Holding the RSS-BJP and other right-wing outfits responsible for the increasing incidents of alleged hate crime and attacks on Dalits, CPI Rajya Sabha MP D Raja said Modi must answer as to why the SC/ST Act was "diluted" and why so many Dalits are being "killed" across the country.
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Watch: How Gujarat police foiled plot to foment communal violence in Valsad
Shashwat, however, maintained his innocence and said that he would approach higher authorities.
ACJM Anjani Kumar Srivastava issued the warrants yesterday on an application filed by the Nathnagar police, seeking the arrest of the nine persons, who were named in one of the two FIRs lodged in this connection.
A senior official, on the condition of anonymity, said that it was a "temporary measure" and soon all the restrictions would be removed.
Explosives were found during house-to-house searches following which the state police chief said the stringent National Security Act (NSA) would be invoked against the culprits.
Police and BSF personnel immediately rushed to the area to bring the situation under control
Following violent clashes in Baduria and Basirhat areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas over an “objectionable” Facebook post, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a detailed report from the Mamata Banerjee-led government
New Delhi: Amnesty International has criticized Indian authorities for contributing to a climate of growing intolerance for dissent by carrying out or supporting a series of arbitrary arrests, caste-based discrimination, extrajudicial executions and attacks on
Patna: In a grim reminder of Sunday's Malda violence, a huge mob went on rampage in Bihar's Purnea district on Thursday in protest against the alleged derogatory comments on Prophet Mohammed made by Bharat Hindu
New Delhi: There has been no significant increase in incidents of hate crimes against minority communities over the years, Rajya Sabha was informed today."No significant increase in such crimes has been reported by the state
New Delhi: The number of communal incidents in the country have declined "substantially" since the NDA government has come to power, the government said in the Lok Sabha today.Responding to a series of supplementaries on
New Delhi: Incidents of communal violence in the country have gone up in the first six months of 2015 compared to the corresponding period last year, with 330 riots reported till June this year in
Mumbai: To maintain the communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims, a 100-year pact has been signed in Burondi village of Ratnagiri district. The notarised pact lays down a code of conduct for members of both
Muzaffapur/Patna: At least 14 persons have been arrested in connection with yesterday's violence in a village here in which three persons were charred to death when a mob torched nine houses following recovery of body
Muzaffarnagar: The special investigation team (SIT), probing the Muzaffarnagar riots, has given a clean chit to six accused in connection with a murder case during the communal violence in the district.SIT Inspector Sampurnanad Tiwari filed
New York: A leading human rights body has criticised successive Indian governments for "failing" to prosecute senior officials for their roles in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and called on the new government to seek police
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