Violence
- India
After bulldozing home of violence ‘mastermind’, authorities mull action against others on list
Prayagraj: After demolishing the house of the alleged mastermind of last Friday’s violence here, authorities are now going over a list of 37 other accused for possibly similar action. An official said…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra BJP chief stopped on way to violence-hit Amalapuram
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police on Wednesday stopped state BJP chief Somu Veerraju from visiting Amalapuram, which recently witnessed violence over renaming of Konaseema district as Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. The…
- India
Kanpur violence: Over 800 booked, 24 held; cops probe PFI link
Kanpur/Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked over 800 people, arrested 24 and detained 12 for questioning in connection with rioting and violence in Kanpur, officials said on Saturday. Kanpur Police Commissioner…
- Andhra Pradesh
46 held for violence, additional forces rushed to Andhra town
Amalapuram: The police in Amalapuram town of Andhra Pradesh have arrested 46 people in connection with Tuesday’s large-scale violence in which houses of a minister and MLA were set afire, a senior…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: TDP, Jana Sena slam YSRCP over Amalapuram violence
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan have slammed the YSR Congress Party government for blaming their parties for Tuesday’s violence in Amalapuram…
- World
Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Colombo: Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the…
- India
Section 144 clamped in Bharatpur after clashes
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government imposed section 144 in the Bharatpur district on Wednesday, two days after a violent clash broke out between two communities. Area around the location where the violence erupted…
- India
Jodhpur violence: Curfew extended till May 8
Jodhpur: Following incidents of violence in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, the curfew imposed in the city has been extended till May 8, said District Police Commissioner Rajkumar Chaudhary on Friday. “The curfew imposed in…
- Opinions
Rape is always the rapist’s fault
Syeda Ruqia Zaidi When people think of rape, they might picture an unknown person attacking someone. But the reality is that more than half of all people who are raped know the…
- India
Curfew relaxed for 9 hours in violence-hit Khargone
Khargone: The administration has relaxed the curfew from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in violence-hit Khargone on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, Police said that additional security forces were deployed in Khargone district…
- India
Violence does not benefit anybody, says RSS chief
Amravati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said violence does not benefit anybody and emphasized the need to bring together all communities and preserve humanity, comments coming in the…
- India
Confusion in Jahangirpuri over fears of another demolition
New Delhi: There was brief confusion in the national capital’s Jahangirpuri area on Monday over the fear of more demolitions after one JCB was noticed in the Azad Chowk area there, an…
- India
Ashish Mishra surrenders in compliance with SC order
Lakhimpur Kheri: Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni and also the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, 2021, surrendered in the court of the…
- India
JIH blames police ‘laxity’ for Jahangirpuri violence
New Delhi: A Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) delegation, which on Tuesday visited Jahangirpuri in north-west Delhi, where violent clashes had broken out between the members of two communities on April 16, said that…
- India
No innocent person held over Hubballi violence: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru/Sringeri: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday dismissed the allegations that innocent people are being held in connection with the Hubballi violence and said arrests were made based on evidence. “No innocent…
