Odisha has become a 'disturbed' state under BJP rule: BJDThe BJD has accused the BJP government of turning Odisha into a disturbed state. Senior leaders highlighted recent murders and violence, cl...
09 May, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Abhi-Neel lynching: 20 get life term in AssamTwenty individuals have received life sentences for the mob lynching of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit Nath in Assam. The Nagaon District and Ses...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
Assam court convicts 20, acquits 25 in mob lynching case of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit NathA Nagaon court has convicted 20 individuals in the lynching of Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das. This verdict comes eight years after the inci...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
J&K man missing after 'attacked by cow vigilantes'; SIT probe underway, highway blocked in protestA protest blocked the National Highway in Banihal after Tanvir Ahmad Chopan went missing. Family alleges he was thrashed by cow vigilantes ...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.01 AM IST
SC junks Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind' s plea to pay compensation to victims of mob lynchingThe Supreme Court has rejected a plea from Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind seeking compensation for mob lynching victims. The court directed the petiti...
03 Nov, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
SC advises against selective highlighting of mob lynching instances via PILIt particularly enquired about murder of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was killed in 2022 for allegedly sharing a social media pos...
17 Apr, 2024, 12.35 AM IST
View: Don't let murderers hide behind mobsBNS, which will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), proposes three options for punishing those in a lynch mob that has commit...
28 Oct, 2023, 12.25 AM IST
Palghar mob lynching case: Maharashtra government agrees to transfer investigation to CBIMaharashtra government on Tuesday agreed to transfer investigation of the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case to the Central Bureau of Investiga...
11 Oct, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government to examine anti-lynching proposal soonA senior home ministry official in the state said on condition of anonymity that the department will soon take up the mob lynching bill, ev...
24 Aug, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
States’ views sought on need for mob lynching lawThe matter came up in the Upper House with Tiruchi Siva asking the govt why the President of India has not yet given assent to the Bills on...
04 Dec, 2019, 11.52 PM IST
Committee to suggest necessary amendments in IPC, CrPC to curb mob lynchingAmid demand by members for a separate law to curb mob lynching, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the governmen...
04 Dec, 2019, 02.20 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
48 chargesheeted in Karbi Anglong mob lynching case"We have, after detailed investigation, filed the charge sheet. This is a big step," said Assam DGP
01 Sep, 2018, 05.54 PM IST
Rajasthan mulling law to curb mob lynching: Home ministerThis comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s directives to the state government to file an affidavit with details of action taken in the A...
23 Aug, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
Centre mulls changes in IPC to deal with mob lynchingIf the IPC is amended, the government will not have to bring a stand alone law on mob lynching.
22 Jul, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
- JIH to provide legal assistance to lynching victims' kin
JIH secretary general Muhammad Salim Engineer said the organisation has identified certain states where mob lynching incidents have taken p...
05 Aug, 2017, 07.05 PM IST
Amid tensions, activists propose new law against lynchingThe activists, who would unveil the draft on Friday, would write to PM Narendra Modi asking him to introduce the legislation in the forthco...
06 Jul, 2017, 01.11 AM IST