Communal Violence In Uttar Pradesh

Thirty-six people have been arrested and a case filed against over 1,500 people in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Friday over alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Violence broke out briefly in Uttar Pradesh's Agra today afternoon as members of the Valmiki community clashed with police over the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman from the state's Hathras district last month

Videos and a press release sent out by the Uttar Pradesh government suggest that prominent citizens from the Muslim community in western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr have handed the district administration a cheque of over Rs 6 lakh towards what they say are damages for violence in the town last week after Friday prayers, in protests over the Citize...

The case is a classic example of how conspiracies to heighten communal polarization are organised to gain electoral advantage. These are indeed dangerous times for the citizens of Uttar Pradesh.

The son of police constable killed in stone-throwing on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district has slammed the state police, saying if they were not able to protect their own, what else could be expected from them.

Residents of Khaira Bazar village in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district continue to live under the threat of communal violence, weeks after clashes erupted between two communities during the Durga Puja festivities last month. According to news agency ANI, several families have already fled for fear of being attacked or arrested.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

Uttar Pradesh led the nationwide increase in communal violence in 2017, according to statistics placed by the Union Home Ministry in parliament on Wednesday. The figures indicate that incidents of communal violence have gone up to 822 and killed 111 people last year, the highest in four years.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken action against a senior IAS officer, Raghvendra Vikram Singh, for putting up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing groups for allegedly provoking communal clashes in Kasganj town on Republic Day. Mr Singh, the district magistrate, had later removed the post.

The man who shot dead 22-year-old Chandan Gupta during communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj has been arrested, the police said today.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has delivered a sharp warning to hooligans who have kept the embers in Kasganj burning after a 22-year-old student was killed in last Friday's communal clashes in the western UP district. Yogi Adityanath said strict action against the perpetrators of violence and those indulging in anarchy will not be sp...

A 24-year-old reporter, whose "death" in the clashes on Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj was widely reported on social media, emerged on Monday to declare that he is alive and well. Rahul Upadhyay showed up at a police station to counter reports of his death

Raghvendra Vikkram Singh, the Bareilly district magistrate who had put up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing Hindu groups for provoking communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh, removed the post.

As many as 112 people were arrested and security forces personnel intensified vigil in the strife-torn Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh where the situation remained tense but peaceful today, two days after clashesbetween two communities claimed one life.

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.

Thirty-six people have been arrested and a case filed against over 1,500 people in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Friday over alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Violence broke out briefly in Uttar Pradesh's Agra today afternoon as members of the Valmiki community clashed with police over the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman from the state's Hathras district last month

Videos and a press release sent out by the Uttar Pradesh government suggest that prominent citizens from the Muslim community in western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr have handed the district administration a cheque of over Rs 6 lakh towards what they say are damages for violence in the town last week after Friday prayers, in protests over the Citize...

The case is a classic example of how conspiracies to heighten communal polarization are organised to gain electoral advantage. These are indeed dangerous times for the citizens of Uttar Pradesh.

The son of police constable killed in stone-throwing on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district has slammed the state police, saying if they were not able to protect their own, what else could be expected from them.

Residents of Khaira Bazar village in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district continue to live under the threat of communal violence, weeks after clashes erupted between two communities during the Durga Puja festivities last month. According to news agency ANI, several families have already fled for fear of being attacked or arrested.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

Uttar Pradesh led the nationwide increase in communal violence in 2017, according to statistics placed by the Union Home Ministry in parliament on Wednesday. The figures indicate that incidents of communal violence have gone up to 822 and killed 111 people last year, the highest in four years.

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken action against a senior IAS officer, Raghvendra Vikram Singh, for putting up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing groups for allegedly provoking communal clashes in Kasganj town on Republic Day. Mr Singh, the district magistrate, had later removed the post.

The man who shot dead 22-year-old Chandan Gupta during communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj has been arrested, the police said today.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has delivered a sharp warning to hooligans who have kept the embers in Kasganj burning after a 22-year-old student was killed in last Friday's communal clashes in the western UP district. Yogi Adityanath said strict action against the perpetrators of violence and those indulging in anarchy will not be sp...

A 24-year-old reporter, whose "death" in the clashes on Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj was widely reported on social media, emerged on Monday to declare that he is alive and well. Rahul Upadhyay showed up at a police station to counter reports of his death

Raghvendra Vikkram Singh, the Bareilly district magistrate who had put up a post on Facebook that appeared to blame right-wing Hindu groups for provoking communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh, removed the post.

As many as 112 people were arrested and security forces personnel intensified vigil in the strife-torn Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh where the situation remained tense but peaceful today, two days after clashesbetween two communities claimed one life.

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.