Communal Riots

Brexit and then the Covid-19 pandemic led to an upswing in unemployment and pushed scores of communities in the UK below the poverty line.

There was no "justifiable reason" to not grant bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition, said the Delhi High Court.

The Election Commission, criticised over what many called its soft handling of the BJP and its leaders, today read the Riot Act to the ruling party as well as the Opposition for campaigning along the lines of caste, community, language, and religion.

Britain's royal family has been forced to radically change the way it communicates because of social media, after speculation ran riot about the health of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of the city police on student activist Sharjeel Imam's plea seeking bail in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition and unlawful activities.

A Delhi court hearing a case related to the communal riots that broke out in the city in 2020 has noted certain police officials investigating the case wasted its time by filing reports based on hearsay.

Mohammad Shamim, a convicted fugitive and prime accused in the 2007 communal riots in Gorakhpur, has been arrested and lodged in jail, police said on Saturday.

Bittu Bajrangi, head of a cow vigilante group in Faridabad, has been arrested in connection with communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh on July 31. Bajrangi, also called Rajkumar, faces charges of rioting, armed robbery and criminal intimidation

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, which plunged Gujarat into one of the worst communal riots, terming it a "very serious incident".

Amid a call by some Hindu groups to "complete" on August 28 the religious march that was attacked last month in Nuh triggering a communal riot, the Gurugram police Friday appealed to the residents not to take out any rally or procession.

A sessions court has ordered the framing of charges including those of rioting, loot and arson against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, saying he prima facie instigated mob violence during the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots.

Controversial BJP leader Kapil Mishra, known for his communal and incendiary tweets,was today appointed a vice-president of the party's Delhi unit.

Gurugram Violence: Muslims in Gurugram have been urged to offer Friday prayers at home today amid the ongoing communal clashes in Haryana.

All educational institutions including schools, colleges, and coaching centres will remain closed on Tuesday in Haryana's Gurugram, District Information and Public Relations Officer, Gurugram stated on Monday.

A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the 2002 Naroda Gam communal riot case in which eleven persons belonging to the Muslim community were killed.

Brexit and then the Covid-19 pandemic led to an upswing in unemployment and pushed scores of communities in the UK below the poverty line.

There was no "justifiable reason" to not grant bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition, said the Delhi High Court.

The Election Commission, criticised over what many called its soft handling of the BJP and its leaders, today read the Riot Act to the ruling party as well as the Opposition for campaigning along the lines of caste, community, language, and religion.

Britain's royal family has been forced to radically change the way it communicates because of social media, after speculation ran riot about the health of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of the city police on student activist Sharjeel Imam's plea seeking bail in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition and unlawful activities.

A Delhi court hearing a case related to the communal riots that broke out in the city in 2020 has noted certain police officials investigating the case wasted its time by filing reports based on hearsay.

Mohammad Shamim, a convicted fugitive and prime accused in the 2007 communal riots in Gorakhpur, has been arrested and lodged in jail, police said on Saturday.

Bittu Bajrangi, head of a cow vigilante group in Faridabad, has been arrested in connection with communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh on July 31. Bajrangi, also called Rajkumar, faces charges of rioting, armed robbery and criminal intimidation

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, which plunged Gujarat into one of the worst communal riots, terming it a "very serious incident".

Amid a call by some Hindu groups to "complete" on August 28 the religious march that was attacked last month in Nuh triggering a communal riot, the Gurugram police Friday appealed to the residents not to take out any rally or procession.

A sessions court has ordered the framing of charges including those of rioting, loot and arson against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, saying he prima facie instigated mob violence during the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots.

Controversial BJP leader Kapil Mishra, known for his communal and incendiary tweets,was today appointed a vice-president of the party's Delhi unit.

Gurugram Violence: Muslims in Gurugram have been urged to offer Friday prayers at home today amid the ongoing communal clashes in Haryana.

All educational institutions including schools, colleges, and coaching centres will remain closed on Tuesday in Haryana's Gurugram, District Information and Public Relations Officer, Gurugram stated on Monday.

A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the 2002 Naroda Gam communal riot case in which eleven persons belonging to the Muslim community were killed.