Communal Violence

Myanmar on alert as Bay of Bengal cyclone grows

Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 11, 2013

Myanmar's authorities were on alert on Saturday as a cyclone threatened to hit the west of the country where around 140,000 people displaced by communal violence languish in flood-prone camps.

Why minorities in Pakistan have no faith in democracy

Associated Press | Tuesday May 7, 2013

In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are...

Full transcript: Minister Milind Deora on the debate if India should ban porn

NDTV.com | Tuesday April 23, 2013

The Junior Minister for Information and Technology says experts have to be consulted on whether porn is provoking sexual violence. "I think we need some consensus as a society if such material causes violence," he said to NDTV's Sunetra Chowdhury. ....

Curfew in Sanganer lifted on Wednesday

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 17, 2013

Police on Tuesday decided to completely lift the curfew imposed in Sanganer town in Jaipur following violence between members of two communities on April 5.

Sikhs joins other religions demanding strict gun control laws in US

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 13, 2013

Members of the Sikh community joined other religious leaders in urging the US Congress to pass strict gun control laws to prevent the recent surge in gun violence in the country, including the one at a Wisconsin Gurdwara last year.

Curfew relaxed in Jaipur after two days

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2013

Curfew, clamped in some parts of the Rajasthan capital city two days ago following communal violence, was relaxed for one and a half hours on Sunday with police indicating that the situation is gradually returning to normalcy in the area.

No relaxation in curfew after violence in Jaipur town

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 6, 2013

Curfew on Saturday continued in Sanganer town in Jaipur which was imposed after violence broke out between members of two communities over a trivial issue of parking a motorbike, police said.

Violence in Jaipur town, curfew imposed

Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2013

Violence broke out between members of two communities in Sanganer town in Jaipur with mobs going on a rampage torching a religious school, vandalising properties and attacking policemen prompting authorities to clamp curfew in the area on Friday.

Central Nigeria ethnic violence kills 19, displaces 4,500

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 2, 2013

Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others, a local official said on Tuesday.

Fresh communal clashes rock central Myanmar

Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 24, 2013

Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in central Myanmar, officials said Sunday, defying authorities' efforts to quell deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims.

Review panel okays blocking of 306 Twitter accounts

Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 6, 2013

A high-level government review committee has given its stamp of approval on a decision to block 306 accounts being used on micro-blogging site Twitter in the wake of communal violence in Assam's Kokrajhar district and large scale migration of people ...

Almost a month after Dhule riots, police faces ire

Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday February 2, 2013

The video clip showing policemen indiscriminately firing during the January 6 violence in Dhule in Maharashtra has created a lot of outrage. Shockingly, even women seem to have not been spared in the firing.

Barack Obama, Joe Biden to meet police chiefs from towns scarred by shootings

Reuters | Monday January 28, 2013

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled to meet with police chiefs from three US communities scarred by mass shootings last year to talk about the administration's push to reduce gun violence, a White House official said.

Clashes in Maharashtra town: 4 people killed, over 500 injured

Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 8, 2013

Four people have been killed and over 500 people - including 113 policemen - injured after clashes broke out between members of two communities at Dhule in north Maharashtra, official sources said.

4 killed, around 176 injured in clashes in Maharashtra's Dhule town

Rashmi Rajput | Monday January 7, 2013

Four people have been killed and around 176 people, including 113 policemen, injured after clashes broke out between members of two communities at Dhule in north Maharashtra, official sources said.