Kasganj Clashes

A Station House Officer (SHO) suffered a gunshot wound on Wednesday when he intervened after a clash between two groups in the neighbouring Kasganj district, police said.

A Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh, locked in a fight with so-called upper caste Thakurs and the district administration in western Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, to reach the wedding venue in a baraat or grand procession, has finally got his way.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken action against a senior IAS officer, Raghvendra Vikram Singh, for putting up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing groups for allegedly provoking communal clashes in Kasganj town on Republic Day. Mr Singh, the district magistrate, had later removed the post.

Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh said there were no riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last one year and termed the violence in Kasganj a group clash, which, he claimed, was "effectively checked".

Another accused in the killing of Chandan Gupta during a rally on Republic Day in Kasganj town of Uttar Pradesh today surrendered before a local court, police said.

Police today arrested one more person accused in the murder of Chandan Gupta in Kasganj, a senior official said.

The door of a mosque was set ablaze on Monday by unidentified persons in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, leading to brief tension in the area that was singed by violence and clashes on Republic Day. Police said the situation is calm.

Stoking a potential controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Satyadev Pachauri today termed the Kasganj violence as a "minor incident".

Three people were injured after volunteers clashed among themselves during a "Tiranga" rally being taken out by some organisations in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Wednesday, police said. Two people were arrested following the incident, police added

The man who shot dead 22-year-old Chandan Gupta during communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj has been arrested, the police said today.

As the administration struggles to hold peace and soothe tempers in Kasganj, more than a 100 Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists attempted to take out another "Tiranga yatra" 100 km away in Agra. The police initially tried to dissuade them because they did not want to take a risk after a similar rally last week shattered the peace in Kasganj. In the co...

In a video from Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, where communal clashes broke out on Republic Day, a group of men are seen on a road, armed with guns, clubs and sticks. Several gunshots are heard in the short clip apparently filmed from a rooftop around the time a young man, Chandan Gupta, was shot dead.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has delivered a sharp warning to hooligans who have kept the embers in Kasganj burning after a 22-year-old student was killed in last Friday's communal clashes in the western UP district. Yogi Adityanath said strict action against the perpetrators of violence and those indulging in anarchy will not be sp...

Two senior BJP leaders including Union Minister Niranjan Jyoti today blamed Kasganj violence on pro-Pakistan and anti-national elements in the western Uttar Pradesh district, saying ABVP members were fired at by anti-national elements because they "could not tolerate Tiranga yatra".

A 24-year-old reporter, whose "death" in the clashes on Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj was widely reported on social media, emerged on Monday to declare that he is alive and well. Rahul Upadhyay showed up at a police station to counter reports of his death

A Station House Officer (SHO) suffered a gunshot wound on Wednesday when he intervened after a clash between two groups in the neighbouring Kasganj district, police said.

A Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh, locked in a fight with so-called upper caste Thakurs and the district administration in western Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, to reach the wedding venue in a baraat or grand procession, has finally got his way.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken action against a senior IAS officer, Raghvendra Vikram Singh, for putting up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing groups for allegedly provoking communal clashes in Kasganj town on Republic Day. Mr Singh, the district magistrate, had later removed the post.

Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh said there were no riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last one year and termed the violence in Kasganj a group clash, which, he claimed, was "effectively checked".

Another accused in the killing of Chandan Gupta during a rally on Republic Day in Kasganj town of Uttar Pradesh today surrendered before a local court, police said.

Police today arrested one more person accused in the murder of Chandan Gupta in Kasganj, a senior official said.

The door of a mosque was set ablaze on Monday by unidentified persons in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, leading to brief tension in the area that was singed by violence and clashes on Republic Day. Police said the situation is calm.

Stoking a potential controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Satyadev Pachauri today termed the Kasganj violence as a "minor incident".

Three people were injured after volunteers clashed among themselves during a "Tiranga" rally being taken out by some organisations in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Wednesday, police said. Two people were arrested following the incident, police added

The man who shot dead 22-year-old Chandan Gupta during communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj has been arrested, the police said today.

As the administration struggles to hold peace and soothe tempers in Kasganj, more than a 100 Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists attempted to take out another "Tiranga yatra" 100 km away in Agra. The police initially tried to dissuade them because they did not want to take a risk after a similar rally last week shattered the peace in Kasganj. In the co...

In a video from Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, where communal clashes broke out on Republic Day, a group of men are seen on a road, armed with guns, clubs and sticks. Several gunshots are heard in the short clip apparently filmed from a rooftop around the time a young man, Chandan Gupta, was shot dead.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has delivered a sharp warning to hooligans who have kept the embers in Kasganj burning after a 22-year-old student was killed in last Friday's communal clashes in the western UP district. Yogi Adityanath said strict action against the perpetrators of violence and those indulging in anarchy will not be sp...

Two senior BJP leaders including Union Minister Niranjan Jyoti today blamed Kasganj violence on pro-Pakistan and anti-national elements in the western Uttar Pradesh district, saying ABVP members were fired at by anti-national elements because they "could not tolerate Tiranga yatra".

A 24-year-old reporter, whose "death" in the clashes on Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj was widely reported on social media, emerged on Monday to declare that he is alive and well. Rahul Upadhyay showed up at a police station to counter reports of his death