Page 8 - Communal Violence

66 Hindu houses vandalised and 20 torched in Bangladesh: Report

As many as 52 suspects have been arrested while a manhunt was launched for more suspects under a "combing operation" in collaboration with other security forces

Sloganeering at Jantar Mantar: Delhi court grants bail to Ashwini Upadhyay

A video showing anti-Muslim slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar here was widely circulated on social media, following which Delhi Police registered a case

West Bengal post-poll violence: SC issues notice to Bengal government

The Supreme Court issued notice to the West Bengal government on a plea seeking directions to stop or prevent the alleged state-sponsored violence

'Mirror mirror on the wall ...'

The key fault-lines that must be addressed

Shekhar Gupta: The missing foreign bogey

Pakistan, Bangladeshis and terrorism are missing from BJP campaign. It seems to have understood the risks of mixing of domestic political motivations with strategic national interests

Court extends judicial custody of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam till Nov 23

A Delhi court Friday extended by three days the judicial custody of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Through a crystal ball, darkly

Likely slow economic growth in the medium term will be bad for jobs, social harmony and defence capabilities

Delhi riots: Court takes cognisance of 2 chargesheets against Tahir, others

A Delhi court has taken cognisance of charge sheets filed against suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain and others in two cases related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February.

Rohinton Mistry's 1995 novel captured the grand tragedies of Emergency

A Fine Balance is also a ludicrous sketch of a nation, its grand tragedies and political misadventures, specifically during the Emergency of 1975, which was declared 45 years ago on June 25

India has 'significant human rights issues', says US Congress report

Independent media were active and generally expressed a wide variety of views, the report said

Delhi violence: Trump echoes Modi, Democrats amplify Indian opposition

The US Presidential candidate and Democrat senator Bernie Sanders claimed that the violence in Delhi was targeted specifically at a particular community

Delhi violence: CBSE to reschedule exams for students not able to appear

The Delhi High Court had on Friday said that shifting the examination centres at this time was not a viable option and asked the Delhi Police to ensure proper security at the exam centres

3 held for vandalising temple in Delhi's Chawri Bazaar, tension defused

Late in the evening people from the two communities, in presence police, held discussions on ways to defuse the tension

Do regional parties overlook violence in exchange for political support?

The study looked at constituency-level assembly election data between 1988 and 2011 and events of political violence between 1989 and 2015

Communal violence up 28% under Modi govt but short of UPA's decadal high

India was ranked fourth in the world in 2015-after Syria, Nigeria and Iraq-for the highest social hostilities involving religion

Communal tension in UP village over marriage leads to minority exodus

Police admit that the families have fled but are reluctant to call it an exodus

Trends in communal violence in India

India witnessed 751 communal clashes in 2015, up from 644 in 2014, say the data