Grieving wife of Sri Lankan national lynched in Pakistan pleads for justiceA mob of over 800 men dragged Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, beat him severely to death and then they set his body on fir...
05 Dec, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
The political dynamics of lynchingThere is much variation in what the term lynching means. But what’s constant is that from the US in the 1900s to India now, lynching has be...
18 Oct, 2019, 11.22 PM IST
Lynching: SC notice to centre, states for non-implementation of its directionsThe directions were passed on the PIL by Congress activist Tehsin Poonavall who had brought the issue of rising incidents of mob lynching a...
26 Jul, 2019, 06.19 PM IST
Inform people mob violence to invite serious consequences, Centre to statesTo check incidents of lynching, the Centre on Wednesday asked all states to make the general public aware that mob violence of any kind wil...
26 Sep, 2018, 05.06 PM IST
Supreme Court asks states, UTs to comply with its order on cow vigilantism, mob lynchingThe Supreme Court Monday asked all states and Union Territories to comply with its directions on curbing cow vigilantism and mob lynching.
24 Sep, 2018, 04.29 PM IST
Lynching: SC takes stern view of non-compliance of verdict by states, UTsOnly 11 of the 29 states and seven union territories have filed reports regarding compliance of the order directing them to take steps to d...
08 Sep, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
Law ministry to decide if new bill needed to curb lynchingsThe meeting was presided over by Narcotics Control Bureau director general Abhay. Home secretary Rajiv Gauba also participated in the proce...
04 Aug, 2018, 09.27 AM IST
Equally committed to protecting human life, cows: Yogi AdityanathBut he has also made clear in his remarks over the last two days that the government was committed to ensuring protection to cattle from sm...
25 Jul, 2018, 08.43 PM IST
Centre asks states to appoint nodal officer, task force to check lynchingThe advisory has been sent to the states and Union territories following a Supreme Court directive issued in this regard on July 17.
24 Jul, 2018, 09.29 PM IST
Lynching a state subject, says Rajnath Singh; Opposition walks outThe opposition blamed the Centre of passing the buck on to the states and alleged that ruling party supporters and some leaders were behind...
20 Jul, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
Mob-lynching: IT Min may speak to WhatsApp again over steps to curb rumours"The Ministry feels more need to be done and they (WhatsApp) have not addressed all the concerns," said the official who is privy to the de...
18 Jul, 2018, 09.11 PM IST
Lynch mobs are an Indian problem, not Whatsapp'sDozens have been lynched, either on suspicion of stealing kids, or they were believed to be killing cows.
18 Jul, 2018, 04.54 PM IST
Horrendous acts of mobocracy can't be allowed, create law against it, SC asks governmentCriticising government for its failure to stop mob lynching incidents, Supreme Court said the onus lies on both the Centre and State govern...
17 Jul, 2018, 07.14 PM IST
Firecrackers, beef, child abduction rumours: India's lynching spectrum widensAccording to reports, at least 20 people were killed in 14 separate incidents between May and July 2018 in various parts of India.
13 Jul, 2018, 01.35 PM IST
Congress smells conspiracy in lynching incidentsThe Congress questioned the authenticity of the incidents leading up to the lynchings, hinting at a larger conspiracy at play.
07 Jul, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
MPs question Nagaland government's role in Dimapur lynchingRaising the issue during Zero Hour, Sharad Yadav wondered whether the Nagaland govt was "sleeping" when a mob of about 10,000 persons gathe...
10 Mar, 2015, 04.41 PM IST
- Ex-MP sentenced to death for murder, wife gets life sentence
A Patna court handed out death sentence to former MP Anand Mohan and two others, besides awarding life sentence to four other convicts incl...
04 Oct, 2007, 12.55 AM IST