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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicCommunal tension

Topic: communal tension

How a play & an elopement led to suspension of 3 Muslim teachers in Kota, sparked communal tension

An interfaith couple eloped from Khajuri Odpur this month. The incident, compounded with allegations of religious conversion, led to the suspension of 3 Muslim teachers at a govt school.

Hanuman flag or Tricolour? How a flag post has become a flashpoint in this Karnataka village

In Keragodu, villagers say hoisting religious flags has been a tradition dating back over 3 decades. But a controversy over it led to a rare spate of tensions — and stone-pelting — last week.

Mathura police avert crisis at Ram Navami rally after video of youth waving saffron flags near mosque surfaces

Police persuaded the young men to climb down from rooftops of shops & deployed additional personnel in Chowk Bazar, near the Jama Masjid area. No FIR registered.

Telangana HC’s riders on RSS march: ‘Far from religious places, no participant with criminal record’

HC granted permission to RSS to hold a route march Sunday in the poll-bound state's communally-sensitive Bhainsa town. State authorities had earlier denied them permission.

In Gujarat’s Undhela, Hindu-Muslim blamegame hots up after flogging. In eye of storm: A sarpanch

Sarpanch Indravadan Patel, who organised the garba event that was allegedly disrupted by stone throwing, says his political views are among reasons village's Muslims are accusing him.

New sarpanch vowed to start garba in village, sparked clashes, Undhela’s Muslim residents say

On 4 October, 10 men were caned for stone pelting that allegedly happened a day before. Muslim villagers claim trouble started when the sarpanch decided to organise ‘garba’. 

‘Lesson taught, we got msg to come watch’ — Gujarat villagers say after Muslim men caned by cops

10 men were held against an electrical pillar and caned in the incident Tuesday. Villagers allege that the men indulged in violence and disrupted a garba event the previous night.

‘Udaipur could’ve seen Godhra repeat’ — ‘Muslim boycott’, uneasy peace after Hindu tailor’s murder

Since Kanhaiya Lal Teli’s murder by two Muslim men, many Hindus have changed how they do business in the Old City. It has hurt both communities, but there are glimmers of hope.

‘Riots, hate, killings’ — how this Karnataka district became hotbed of Hindu-Muslim violence

The rise of Hindutva and Islamist forces, coupled with socioeconomic tensions, have turned Dakshina Kannada into an arena of what experts have called ‘competitive communalism’.

Bihar man stabbed for ‘watching’ Nupur Sharma video, police say ‘no communal angle’

Ankit Jha, 23, was stabbed several times at a betel shop in the state's Sitamarhi district.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.