Page 6 - Communal Violence

400+ held, houses razed: States crack down on rioters over Friday violence

Among those arrested, 304 were held in eight districts in Uttar Pradesh and 100 in Howrah and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal

Two men arrested in protest near Jama Masjid against Prophet remark

Mohd Nadeem Zaid (45), a resident of the Jama Masjid area, and Mohd Faheem Khan (37), a resident of the Turkman Gate area, were arrested on Saturday night

'Illegally constructed' house of Prayagraj violence-accused demolished

Senior Superintendent of Police of Prayagraj Ajay Kumar had on Saturday said alleged mastermind of stone-pelting Javed Ahmad had been arrested

Kanpur violence: BJP leader, 12 more arrested; 10 suspects detained

Former district secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha Harshit Srivastava has been arrested for posting inflammatory content on social media platforms, ADGP (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said

Notices to Centre, ASI over idols of Hindu deities 'buried' in Agra mosque

The petitioners claimed that costly idols taken from the Mathura's Keshav Dev temple were buried under the staircase of the Agra's Begum Sahiba Masjid mosque by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb

Plantiffs refer to 1936' British govt stand in Gyanvapi mosque suit

Three of the five women devotees said that in 1936 one Deen Mohammed has filed a civil suit without impleading any member of the Hindu community

Security increased in Varanasi ahead of Gyanvapi hearing in district court

Five women devotees from Varanasi, had on April 18, 2021 filed a petition seeking daily worship of goddess Shringar Gauri on the mosque premises

No 'major communal riot in seven/eight years'? not quite, says data

The National Crime Records Bureau showed 5,415 communal riots reported between 2014 and 2020

Some people, not any political party are disturbing peace: NCM chief

Speaking on the violent clashes between two groups in Patiala district of Punjab recently, the NCM chairperson said the state government could have prevented it

Anurag Thakur asks Ashok Gehlot to ensure communal harmony in Rajasthan

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday called upon the Rajasthan government to maintain communal harmony in the state in the wake of violence over the past two months between groups.

Entire company of Delhi Police suspended for abandoning sensitive zone

In a major action for dereliction of duty, personnel of an entire company of a Delhi Police battalion were placed under suspension for not being found at the locations they were deployed on Eid

Congress slams AAP over 'crumbling' law and order situation in Punjab

Congress leader Alka Lamba alleged that with the Aam Aadmi Party now in the government of a full state, the chief minister of Delhi was using the police against his political opponents

Section 144 imposed to prevent 'Hindu Mahapanchayat' in Uttarakhand village

Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey said prohibitory orders were enforced in Dada Jalalpur village and in areas within its five-km radius on Tuesday evening

AAP takes out foot marches against BJP on Jahangirpuri violence

Claiming that people are "furious" over the BJP's "hooliganism", the AAP said it will soon team up with the people of Delhi to fight against the BJP's "gunda raj and corruption"

Khargone violence: 64 FIRs, 175 held so far; curfew relaxed for 9 hours

Police have so far arrested 175 people in connection with the violence in Khargone city of Madhya Pradesh during Ram Navami celebration earlier this month, an official said on Sunday.

Jahangirpuri violence: ED registers money laundering case against accused

An Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED's equivalent of a police FIR, has been filed by the federal agency under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

Jahangirpuri: Bulldozers used on goons, criminal minds, says RSS leader

Those who provide protection to "goons" in the name of religion are "social criminals", alleged senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar

Cleric held for 'instigating' mob over social media post in Hubballi

A cleric was arrested on Thursday in connection with the violence reported in the city recently over an alleged social media post hurting the sentiments of a community

Shops bulldozed in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, SC intervenes to stop demolition

The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the demolition

Curfew relaxed for 6 hours at stretch for first time in MP's Khargone

For the first time in the last 11 days, the curfew in Madhya Pradesh's riot-hit Khargone city was relaxed for six hours in one go on Wednesday morning, officials said