The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the Centre for the delay in filing appeal against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The apex court also pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for delay in challenging Allahabad High Court's ruling which upheld the dropping of conspiracy charges against Advani and others in the case. The SC...
12:34 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The death toll in a communal riot in Myanmar has risen to 40, according to an official media report Tuesday. The toll rose from 32 as eight more bodies were found when troops cleared the wreckage in the wake of the riot which lasted three days in Meikhtila from March 20, leaving 9,600 people homeless. ...
03:40 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The death toll in a communal riot in Meikthila in northern Myanmar has risen to 32, state-run media reported. According to Xinhua, the state radio and TV said in a broadcast that many bodies were found while clearing the debris. ...
05:32 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Twenty years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, CNN-IBN recalls one of the most tragic events in the history of the country, through the lens of a photographer. December 6, 1992 was a day that India will never forget as the Babri Masjid was demolished. ...
11:50 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh is a town which saw no communal riot even during the demolition of the Babri Masjid, which happened just a few kilometres away. 20 years after the demolition, CNN-IBN travelled to the neighbourhood of UP's temple town of Ayodhya to find out why peace was shattered there, much like in at least eight other major cities across the state, in 2012. ...
10:27 AM, Dec 06, 2012
There have been five communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last 75 days, but no chargesheet has been filed till now. ...
11:53 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea to let him use a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim's statement to judicial commissions to defend himself was on Friday allowed by the Delhi High Court. Setting aside the trial court's June 2 decision which had dismissed Kumar's plea, Justice Pratibha Rani asked all the parties to appear before the trial court on August 6. The veteran Congress leader had moved the High Court...
02:38 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred two senior officials in Mathura following the communal riots 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 June 3. According to a government spokesperson, Alok Tiwari has been appointed as the new DM and N.R. Padmaja as the new SSP of Mathura. The two officials have...
12:34 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday held a grand rally in Lucknow and slammed the Congress for betraying the minorities. The grand rally which was attended by thousands of people saw Mayawati using that opportunity to hit out at the Congress. "Many communal riots at Muradabad, Meerut occurred during the Congress rule," commented Mayawati. The UP Chief Minister also added, "Muslims have not been empowered during the...
02:36 PM, Dec 18, 2011
Last day of Narendra Modi's fast, tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether fasts can bridge the communal divide.
10:29 AM, Sep 19, 2011
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What would you do if your wife was raped, your brother killed or your home burnt. In front of your eyes. A mob holds an ...
06:37 PM, Nov 17, 2010
Phulbani (Orissa): Twelve persons were convicted and 46 others acquitted in riot related cases by separate fast track courts at Phulbani in Kandhamal on Saturday. Judges of the fast track court-I and II pronounced judgements while disposing six different cases relating to house burning and a murder incident during the communal riot in Kandhamal in 2008. At least 38 persons were killed and over 4,800 houses and churches were damaged...
06:28 PM, Oct 30, 2010
TMC chief alleges the Bengal govt has involved police to spread communal violence in Muslim pockets. ...
08:41 AM, May 17, 2010
According to the sources, the SIT summons were faxed to Togadia's Delhi office. ...
11:27 PM, Apr 18, 2010
On Saturday, Goa Chief Minister had said that Gujarat CM Modi was his "best friend." ...
06:12 PM, Apr 10, 2010
Tension was back in Hyderabad with a person, stabbed during communal clashes last fortnight, died on Wednesday. ...
11:01 AM, Apr 08, 2010
The City Police Commissioner A K Khan says curfew would be relaxed for longer durations on Saturday. ...
05:56 PM, Apr 02, 2010
She is the widow of ex-Cong MP Ehsan Jaffri killed during 2002 communal riots. ...
10:13 AM, Mar 28, 2010
As many as 300 people were killed in communal riots in Nigeria on Sunday. ...
03:43 PM, Mar 09, 2010
Central Bureau of Investigation has opposed the bail plea of Kumar. ...
06:40 PM, Feb 22, 2010
