The victim, identified as Ram Pravesh Mahto, was brutally beaten to death with bricks, stone and bamboo sticks, after he was allegedly caught stealing books from a printing press at Chakaram intersection, near the Buddha colony police station. The angry mob killed Mahto and then left his body on the street. The police later recovered the body. A case of murder has been lodged against unidentified people in this connection.
When one of them apparently tried to speak to a girl child, the villagers, who had gathered for the weekly Sunday market, pounced on them.
A purported video of three monks being attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Purulia over suspicion that they were 'kidnappers in disguise' has triggered a political row, with opposition Bharatiya Janata Party alleging collapse of law and order in the state.
On September 7, the Alwar police charged three men linked to the murder of Rakbar Khan.
The villagers caught hold of the four in the wee hours of Tuesday and beat them up with sticks, killing two of them on the spot while the third succumbed to his injuries later, the sources added.
Lashing out at both the opposition and ruling fronts led by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that neither dukandar nor chowkidar opens their mouths when Muslims are oppressed.
The Centre has sought a report from Nagaland on the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Dimapur and put neighbouring Assam on high alert in the wake of the incident.
Amid escalating protest against the lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, Internet and text messaging services have been blocked across the state till Monday evening.
The killed teacher hails from Nagaon Tinali under Pengeri police station. He is survived by young wife and a five-year-old daugher.
DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers Limited Senior Vice President Anup Maheswari told reporters in Kolkata on Tuesday that the fund, to be launched next month, would target small and mid-cap companies having huge growth potential.\n
A lot of arms and ammunition, including eight guns and four grenades, were recovered from them.
On the upcoming Ram Temple events, Jamiat said that in light of the recent events linked to the Ram temple in Ayodhya, it deems necessary to draw the attention of the government and law enforcement agencies to concerns about the breach of peace and attempts to "harass and intimidate the minority community."
Dhillon told reporters that IPS Section 304 slapped against the Nihang could be converted into Section 302 (murder) following further investigation.
Shaista Parveen, wife of Tabrez Ansari, said it is an attempt to save the culprits and sought a CBI investigation in the matter.
Poacher neither minces words in condemning these self-seeking slaughterers nor leaves any stone unturned in highlighting the hard work put in by friends of the forest, notes Sukanya Verma.
Asked if it is a case of 'cow vigilantism', the senior official said a lot of cattle theft incidents have happened in Nagaon.
Police on Tuesday began probe into the complaint against the family of Dadri lynch victim
It is also suspected that Ravi was suffering from dengue, though hospital authorities said, 'medical report is still awaited'.
Hindus are helping their neighbours in making preparations for the wedding of two Muslim girls
The DGP said the police have resolved not to spare the people behind the act. "It is the resolve of Jammu and Kashmir Police that we are not going to spare these rascals," he said.
Merrill Lynch has downgraded India to "market weight" category and said the near term disappointment could accelerate selling that has until recently been rather modest.
'While other parties generally need support directly from their central leadership to get influencers or celebrities to endorse their party, the work of identifying and contacting such influencers has been decentralised to state and district level IT cells to get more engagement in the BJP.'
The body of an 8-year-old girl who had gone missing was on Thursday found in a field with locals lynching one man whom they claimed was part of a group which had gang-raped and murdered her, police said.
Education finance is a complex and dynamic sector. There are too many variables -- the course, the calibre of students, the universities, and the job prospects once the course is over, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The bodies of eight of the 10 thieves lynched by a mob of villagers were recovered at Konharaghat, Vaishali district, Bihar, on Sunday exposing police claims that the thieves were cremated according to Hindu rituals.
Beleaguered investment banking major Merrill Lynch's losses widened to $5.15 billion for the third quarter ended September 26, 2008, as write-downs to the tune of $9.5 billion took a heavy toll on the bottom line.
Two tribal men died after they were allegedly assaulted by a group of 15-20 people over suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district, police said on Tuesday.
Bharat alias Akku Yadav, a notorious goon of Nagpur, was lynched by a crowd, comprising mainly women, inside a court on Friday afternoon.
The incident was recorded by locals on their mobile phones and circulated on social media.
Global financial service provider Merrill Lynch said on Tuesday it has appointed Jayanti Bajpai as head of investment banking operations in India. Bajpai, named as head of origination for India, would take over from Patti McLaughlin, who has been leading the investment banking effort over the past year.
More than a month before the horrific video of two women being assaulted publicly in Manipur went viral, activists had informed the National Commission for Women about not only this case but other brutal instances of rape as well, besides incidents of kidnapping, lynching, immolation and even murder in the strife-torn state.
They dragged out the driver of the vehicle, Mohammed Allimuddin, a resident of neighbouring Hazaribagh district, and thrashed him, injuring him seriously.
New York-headquartered hedge fund BlackRock Inc has acquired the 40 per cent stake held by Merrill Lynch in mutual fund DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers, in a move that signals the world's fifth largest asset manager's entry into the booming Indian market.
Merrill Lynch jumps to first from 7th last year in a smaller market; says its focus is larger deals and clients.
IG (Headquarters) Anil Sinha will conduct a simultaneous inquiry into administrative lapses leading to the brutal killings, they said, adding that the government has decided to bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime.
Kishore Nat was beaten to death in Supalwa village by angry villagers who allegedly caught him in the act, police sources said. The victim's family claimed that was drunk and was passing through Supalwa when they surrounded him & beat him to death.
On interrogation, Mohan, who is an accused in another rape incident, confessed to have killed the girl, Sinha said.
A day after violent protests in the state capital, a silent sit-in demonstration was organised on Monday against the brutal killing of the two men in Karbi Anglong.
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