Aurangabad: Congress demands judicial probe on violence during Ram Navami

Aurangabad: Congress demands judicial probe on violence during Ram Navami

[ad_1] Clashes occurred between Hindus, Muslims and police personnel in Kiradpura, Aurangabad district on Thursday Aurangabad: Former Maharashtra minister and Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan on Wednesday demanded a probe by a sitting high court judge into the violence in Aurangabad city ahead of Ram Navami, saying no report has been brought on the incident … Read more

Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NIA seeks details from state police

Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NIA seeks details from state police

[ad_1] Kolkata: National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Ram Navami violence in Howrah and Hooghly districts of West Bengal, on Wednesday, sought from the state police all the documents, including copies of the FIRs, related to the case. A communique on this count has reached the offices of the commissioners of Chandernagore Police Commiserate and … Read more

March Hate Tracker: Ram Navami marked with attacks on Muslims again

March Hate Tracker: Ram Navami marked with attacks on Muslims again

[ad_1] Attacks on Muslims continued well into the month of March in India, as violence against minorities went on unabated. March was already stained with more lynchings and the rise of cow vigilantes like Monu Manesar, Puneeth Karehalli and Radha Semwal Dhoni to name a few. As Ramzan began in March, it also also welcomed Ram … Read more

Ram Navami violence: Former BJP MLA surrenders in Sasaram

Ram Navami violence: Former BJP MLA surrenders in Sasaram

[ad_1] Patna: Former BJP MLA Jawahar Prasad has surrendered before a district court in Bihar’s Sasaram in connection with communal violence during Ram Navami celebrations on March 31. A Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) was issued against Prasad for his alleged connection in the violence. Prasad, who was absconding since then, finally surrendered before district court on … Read more

NIA to probe Ram Navami clashes in Bengal: Calcutta HC

NIA to probe Ram Navami clashes in Bengal: Calcutta HC

[ad_1] NIA officers Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday ruled that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the clashes during the recent Ram Navami processions in certain pockets of Howrah and Hooghly district of West Bengal. The division bench of Calcutta High Court’s acting Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and … Read more

West Bengal: NHRC notice to police over Ram Navami violence

West Bengal: NHRC notice to police over Ram Navami violence

[ad_1] New Delhi: The NHRC has sent a notice to the West Bengal police chief and the Howrah police commissioner over an alleged attack on a Ram Navami procession, officials said on Friday. In a statement, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) observed that the allegations, if true, amount to a failure of authorities to … Read more

Total failure of state’s administrative duties: APCR on Bihar Ram Navami violence

Total failure of state’s administrative duties: APCR on Bihar Ram Navami violence

[ad_1] A fact finding team from the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) visited Bihar following large scale communal violence that took place during and around the Ram Navami rally last month. Based on its findings, the APCR said that the violence reflected “the total failure of administrative duties and lack of preparedness” by … Read more

Hyderabad: Man arrested for waving Godse’s photo at Ram Navami rally

Hyderabad: Man arrested for waving Godse’s photo at Ram Navami rally

[ad_1] Hyderabad: The Shahinayathgunj police here arrested the man who carried the picture of Gandhiji’s killer, Nathuram Godse, during the Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra (rally) on March 30. The accused has been identified as Chinta Hema Kumar, 21, a resident of Siddiqnagar in Gachibowli. According to the police, Kumar carried the photograph of Nathuram, … Read more

Mumbai Ram Navami violence: ‘Criminal conspiracy’ invoked for pelting stones at mosque

Mumbai Ram Navami violence: ‘Criminal conspiracy’ invoked for pelting stones at mosque

[ad_1] Mumbai: The Indian Penal Code (IPC) section related to criminal conspiracy has been invoked in the case of stone pelting at a Ram Navami procession in suburban Malad late last month, Mumbai police officials said on Monday. More than 20 persons have so far been arrested in connection with the incident which took place in … Read more

Fact-finding team calls for NIA probe in Bengal Ram Navami clashes

Fact-finding team calls for NIA probe in Bengal Ram Navami clashes

[ad_1] National Investigation Agency (NIA) Kolkata: The members of a fact-finding team of Delhi-based NGO “Fact Finding Committee on Human Rights Violation” on Sunday evening said that the clashes over Ram Navami processions in West Bengal’s Howrah and Hooghly districts call for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). After being restricted by police … Read more