on Thursday, February 20. The incident occurred when the bike taxi rider,…
- World
BNP-Led regime vows action over targeting of minorities in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s new BNP-led government on Wednesday, February 18, warned that “mob culture” will not be tolerated, amid a rise in mob violence, extrajudicial killings and attacks on minority communities. Mirza Fakhrul…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad teen attacked during Puranapul violence lodges complaint
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old man, Shaik Amaan, who was attacked during violence at Puranapul in Hyderabad, lodged a complaint on Thursday, January 15. In the complaint, he mentioned that on the night of…
- World
Teacher’s home set ablaze in Bangladesh amid rising attacks on minorities
Dhaka: As violence against minorities continues to escalate in Bangladesh, the home of a school teacher, a Hindu, was set ablaze in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district. The incident took place at…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two cases filed after Puranapul temple vandalism, violence
Hyderabad: The Kamatipura police booked two cases on Wednesday, January 14, for the vandalism of a temple in Hyderabad’s Puranapul and the subsequent violence, where five people were injured and a religious…
- India
Tripura: Communal violence erupts over temple subscription, mosque damaged
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Kumarghat subdivision in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Saturday, January 10, after clashes broke out between two groups over subscription for a local temple, leaving at least five…
- India
Turkman Gate violence: 3 more held, 16 arrested so far
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three more persons accused in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting incident, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 16, an official said on Saturday,…
- Pakistan
Pak witnesses drop in terror attacks since Afghan border closure
Islamabad: Since closing down its border with Afghanistan, Pakistan has recorded a significant drop in cross-border terrorist attacks and deaths related to violence. Pakistan shut its border on October 11 last year…
- Middle East
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Jerusalem: Israel’s president on Wednesday condemned what he called a “shocking and serious” attack by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of…
