New Delhi: Five people were killed in clashes between two communities over a land dispute on Wednesday in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Curfew was imposed on Wednesday and still remains in some sensitive areas. The clash erupted on Wednesday morning when two communities confronted each other over a land-related dispute. The situation was tense but under control on Thursday in the district which witnessed violent clashes between two communities over a...
10:09 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Five persons were on Sunday killed in police firing at Paramakudi, 40 km from here, when a mob of Dalits turned violent, setting ablaze vehicles and blocking traffic following the detention of their leader, John Pandian at Vallanadu in Tuticorin district. Violence broke out after news spread that Pandian had been detained at Tuticorin en route to Paramakudi to pay homage on the death anniversary of Dalit leader...
07:34 AM, Sep 12, 2011
Guwahati: He has rattled the government in Assam with his anti-corruption crusade for two years now. Award-winning RTI activist Akhil Gogoi's - who has exposed corrupt ministers - luck ran out after he led a protest of thousands against eviction of settlers in Guwahati last week. Police firing killed three protestors, including a nine-year-old boy. Tarun Gogoi's government arrested him two days later on several serious charges - instigating violence,...
07:57 AM, Jun 30, 2011
Guwahati: A local court on Sunday ruled that that RTI Activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi be admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in view of his failing health. Gogoi, who was arrested for leading a violent agitation in the city which resulted in the death of three persons, was remanded in three days' police custody on Friday. The Chief Judicial Magistrate's court Kamrup...
06:29 PM, Jun 26, 2011
Guwahati: Farmers' leader Akhil Gogoi, arrested in connection with the violent protests in Guwahati which claimed three lives, was on Friday remanded in three days of police custody. Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate Robin Phukan ordered three days' remand for the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader after he was produced and police prayed for 14 days' custody. Gogoi was arrested at the Guwahati Press Club earlier and booked under several...
07:13 PM, Jun 24, 2011
Guwahati: The authorities imposed Section 144 CrPC across Guwahati soon after the arrest of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi from the Press Club on Friday afternoon when he was addressing a crowded press meet. The move was aimed at preventing any untoward incident following the arrest with his supporters converging in the Pan Bazar police station where he was taken after arrest. His slogan shouting supporters tried...
03:24 PM, Jun 24, 2011
New Delhi: With more people getting killed in clashes in Yemen, India on Tuesday renewed its appeal to its nationals and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) to leave the Arab country urgently and reminded them to avail of the Indian embassy's helplines which have been used by barely a dozen people so far. This was the third advisory issued by the Indian external affairs ministry in a fortnight. "All Indian...
05:06 PM, Jun 07, 2011
Cairo: An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said on Sunday. The Christian protesters have been holding their sit-in outside the state television building in Cairo for nearly a week following deadly Christian-Muslim clashes that left a church burned and 15 people dead. More than 100 people rushed into the...
07:25 AM, May 15, 2011
There are a number of versions of the story of how the clashed erupted, but all of them include Coptic woman. ...
10:05 AM, May 09, 2011
Cairo: Violence triggered by rumours of a Muslim-Christian interfaith romance has claimed 12 lives and over 220 injured in the Egyptian capital, with mobs setting fire two churches in one of the worst communal clashes rocking the country in recent times. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf cancelled his visit to Bahrain and UAE, calling for an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the Muslim-Christian violence, state news agency said. After the meeting...
07:15 AM, May 09, 2011
Baghdad: Eighteen people, including an al Qaeda leader and a senior Iraqi counter-terrorism official, died in a battle between inmates and security officers during a jailbreak attempt in Baghdad on Sunday, security officials said. Huthaifa al-Batawi, known as al Qaeda's "Emir of Baghdad" and the alleged architect of a deadly attack on a Catholic church, was killed along with 10 other senior al Qaeda militants, said Baghdad's security spokesman Major...
08:30 PM, May 08, 2011
Manama: Bahrain's king has ordered the lifting on June 1 of a state of emergency that was imposed following weeks of anti-government street protests in the Sunni-led kingdom, the state news agency said on Sunday. "The state of national safety is lifted across the kingdom of Bahrain from June 1, 2011," the agency BNA quoted the king's decree as saying. ...
07:35 PM, May 08, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's prime minister called an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday after 10 people died in bloody clashes in a Cairo suburb over the conversion of a Christian woman to Islam. The sectarian violence on Saturday was Egypt's worst since 13 people died in clashes on March 9 sparked by a church burning, and throws down a new challenge for generals ruling the country since the overthrow of President Hosni...
04:29 PM, May 08, 2011
Cairo: At least five people were killed in a sectarian clash in Egypt on Saturday over a Christian woman who allegedly had converted to Islam, according to officials. Interfaith relationships often cause tension in Egypt, where Christians make up about 10 percent of its 80 million people. The strife represents another challenge to Egypt's military rulers who are trying to restore law and order after President Hosni Mubarak was forced...
08:43 AM, May 08, 2011
CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar with a special show on Libya, where pro-Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi protesters have been clashing. ...
09:50 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Kolkata: Law and order situation has improved and political clashes have come down in poll-bound West Bengal in the last two months, a senior government official said on Saturday. "Political clashes have come down and law and order situation has improved in last two months," State Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh told reporters after a review meeting with top officials of the police and administration at Bhavani Bhavan here. "I have...
05:47 PM, Mar 12, 2011
New Delhi: Members of Samajwadi Party and BSP on Tuesday clashed in the Lok Sabha and forced adjournment of the House for about an hour after the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh was accused of circumventing the democratic processes in the state. During the Zero Hour, Dharmendra Yadav (SP) referred to the developments in the UP Assembly on Monday, saying the party has moved an Adjournment Motion to discuss the...
03:00 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Witnesses are reporting bloody clashes. However, journalists have been restricted access to the Libya. ...
01:43 PM, Feb 20, 2011
Manama: Police in Bahrain fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up pro-reform demonstrations on Monday and one protester was killed, witnesses said, in a "Day of Rage" stimulated by popular upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia. Helicopters circled over the Gulf Arab state's capital Manama, where protesters had been due to gather but which remained quiet as security forces patrolled Shi'ite areas. More than 20 people were hurt, one of...
02:57 PM, Feb 15, 2011
Sanaa: Yemeni police clashed on Sunday with anti-government protesters staging a third-consecutive day of demonstrations calling for political reforms and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Several thousand protesters, many of them university students, tried to reach the central square in the capital of Sanaa, but were pushed back by police using truncheons. The ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after an 18-day uprising has emboldened protesters in Yemen...
08:41 PM, Feb 13, 2011
