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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicMob violence

Topic: Mob violence

Bulandshahr a reality check for Yogi Adityanath — star outside UP, question mark at home

Bulandshahr violence comes when Adityanath is BJP’s star campaigner. It goes against Modi’s claim of good governance and questions CM’s ability to rule.

Forwards of Hindu-Muslim violence in Bihar’s Bhagalpur are from old, unrelated incidents

The image of the bleeding man is from last year, when he was reportedly attacked by his wife and her lover.

In judiciary-executive tussle, it’s now up to people to fight mob lynching

No single political party can be blamed for rise in incidents of mob violence and disorder.

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel gets 2-year jail in 2015 rioting case

Hardik is an accused in a 2015 case when a rally of Patel community seeking reservation turned violent.

Govt forms 2 high-level panels to tackle mob violence & lynching

Move comes after Supreme Court asked govt to enact a law to deal with the issue

Supreme Court cracks down on lynchings, says Parliament must bring law to control ‘mobocracy’

The SC was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, but the verdict comes as India grapples with another form of mob violence, triggered by a WhatsApp rumour.

‘It was my duty to protect the boy,’ says the brave Sikh cop who won the internet today

A video that went viral on Facebook over the past two days purportedly shows a mob in Ramnagar ready to attack a Muslim boy, allegedly for being in a temple, but held back by the officer.

A year on, justice eludes family of Alwar victim of cow vigilantes

Pehlu Khan's killing has also created a sense of alienation in his village and Muslim dairy farmers say their livelihood has been hit

PM Modi must speak up against Karni Sena’s cowardly attack on a school bus filled with kids

In the past, I have never felt the need for the Prime Minister to speak up and speak out against the fringe. Now I do.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.