The fallout over Tarun Kumar Butolia’s killing was swift. Scuffles broke out, ‘aakrosh sabhas’ were held and bulldozers moved in. Residents say social media ‘amplified’ issue, ‘outsiders’ started protest.
When I choose to be a dissenting voice within my community, or when I write about atrocities faced by minorities in Muslim-majority countries, people like Deepak become my strength.
BJP-JD(S) leaders rushed to Mandya after the clashes, which erupted when a Ganesha immersion procession was walking past a mosque. So far, 21 suspects have been arrested.
The communal violence, ignited in the wake of a new Waqf law, has left a trail of destruction. Several families crossed the Ganga in boats and found shelter in a school.
RSS, Ramakrishna Mission & Bharat Sevashram Sangha are conducting relief efforts for the displaced at a relief camp on a school compound in the neighbouring Malda district of West Bengal.
The FIR, which the inspector of the Ganeshpeth police station registered after the violence over the Aurangzeb tomb row on Monday, mentioned multiple charges.
Thirty-eight people were injured in the violence, including 33 police personnel. Curfew clamped in several areas, 5 FIRs lodged, and 50 suspects have been rounded up.
The district magistrate’s vehicle was attacked by a mob Monday after unrest over the weekend. Prohibitory orders extended in Murshidabad district as internet services remain suspended.
MoS Home Bandi Sanjay demands 'unbiased action' from Revanth Reddy govt, DGP office appeals for restraint amid reports of arson, stone pelting, attacks on properties, shops and vehicles.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Kudos to the administration for not letting sentiments spiral into further violence and destruction. However to lend credence to the fact that it was not communal incident, members of both communities should have protested together for obtaining justice and shunned the murderers from society. Instead it was left to only one community to demand justice and ironically it is being reported as if the other community is being victimized by just demands for action and attempts to instill respect for law and order & basic humanity. There is no doubt that the murderers didn’t have any fear of consequences or for the long arm of law and inflicted barbaric grievous losses on a flimsy whim.
They spilled the blood of an innocent man. And now they are blaming ‘outsiders’ and ‘social media’ as the aggressors? What is shameful is that liberal media organisations like ThePrint is buying into their version of events and helping them project themselves as ‘peaceful, law abiding’ people.
Kudos to the administration for not letting sentiments spiral into further violence and destruction. However to lend credence to the fact that it was not communal incident, members of both communities should have protested together for obtaining justice and shunned the murderers from society. Instead it was left to only one community to demand justice and ironically it is being reported as if the other community is being victimized by just demands for action and attempts to instill respect for law and order & basic humanity. There is no doubt that the murderers didn’t have any fear of consequences or for the long arm of law and inflicted barbaric grievous losses on a flimsy whim.
Stupid title. Why not call it Khoon ki Eid? Scared of them? Every Hindu festival in the recent oqst has been harangued by Muh-lecch-as
They spilled the blood of an innocent man. And now they are blaming ‘outsiders’ and ‘social media’ as the aggressors? What is shameful is that liberal media organisations like ThePrint is buying into their version of events and helping them project themselves as ‘peaceful, law abiding’ people.