Saharanpur Clashes

Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi had shared the video on Twitter which shows cops mercilessly thrashing a group of men with the caption "return gift for rioters".

According to reports, the video was shot two days ago in a police station in Saharanpur, where protests and clashes erupted after Friday prayers over the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad by two former BJP spokespersons.

Over 230 people have been arrested in the state so far for violent clashes over objectionable and communal comments against Prophet Muhammad by two BJP leaders.

Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday claimed that some anti-Dalit elements allegedly conspired to kill her last year during the "heart-wrenching" Saharanpur violence in Uttar Pradesh.

The man hunted by the police for his role in the recent caste clashes in Uttar Pradeshs Saharanpur was arrested this morning. Chandrasekhar, the underground founder of the -Bhim Army-, was tracked down by the police to Dalhousie, a hill resort in Himachal Pradesh. The UP police had declared a reward of Rs 12,000 for any information that would lead ...

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will visit Saharanpur next week to gather first-hand information on the repeated instances of caste clashes in the area. NCM member Sulekha Kumbhare, who took her place in the panel yesterday, today said members would tour the Uttar Pradesh town after their first meeting and assess whether injustice was ...

The Uttar Pradesh police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 40 cases, registered between May 5 to May 23, in the Saharanpur district which has repeatedly seen inter-caste clashes this month.

The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who tried to visit Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week, was stopped at the district's border by the police this afternoon. "I wanted to visit Saharanpur, I was stopped from going there... I am returning today on the request of administration," Mr Gandhi, 46,...

The three-month-old BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has inherited "Jungle Raj" or lawlessness, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday as he came under attack from political rivals over continuing caste clashes and tension in Saharanpur in the western part of the state.

The Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the recent incidents of caste violence in western Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district.

The Uttar Pradesh police said today that it has denied permission to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for a visit tomorrow to Saharanpur in western UP, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week. Senior police officer Aditya Mishra told NDTV that no politician is being allowed to visit the town for now.

As the Union Home Ministry rushed 400 riot-control policemen to Saharanpur on Thursday, the Yogi Adityanath government called the continuing incidents of violence in the western Uttar Pradesh district a "well-planned conspiracy" but held out hope that a new team of district officers would be able to restore normalcy within 24 hours.

The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh has removed two top police officers and a top bureaucrat of Saharanpur, the western UP town where there have been several clashes this month between Dalit and Rajput groups. A Dalit man was killed and about 20 people were injured in violence on Tuesday after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati held a r...

Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi had shared the video on Twitter which shows cops mercilessly thrashing a group of men with the caption "return gift for rioters".

According to reports, the video was shot two days ago in a police station in Saharanpur, where protests and clashes erupted after Friday prayers over the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad by two former BJP spokespersons.

Over 230 people have been arrested in the state so far for violent clashes over objectionable and communal comments against Prophet Muhammad by two BJP leaders.

Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday claimed that some anti-Dalit elements allegedly conspired to kill her last year during the "heart-wrenching" Saharanpur violence in Uttar Pradesh.

The man hunted by the police for his role in the recent caste clashes in Uttar Pradeshs Saharanpur was arrested this morning. Chandrasekhar, the underground founder of the -Bhim Army-, was tracked down by the police to Dalhousie, a hill resort in Himachal Pradesh. The UP police had declared a reward of Rs 12,000 for any information that would lead ...

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will visit Saharanpur next week to gather first-hand information on the repeated instances of caste clashes in the area. NCM member Sulekha Kumbhare, who took her place in the panel yesterday, today said members would tour the Uttar Pradesh town after their first meeting and assess whether injustice was ...

The Uttar Pradesh police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 40 cases, registered between May 5 to May 23, in the Saharanpur district which has repeatedly seen inter-caste clashes this month.

The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who tried to visit Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week, was stopped at the district's border by the police this afternoon. "I wanted to visit Saharanpur, I was stopped from going there... I am returning today on the request of administration," Mr Gandhi, 46,...

The three-month-old BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has inherited "Jungle Raj" or lawlessness, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday as he came under attack from political rivals over continuing caste clashes and tension in Saharanpur in the western part of the state.

The Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the recent incidents of caste violence in western Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district.

The Uttar Pradesh police said today that it has denied permission to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for a visit tomorrow to Saharanpur in western UP, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week. Senior police officer Aditya Mishra told NDTV that no politician is being allowed to visit the town for now.

As the Union Home Ministry rushed 400 riot-control policemen to Saharanpur on Thursday, the Yogi Adityanath government called the continuing incidents of violence in the western Uttar Pradesh district a "well-planned conspiracy" but held out hope that a new team of district officers would be able to restore normalcy within 24 hours.

The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh has removed two top police officers and a top bureaucrat of Saharanpur, the western UP town where there have been several clashes this month between Dalit and Rajput groups. A Dalit man was killed and about 20 people were injured in violence on Tuesday after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati held a r...