Was the violence against the JNU students organised via social media? A report in a leading English daily suggests that it is. Messages urging people to “thrash the anti-nationals” in JNU allegedly did rounds of some WhatsApp groups in the hours leading up to the violence on campus Sunday. The Indian Express managed to contact […]
NEW DELHI, Jan 5 – Violence swept the Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Sunday as several masked individuals, both male and female, thrashed students, including girls, and teachers inside the varsity campus with wooden and metal rods. Masked men wielding sticks, rods and sledgehammers terrorised Jawaharlal Nehru University for close to three hours on Sunday […]
Sahibganj, Jharkhand: Read this. A mob attacks a college. Police are called. The police chase some of them away. Greater mob comes back. More police arrive. Mob throws stones at policeman, damages police vehicles, injures a sub inspector, 2 tribal boys also badly beaten and hospitalized. Witnesses give names of ring leaders, file cases with […]
Religious leadership failing to control hatred? On one of the most sacred and significant days in Christian history, in a Buddhist dominated state of Sri Lanka, suicide bombers allegedly belonging to an outfit described as Muslims killed more than 250 worshippers and injured hundreds more. The US described them ISIS-inspired and the Sri Lankan government […]
Ranchi: Social activist Swami Agnivesh was punched, kicked and pushed to the ground by a 200-strong mob of BJP Yuva Morcha workers in Pakur on Tuesday(July 17), and Jharkhand chief minister has to order a high-level probe following a public outcry. Why the youth workers had been protesting against Agnivesh’s visit to the district town, […]
Sir Women in India a better half of Indian society; today they are becoming the most vulnerable section as far as their security is concerned. Reporting cases of sexual assault, molestation, rape, acid attack, violence against women in remote area etc are increasing day by day. What does this indicates? This certainly implies that there […]
Over 500 women from all walks of life marched from Gandhi Maidan towards Governor’s House on June 11 (today), protesting the increasing violence against women in Bihar and what they said was ‘police cover-up’ of the gang rape of a minor girl in Jehanabad District. The procession did not reach governor’s house but terminated at Dak […]
Lucknow, Jan 31 The prime accused in the murder of Chandan Gupta in Kasganj was arrested today as the strife-torn western Uttar Pradesh town, which saw communal clashes last week, moved towards normalcy despite tension in some pockets, according to official reports. The UP government submitted a report on the incidents in Kasganj to the […]
Sasaram (Bihar): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s tall claims of ‘Sushashan’ or good governance have fallen apart in Rohtas district. Violence, kidnapping, and extortion have become commonplace, say local citizens. Just yesterday (24 October), a mob lynched four ‘suspected extortionists’ who were trying to escape after shooting at and critically injuring a businessman in Vikramganj (Rohtas […]
Senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, was laid to rest at the T.R. Mill Grounds in Chamarajpet in Bangalore. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered a Special Investigation Team to be formed to conduct a probe into the killing. Meanwhile, the police are […]
New Delhi, Jul 11: ‘Not in my name’: once again, they took to the streets to protest against the Amarnath killings. The news of terrorists spraying bullets on Amarnath pilgrims has only strengthened Imad Ul Riyaz’s conviction: “we cannot let violence eat us up”. Braving the rain and interrupted by the bumper-to-bumper traffic, some managed […]
Sir Media is the fourth pillar of democracy. Every person depends on media for news and information. It is their duty to raise their voice against any injustice but very sad part is that media people are not free to raise their voice. They are always in a fear of losing their life and family. […]
