Communal Violence

Over 2,900 cases of communal violence were registered in the country between 2017 and 2021, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said today.

Several walls and faculty rooms at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi were defaced with slogans against the Brahmin community yesterday - photos of which were shared on social media triggering a row.

A court in New Delhi, while hearing a case related to the communal violence that shook northeast Delhi in 2020, has acquitted four accused of the charges of rioting and vandalism.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in the October 8-9 clashes between two communities in Ekbalpur area of Kolkata, a senior official said.

Calm has returned to the Mominpore area after clashes between two communities on Saturday allegedly over putting up flags. Stone-pelting was reported and some houses were damaged

Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...

Many Indians abroad, including analysts as well as those back home, highlight that such incidents illustrate India's political strife and point to the detrimental impact of religious tensions seeping into communities beyond the boundaries of India.

Community leaders invoke shared past and the fight "together" against "racist haters" to stress for peace in UK city beset with angry protests, clashes

Two men suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage that devastated an indigenous community in Canada were still at large on Monday as police tried to determine a motive for attacks that shocked a nation where mass violence is rare.

The police in Karnataka's coastal district Mangaluru, which has seen violence tinged with communal tension in recent times, have set strict rules about public conduct to prevent potential troublemakers from disturbing peace.

The alleged mastermind of April 10 Ram Navami communal violence in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone has been arrested from the district border.

One person was stabbed and three more injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to different communities led to clashes. Eighteen people have been arrested.

Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan where the murder of a tailor in Udaipur has unleashed tension and unrest, today suggested that the Prime Minister should address the people immediately on the issue of communal violence

Two men with a cleaver murdered a tailor here and posted videos online that said they are avenging an insult to Islam, triggering stray cases of violence in the Rajasthan city, a part of which was placed under curfew.

Hatemonger Yati Narsinghanand was put under "house arrest" for a day on Friday, days after he declared to visit the Delhi's Jama Masjid.

Over 2,900 cases of communal violence were registered in the country between 2017 and 2021, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said today.

Several walls and faculty rooms at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi were defaced with slogans against the Brahmin community yesterday - photos of which were shared on social media triggering a row.

A court in New Delhi, while hearing a case related to the communal violence that shook northeast Delhi in 2020, has acquitted four accused of the charges of rioting and vandalism.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in the October 8-9 clashes between two communities in Ekbalpur area of Kolkata, a senior official said.

Calm has returned to the Mominpore area after clashes between two communities on Saturday allegedly over putting up flags. Stone-pelting was reported and some houses were damaged

Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...

Many Indians abroad, including analysts as well as those back home, highlight that such incidents illustrate India's political strife and point to the detrimental impact of religious tensions seeping into communities beyond the boundaries of India.

Community leaders invoke shared past and the fight "together" against "racist haters" to stress for peace in UK city beset with angry protests, clashes

Two men suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage that devastated an indigenous community in Canada were still at large on Monday as police tried to determine a motive for attacks that shocked a nation where mass violence is rare.

The police in Karnataka's coastal district Mangaluru, which has seen violence tinged with communal tension in recent times, have set strict rules about public conduct to prevent potential troublemakers from disturbing peace.

The alleged mastermind of April 10 Ram Navami communal violence in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone has been arrested from the district border.

One person was stabbed and three more injured in Karnataka's Kerur as arguments between two groups belonging to different communities led to clashes. Eighteen people have been arrested.

Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan where the murder of a tailor in Udaipur has unleashed tension and unrest, today suggested that the Prime Minister should address the people immediately on the issue of communal violence

Two men with a cleaver murdered a tailor here and posted videos online that said they are avenging an insult to Islam, triggering stray cases of violence in the Rajasthan city, a part of which was placed under curfew.

Hatemonger Yati Narsinghanand was put under "house arrest" for a day on Friday, days after he declared to visit the Delhi's Jama Masjid.