Saharanpur Riots

The Bhim Army is planning to stage a protest on the Parliament Street on August 19 demanding release of its founder Chandrashekhar Azad who is in jail on charges of engineering caste riots in Saharanpur last year.

A probe has begun into the alleged assault on Bhim Army's founder Chandreshekhar inside a jail in Saharanpur, Bhim Army claimed on Sunday.

As Chandrashekhar, the 30-year-old flamboyant chief of the Bhim Army was finally arrested yesterday from Dalhousie, exactly one month after riots broke out in Saharanpur, it's clear that this marks a new chapter in Dalit politics and struggle.

A BJP MP charged with leading a procession without permission - which resulted in a riot-like situation in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur - and then targeting a senior police officer's home with a mob, is unrepentant. "Apologise for what?" a defiant Raghav Lakhanpal told NDTV.

As Saharanpur goes to polls on Wednesday, the stakes are the highest for the Congress - its campaign spearheaded by its firebrand UP vice-president Imran Masood. The party is contesting five of the seven assembly seats in the region, where Mayawati's attempts to forge a Muslim-Dalit combination will also be put to test.

A five-member committee set up to look into the communal clashes that rocked Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur last month has named BJP Member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal as a key accused. The report, submitted to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, also blames local police officials for their slow response to the clashes.

A political blame game started after a five-member probe team submitted its report on the investigation of the Saharanpur clashes to the Uttar Pradesh government.

A woman's allegation that she was kidnapped, gang-raped and forced into religious conversion has led to tension in an area on the outskirts of Meerut town in Uttar Pradesh.

C T Ravi, a BJP legislator and a senior member of the party has sought to clarify that a "controversial" comment he posted on Twitter on Sunday was not intended "to inflame communal passion."

Curfew has been relaxed for a few hours today in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where three people were killed and 24 injured in riots on Saturday. Local BJP and Congress leaders have accused each other for instigating mobs.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him about the situation in violence-hit Saharanpur and students' protests against UPSC syllabus and the steps being taken by the Centre on both the issues.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam asked the government to file its response and posted the case for hearing on November 21.

The Bhim Army is planning to stage a protest on the Parliament Street on August 19 demanding release of its founder Chandrashekhar Azad who is in jail on charges of engineering caste riots in Saharanpur last year.

A probe has begun into the alleged assault on Bhim Army's founder Chandreshekhar inside a jail in Saharanpur, Bhim Army claimed on Sunday.

As Chandrashekhar, the 30-year-old flamboyant chief of the Bhim Army was finally arrested yesterday from Dalhousie, exactly one month after riots broke out in Saharanpur, it's clear that this marks a new chapter in Dalit politics and struggle.

A BJP MP charged with leading a procession without permission - which resulted in a riot-like situation in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur - and then targeting a senior police officer's home with a mob, is unrepentant. "Apologise for what?" a defiant Raghav Lakhanpal told NDTV.

As Saharanpur goes to polls on Wednesday, the stakes are the highest for the Congress - its campaign spearheaded by its firebrand UP vice-president Imran Masood. The party is contesting five of the seven assembly seats in the region, where Mayawati's attempts to forge a Muslim-Dalit combination will also be put to test.

A five-member committee set up to look into the communal clashes that rocked Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur last month has named BJP Member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal as a key accused. The report, submitted to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, also blames local police officials for their slow response to the clashes.

A political blame game started after a five-member probe team submitted its report on the investigation of the Saharanpur clashes to the Uttar Pradesh government.

A woman's allegation that she was kidnapped, gang-raped and forced into religious conversion has led to tension in an area on the outskirts of Meerut town in Uttar Pradesh.

C T Ravi, a BJP legislator and a senior member of the party has sought to clarify that a "controversial" comment he posted on Twitter on Sunday was not intended "to inflame communal passion."

Curfew has been relaxed for a few hours today in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where three people were killed and 24 injured in riots on Saturday. Local BJP and Congress leaders have accused each other for instigating mobs.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him about the situation in violence-hit Saharanpur and students' protests against UPSC syllabus and the steps being taken by the Centre on both the issues.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam asked the government to file its response and posted the case for hearing on November 21.