Srinagar: Fierce clashes broke out on Tuesday between students of a local college and the police in the Ganderbal area, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's constituency. The students alleged that one of the girls was apparently beaten up by the college principle for not being in uniform. The students agitated and took a rally towards the main road when they were stopped by police who used baton to disperse them. ...
03:50 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Seven people have been injured in a firing incident at the Paradip oil refinery in Odisha. CISF personnel opened fire at IOC workers at the oil refinery. The firing took place after clashes between the workers union and the CISF personnel. Most of those injured were the IOC workers. The reasons of the clash were unknown and more details were awaited. ...
02:10 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Mathura: The BJP on Wednesday demanded a judicial probe into the recent clashes between two communities in Kosi Kalan town near Mathura, which claimed four lives and left 16 others injured. "Why is the government avoiding a judicial inquiry into the riots? One-sided action by the administration will not be tolerated," senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh told reporters in Kosi Kalan. "If the administration is found to be at fault,...
10:50 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Warsaw (Poland): Polish authorities apologised on Wednesday for the violence that broke out around a soccer match with Russia and pledged severe penalties for hooligans detained after bloody clashes near the stadium and at a fan zone. Police, who feared trouble at the Euro 2012 game due to uneasy relations between the two countries, detained 184 people, 156 of them Poles, 25 Russians, and three other foreign fans. The trouble...
07:18 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Islamabad: At least 10 militants and a security personnel were killed on Sunday in a fierce clash in the restive South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan. The clash erupted after heavily armed militants attacked a security check post in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal agency, early this morning. One security personnel was killed and another injured in the attack, TV news channels reported. Ten militants were killed...
04:40 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred two senior officials in Mathura following the clashes between two communities that left four people dead, an official said. Mathura District Magistrate (DM) Sanjay Kumar and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dharamveer were transferred on Sunday. According to a government spokesperson, Alok Tiwari has been appointed as the new DM and NR Padmaja as the new SSP of Mathura. The two officials...
01:00 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Four people have died and nearly 16 injured in clashes that took place in Mathura on Thursday. Eight companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 4 companies of Rapid Action Force have reportedly reached the area and Section 144 has been imposed in the area after clashes took place over a water tanker. A few instances of arson and stone pelting were also reported. However, the situation is...
10:16 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Jammu: The Army on Thursday described as "speculative and coloured" reports that Jammu and Kashmir Police were investigating into last week's clash between a group of army officers and jawans in an artillery regiment near Leh. "Army is not aware of any such investigation/report prepared by J&K Police. In fact, SSP Leh in a statement said that the police have not registered any case," a defence spokesperson said. "Since no...
01:48 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Army has submitted a report to the Defence Ministry about the clash between jawans and officers at a firing range near the India-China boundary in Nyoma, Ladakh. An initial report about the incident has been submitted to the Defence Ministry. Details about the entire episode would be provided only after the Court of Inquiry (CoI) instituted in the matter submits its findings, Army sources said in New...
03:28 PM, May 12, 2012
Allahabad: The University of Allahabad has been closed till Monday in the wake of clashes between police and students agitating over the issue of eviction of hostellers that left several persons injured and the premises vandalised. "In view of the prevailing situation, it has been decided that the University shall remain closed on Friday and Saturday and reopen on Monday", the University's Chief Proctor Mata Amber Tiwari said. Violence erupted...
11:52 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Protesting the order to vacate hostels, students of the Allahabad University on Thursday fought pitched battles with police as they torched a police vehicle and two state transport buses as well damaging varsity property. Several students were injured in the clashes and taken to nearby medical facilities. With the violence threatening to escalate further, police baton-charged the rampaging students and chased them away, a police spokesman said. Police...
09:36 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Clashes broke out on Friday between supporters of two political parties at Dhanbad in Jharkhand. One person has been killed and six injured in the clashes. A mob smashed several vehicles during the violence. The clashes broke out over awarding of contracts at Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. Clashes broke out between members of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and AJSU Party. ...
06:49 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Meerut: Violent clashes broke out between the inmates of the Meerut district jail and prison authorities on Wednesday. Gunfire was heard from inside the jail and eyewitnesses said they could see smoke billowing out from inside the premises. Five people including the deputy jailer have been injured in the clashes. Sources say tension began after a guard hit an undertrial after recovering a lighter from him. Following this, a group...
09:37 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Curfew in communally sensitive areas of Saidabad and Madannapet in the old city of Hyderabad continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, even as police indicated that prohibitory orders may be relaxed from Wednesday, if the situation remains peaceful. No untoward incidents were reported from trouble-hit areas and the situation is peaceful. Security check-ups and patrolling have been intensified there and efforts are on to nab those responsible...
03:40 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Hyderabad: The situation in trouble-hit parts of the old city in Hyderabad, remained peaceful on Monday even as indefinite curfew continued for the second day in the communally sensitive Madannapet and Saidabad areas. "The situation is totally peaceful and there have been no reports of any untoward incident from any part of the communally sensitive old city during night," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) Manish Kumar Sinha told PTI....
11:59 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Mau: Violent clashes have broken out between inmates of Mau jail and prison authorities in Uttar Pradesh. The clashes broke out after inmates accused authorities of not providing immediate medical assistance to under trial Sayed Ur Rehman, who died earlier on Wednesday. 22-year-old Rehman, a rape accused, allegedly died due to lack of medical attention. District jailors Uday Raj Patel and Rakesh Singh have been badly injured and have been...
09:25 AM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh clashes between Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party workers in Hardoi one person died and five were injured on Saturday. Several instances of violence have been reported till now in Uttar Pradesh after Mulayam Singh Yadav's party swept the Assembly polls last week. Eight people were later arrested including a former gram pradhan. The former Gram Pradhan is said to be affiliated with the Samajwadi...
10:43 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Bangalore: All courts will be shut on Saturday after Friday's violence the city's civil court premises. Hundreds of lawyers took on media persons at the court barring them from entering the premises and also threw stones and bottles on them. Several journalists and policemen were injured and a few cameras and media vans were damaged too. Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda will meeting the Karnataka Home Ministry and law department...
07:35 AM, Mar 03, 2012
