Communal Violence

BJP Diverting Attention From Centre's Performance: Sitaram Yechury

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 5, 2017

Hitting back at the BJP over the issue of political killings in Kerala, the CPI(M) today alleged that it was using violence and communal hatred to divert public attention from what the Left party called was the "discontent" over the central government's performance.

Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 4, 2017

A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.

Why Not Deport Rohingya, Myanmar Will Accept Them: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Thursday September 21, 2017

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated that Rohingya Muslims living in India are not refugees but illegal immigrants from Myanmar, and that objections to deport them are baseless since Myanmar has expressed its willingness to take them back.

'Myanmar Will Ensure Secure Environment For All Communities,' Says Aung San Suu Kyi: Highlights

World News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday September 19, 2017

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi broke her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the United Nations to accuse the country's army of ethnic cleansing.

Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Mark Eid After Fleeing Violence

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday September 2, 2017

Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

After Violence In Bengal's Mothabari, Mamata Banerjee Blames BJP

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday August 9, 2017

In Bengal, prohibitory orders were imposed at Mothabari in West Bengal's Malda district on Tuesday and stayed in force today after a mob threw bricks at the police and blocked a road near the police station for several hours. The protestors were demanding the arrest of the men who beat up the driver of a tractor so badly after he ran over a teenage...

'United Against Hate' Bike Rally Sets Off For Mewat From Delhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 31, 2017

Against the backdrop of a string of lynching incidents, a group of about 100 bikers today left for Mewat region from Delhi to spread the message of communal harmony and raise voice against hatred-driven violence.

Basirhat Violence: Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To DU Professor

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 28, 2017

Delhi University Professor Rakesh Sinha, wanted by Kolkata police for allegedly spreading communal hatred via his Facebook posts on violence in West Bengal's Basirhat, was granted anticipatory bail today by a magisterial court in Kolkata.

Centre Gives Report Of Communal Incidents In Last 3 Years, UP Tops List With 450

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 26, 2017

A total of 450 incidents of communal violence had taken place in Uttar Pradesh in the last three years. Out of these, 162 such incidents were reported in 2016, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

War On Hindus In A Land Of Photocopied Condolences

Opinion | Tarun Vijay | Wednesday July 12, 2017

Hindus have learnt to live with massacres, mayhem, abuse, humiliation and calmly-issued fake statements of condolences.

Bengal Violence: Villagers Say Rioters Came From 'Outside' On Motorcyles

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday July 10, 2017

Residents of Magurkhali, Hindus and Muslims, had lived together, peacefully, for as long as they can remember. A communal riot was unheard of in the small village in Bhaduria block of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. But late into the night last Sunday, it was rife with murderous rage -- rage that locals say found its way into the hamlet t...

One Arrested For Sharing Fake Image Of West Bengal Violence

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday July 8, 2017

The Kolkata Police has said they have arrested a person for sharing an image from a Bhojpuri film and passing it off as one from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas that has been hit by communal violence leaving at least one dead.

Fragile Peace Returns To West Bengal's Basirhat, Politics Takes Over:10 Points

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday July 9, 2017

As security forces marched through troubled areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to keep the fragile peace in riot-hit Basirhat, the focus shifted to state capital Kolkata, 100 km away, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an offensive against the BJP, blaming it for the violence. Ms Banerjee also announced a judicial inquiry ...

Hindus In Bengal Worry About Kashmir - Like Impact On Them

Opinion | Sandeep Mahapatra | Saturday July 8, 2017

"What Bengal thinks/does today, India thinks/does 20 years hence" was the common refrain one used to hear not long ago, but the happenings in the recent years in the state have brought about an altogether different perception which can safely be paraphrased to say that "What Kashmir did to Hindus 20 years ago, West Bengal is doing now."

Despite Drowning State, Mamata Signals "Don't Send Help"

Opinion | Tarun Vijay | Friday July 7, 2017

Trinamool would like the present situation to be presented as a Hindu-Muslim issue. It is not. It's only a matter of a failed state apparatus and assault by criminals with active help from across the border groups with state protection.

Trinamool Protest Against Tripura Governor For Backing Bengal Counterpart

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday July 7, 2017

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.

Three-Member BJP Committee To Visit Riot-Affected Bengal's North 24-Parganas

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 6, 2017

BJP President Amit Shah has formed a three-member committee which would visit the riot affected parts of North 24-Parganas district in West Bengal and submit a report on communal violence in the region.

Bengal's Basirhat Tense, Trinamool-BJP Supporters Clash On Street

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 6, 2017

Supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress clashed with BJP-RSS activists outside a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a man allegedly injured in the Basirhat communal violence died in the hospital.

Fresh Violence In West Bengal's Basirhat After Police Lathicharge, Several Injured: 10 Updates

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Friday July 7, 2017

After about half a day of calm, violence erupted again late on Thursday afternoon in Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, after the police used batons on angry crowds who alleged that cops were detaining only Hindu youth for the last three days since riots began. The area's legislator Dibyendu Biswas, of the ruling Trinamool Congress was present d...

Bengal Communal Violence: 1 Person Dies, Was Brought To Kolkata Hospital

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 6, 2017

A 45-year-old man injured in communal clashes in Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, has died in a hospital in the West Bengal capital. There is heavy security at the hospital.

Rajnath Singh's Counsel Ignored, Mamata Banerjee Vs Governor Escalates

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday July 6, 2017

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upbraided for the third day in a row by the state's Governor, who said she is obliged to "maintain peace without caste creed or community bias", referring to riots in a part of the North 24 Parganas, barely 60 kms from the state capital of Kolkata.

Bengal Violence: Governor Writes To President About Conversation With Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 6, 2017

West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi has written to President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday giving details about the phone conversation between him and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in context of the communal riots in Baduria in North 24 Parganas district.

Mamata Banerjee Announces 'Shanti Vahini' To Maintain Peace In West Bengal

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 6, 2017

Accusing the BJP of conspiring to instigate unrest in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced the formation of 'Shanti Vahini' (peace force) at booth-level to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state.

Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policies Have Created Real Danger

Opinion | Chandan Mitra | Thursday July 6, 2017

Bengal is sitting on a tinder box. According to those who follow the news emanating from the state, it appears on the brink of a major communal conflagration. Comments in the social media ominously recall horrific details of the Great Calcutta Killing of 1946 in which thousands were slaughtered during the carnage triggered by Muslim League leader M...

Central Troops Patrol West Bengal's Basirhat, Hit By Communal Riots

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday July 6, 2017

A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.

Bengal Governor Says Mamata Banerjee 'Emotionally Blackmailing' People

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday July 6, 2017

West Bengal's Chief Minister and Governor were asked today to end a very public quarrel over communal tension in the state's North 24 Parganas district.

Centre Asks Mamata Banerjee For Report On Communal Tension: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 5, 2017

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked West Bengal for a report on communal clashes in towns near Kolkata over a Facebook post. Mr Singh spoke to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this morning. Violence engulfed large parts of the North 24 Parganas district after a derogatory post on Prophet Mohammed by a 17-year-student of Baduria, who has been arrest...

Communal Clashes In Bengal Over Facebook Post, Centre Sends In Troops

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 5, 2017

The Centre on Tuesday sent in about 400 paramilitary Border Security Force or BSF to West Bengal after communal violence in North 24 Parganas near Kolkata over a Facebook post.

Bihar Cabinet Approves Payment Of Rs 5 Lakh As Ex-Gratia For Families Of Civilians Killed In Violence

Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 27, 2017

The Bihar Cabinet today gave its nod to payment of Rupees 5 lakh as ex-gratia to the next of kin of civilians killed in incidents of violence related to terror, communal tension and cross firing on the borders.

Saharanpur Violence: 2 Cases Against BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday April 22, 2017

Two cases have been registered against the BJP's Lok Sabha member Raghav Lakhanpal and a dozen others for a clash between two communities in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Thursday, allegedly after a group of people close to the lawmaker insisted on taking out a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti this year that has been banned for years to keep pea...