Punjab Mob Lynching

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The BJP has lashed out at the Congress and the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, calling him "the father of lynching" after his son, MP Rahul Gandhi, attacked the party over recent mob killings.

A second man was beaten to death in Punjab over an alleged instance of sacrilege less than 24 hours after a similar death at Amritsar's Golden Temple.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday granted interim bail to Naresh Kumar, the main accused in the lynching of 17-year-old Junaid Khan who was stabbed to death on a train near Ballabhgarh in June last year.

PNB scam: One of the main accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, Mehul Choksi, has pleaded with a Mumbai court to cancel arrest warrants issued against him. It is not so much his plea that has surprised the court, but the reason behind his plea -- the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, whose whereabouts are not known, said he could be l...

A Dalit man from a village in Punjab was allegedly beaten to death on Friday afternoon for gatecrashing a marriage party.

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The BJP has lashed out at the Congress and the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, calling him "the father of lynching" after his son, MP Rahul Gandhi, attacked the party over recent mob killings.

A second man was beaten to death in Punjab over an alleged instance of sacrilege less than 24 hours after a similar death at Amritsar's Golden Temple.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday granted interim bail to Naresh Kumar, the main accused in the lynching of 17-year-old Junaid Khan who was stabbed to death on a train near Ballabhgarh in June last year.

PNB scam: One of the main accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, Mehul Choksi, has pleaded with a Mumbai court to cancel arrest warrants issued against him. It is not so much his plea that has surprised the court, but the reason behind his plea -- the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, whose whereabouts are not known, said he could be l...

A Dalit man from a village in Punjab was allegedly beaten to death on Friday afternoon for gatecrashing a marriage party.