1,807 riot cases registered in India during 2018-2020; 8,565 arrestedReplying to a written question in the Upper House, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the highest number of communal riot ...
02 Feb, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
India may face communal riots before elections, warns US Intelligence chiefBJP policies have deepened communal tensions in some of the Indian states, the US Intelligence chief said.
30 Jan, 2019, 02.31 PM IST
Communal riots up 17% in 2015 under NDACommunal violence was up in 2015 by nearly 17% from the previous year, with Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting highest numb...
25 Feb, 2016, 06.07 AM IST
Communal violence up 17% in 2015Communal Violence was up in 2015 by nearly 17% from the previous year with Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting highest numbe...
24 Feb, 2016, 07.04 PM IST
India is more sensitive now, not more intolerantCommunal riots have continued with sickening regularity since 1947, but diminished in recent years, with the notable exception of 2002.
15 Nov, 2015, 12.40 PM IST
Communal violence in the country up by 25% in first five months of 2015Home ministry data shows that 287 incidents of communal violence were reported between January and May this year compared to 232 in the fir...
21 Jul, 2015, 05.58 AM IST
Congress, Left attack Yogi Adityanath for controversial remarksTalking about communal riots, he had told Rajat Sharma in 'Aap Ki Adalat' programme on India TV that there are three categories of places w...
31 Aug, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
Conspiracy to split India at the behest of Pakistan: Yogi AdityanathAdityanath, BJP’s Gorakhpur MP who has the reputation of making rabid speeches, charged Congress with taking a lenient view on communal rio...
14 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Akhilesh Yadav's outsourcing of riot relief work to religious outfits riskyThe govt's supply of ration, medicines and doctors, milk for babies, clothes and blankets for riot victims has been intermittent and hugely...
13 Jan, 2014, 10.21 AM IST
Riot Survivors: Victims who retain the memoryInter-religious violent conflict not only leads to killing of innocent people and destruction of property, it leads to flight of those targ...
06 Dec, 2013, 10.09 AM IST
ISI, BJP feed on communal riots, says Shakeel AhmadCongress general secretary Shakeel Ahmad said both "rejoice" whenever communal riots erupt in India as one receives funding from Islamic co...
25 Oct, 2013, 05.29 PM IST
Akhilesh Yadav has failed, Nitish Kumar must be alertA violent incident in the last week of August has led to widespread communal rioting in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state and home to 20...
23 Sep, 2013, 08.03 AM IST
Communal riots deadlier in UP than in other statesCommunal riots in UP are always deadlier than the rest of the country with more people likely to die in a communal incident in UP than in a...
13 Sep, 2013, 10.30 AM IST
Gujarat riots led to Indian Mujahideen's emergence, says Congress; BJP fumesCongress on Sunday blamed Gujarat riots for creation of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, a remark slammed as "reprehensible" by BJP.
21 Jul, 2013, 07.19 PM IST
- Justice is yet to be fully delivered in the post-Godhra riots
Passage of Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill assumes critical importance in a country ravaged by riots.
15 Nov, 2011, 07.14 AM IST
- Time to act tough
The Andhra Pradesh govt must quickly to quell the rioting.
01 Apr, 2010, 05.24 AM IST
- Tainted candidates
The shoe-chucking highlights apathy of parties towards riot victims.
09 Apr, 2009, 03.06 AM IST