Police said the mob reached Anjuman Masjid in Sector 57 after midnight. Some people in the crowd opened fire at the people present in the mosque and also set it on fire.
The legislative body of the European Union adopted a motion Wednesday urging the Centre to stop ongoing ethnic and religious violence in the state and protect its religious minorities.
In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.
Few places in India have seen a sustained women’s movement of the kind seen in Manipur—but the grinding ethnic war tearing the state apart has revealed it also has an ugly face.
About 40,000 people have been displaced by the violence during the past two months, and the federal government has deployed additional security forces.
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga makes displeasure with the Union govt public through Twitter post, says 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas applies to my Zo ethnic tribes in Manipur too'.
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BJP Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda slammed Obama for his remarks and said it is preposterous to see the former US president 'pander to the anti-India crowd'.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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