Karnataka Communal Clashes

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday gave a "compensation" cheque of Rs 25 lakh and announced jobs for the family members of six people who were killed in communal incidents.

Karnataka government said allow temple "at least for next two days" and "no permanent structure will be built"; but waqf board cited 200-year history

Four people have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in Karnataka's Shivamogga amid communal tension over a banner featuring the image of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

One person was stabbed and three more injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to different communities led to clashes. Eighteen people have been arrested.

Four people were injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to two different communities led to violence.

Two persons named accused of rioting in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone during Ram Navami were not even present at the spot of the clashes, their family members have claimed.

Indians have the freedom to practice their faith and there is no growing intolerance between religious communities, the country's minority affairs minister said in an interview published on Sunday amid spurts of religious riots across India.

The BJP has formed three teams, led by senior leaders to travel across Karnataka from Tuesday, to prepare the ground for the state assembly elections next year, party strongman and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa said on Monday.

As the hijab versus saffron scarves on campus clash spread in Karnataka, two colleges declared a holiday today to avoid communal trouble while another college allowed students wearing the hijab in separate classrooms.

It was local political rivalry linked to civic polls and not communal disharmony that led to the violence in Bengaluru in which three people lost their lives, the BJP government in Karnataka said today.

A mysterious death is at the centre of an escalating political row in Karnataka, where elections will be held next year. The BJP will take out a protest march today in Bengaluru after the police said a man found dead two days after communal tension in Honnavar town was not tortured as claimed in social media posts.

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.

Fringe right wing group Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Karnataka on Saturday for inciting communal clashes in Mysore.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday gave a "compensation" cheque of Rs 25 lakh and announced jobs for the family members of six people who were killed in communal incidents.

Karnataka government said allow temple "at least for next two days" and "no permanent structure will be built"; but waqf board cited 200-year history

Four people have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in Karnataka's Shivamogga amid communal tension over a banner featuring the image of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

One person was stabbed and three more injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to different communities led to clashes. Eighteen people have been arrested.

Four people were injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to two different communities led to violence.

Two persons named accused of rioting in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone during Ram Navami were not even present at the spot of the clashes, their family members have claimed.

Indians have the freedom to practice their faith and there is no growing intolerance between religious communities, the country's minority affairs minister said in an interview published on Sunday amid spurts of religious riots across India.

The BJP has formed three teams, led by senior leaders to travel across Karnataka from Tuesday, to prepare the ground for the state assembly elections next year, party strongman and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa said on Monday.

As the hijab versus saffron scarves on campus clash spread in Karnataka, two colleges declared a holiday today to avoid communal trouble while another college allowed students wearing the hijab in separate classrooms.

It was local political rivalry linked to civic polls and not communal disharmony that led to the violence in Bengaluru in which three people lost their lives, the BJP government in Karnataka said today.

A mysterious death is at the centre of an escalating political row in Karnataka, where elections will be held next year. The BJP will take out a protest march today in Bengaluru after the police said a man found dead two days after communal tension in Honnavar town was not tortured as claimed in social media posts.

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.

Fringe right wing group Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Karnataka on Saturday for inciting communal clashes in Mysore.