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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicEthnic violence

Topic: Ethnic violence

26-yr-old man killed after mosque set ablaze in Gurgaon, third death in Nuh communal violence

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.

Stop Manipur violence, protect religious minorities, EU Parliament to India over Manipur

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.

UN says at least 87 buried in mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur, Rapid Support Forces responsible

The UN High Commissioner for human rights called for a prompt and thorough investigation.

No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

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.

How women’s movement in Manipur became a platform for chauvinist elements

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.

US envoy expressed sorrow over Manipur violence; Washington ready to assist if requested

About 40,000 people have been displaced by the violence during the past two months, and the federal government has deployed additional security forces.

Modi govt ‘silent’ on aid pleas, Mizoram asks MPs, MLAs & public to donate for incoming Manipuris

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'.

French police arrest almost 1,000 people in fourth night of unrest

By Tassilo Hummel and Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -Riots rocked French cities for a fourth night as the government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles to tackle unrest sparked by

150 arrested in France amid unrest following police shooting of 17-year-old boy

The victim, who was of North African origin, was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb.

‘Without minority rights, India may start pulling apart,’ says former US president Obama to CNN

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'.

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Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.