News for 'lynching'

Alwar lynching: SC to hear plea seeking contempt action against Rajasthan govt

Alwar lynching: SC to hear plea seeking contempt action against Rajasthan govt

Rediff.com23 Jul 2018

Pleas alleged that incidents of mob lynching a were taking place despite a verdict by the SC.

Lynching aftermath: Maha village turns into a ghost place

Lynching aftermath: Maha village turns into a ghost place

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

An elderly woman said since the young men have left, there is nobody to arrange for food and open water supply taps that bring water to the village.

10 get bail in Palghar sadhus' lynching case, no relief for 8

10 get bail in Palghar sadhus' lynching case, no relief for 8

Rediff.com1 Apr 2022

The Bombay high court on Friday granted bail to 10 accused arrested in the April 2020 Palghar lynching case in Maharashtra, holding that video footage and still photographs from the crime spot did not show them being "overtly" violent.

Jayant Sinha expresses 'regret' on garlanding lynching convicts

Jayant Sinha expresses 'regret' on garlanding lynching convicts

Rediff.com11 Jul 2018

Jayant Sinha's act received strong criticism from the opposition.

Videos that led to lynchings in Maha were manipulated: Police

Videos that led to lynchings in Maha were manipulated: Police

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Some of these clippings were from places like Bengaluru, Syria and Karachi in Pakistan, he said.

20 arrested in Jharkhand lynching cases, probe ordered

20 arrested in Jharkhand lynching cases, probe ordered

Rediff.com22 May 2017

The lynching was allegedly sparked by suspicions that the victims were child lifters.

President Mukherjee condemns lynching, calls on India to 'pause, reflect'

President Mukherjee condemns lynching, calls on India to 'pause, reflect'

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

"I am not talking of vigilantism, I am talking of are we vigilant enough proactively to save the basic tenets of our country?" he questioned.

Man lynched in Gujarat over suspicion of robbery

Man lynched in Gujarat over suspicion of robbery

Rediff.com29 Jul 2018

The agitated villagers allegedly thrashed the two men, injuring both of them seriously by the time the police arrived, Judal said.

BJP MP wants PM to get tough with lynch mobs

BJP MP wants PM to get tough with lynch mobs

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

'I am afraid the condemnation of mob attacks is a case of too little too little.' 'Much sterner action is needed,' BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha tells Subhash K Jha.

Old woman lynched in Bihar

Old woman lynched in Bihar

Rediff.com26 Sep 2007

Sanichri Devi was beaten to death at Kotamdag Kolhuan in Kaimur after some unidentified men doused her with hot water on Wednesday.

Palghar lynching case: SC asks Maha govt to file status report

Palghar lynching case: SC asks Maha govt to file status report

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said media reports suggest that chargesheets filed in the case comprises of more than 10,000 pages.

Palghar lynching: SC rejects fresh plea seeking judicial probe

Palghar lynching: SC rejects fresh plea seeking judicial probe

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah said that 'with regard to this incident, this court has already taken cognisance. There is no question of multiplying the petitions one by one'.

States get 'last chance' to comply with SC order on mob lynching

States get 'last chance' to comply with SC order on mob lynching

Rediff.com24 Sep 2018

"People must realise that mob violence and taking of law into the hands will invite wrath of law," said the bench.

MAPPED: Lynchings over WhatsApp rumours in India

MAPPED: Lynchings over WhatsApp rumours in India

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

Here are some of the recent cases where WhatsApp rumours purportedly had a role to play

Can Bangladesh Become A Secular Nation?

Can Bangladesh Become A Secular Nation?

Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

Pakistan wanted to be constitutionally communal, India wanted to be secular but is communalising itself. All three nations share a penal code, but they have amended their laws to enable the State to specifically target minorities, points out Aakar Patel.

Centre asks states to check mob lynching fuelled by child-lifting rumours

Centre asks states to check mob lynching fuelled by child-lifting rumours

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

In an advisory, the Home Ministry has urged the states and UTs to 'keep a watch for early detection of rumours of child lifting and initiate effective measures to counter them'.

Assam: 2 detained in 'cattle thieves' lynching case

Assam: 2 detained in 'cattle thieves' lynching case

Rediff.com1 May 2017

Stating that the deceased have been identified as Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin, the SP said their parents have registered a complaint with the police and investigations are on.

Anti-Sikh riots was 'biggest lynching' incident: Rajnath

Anti-Sikh riots was 'biggest lynching' incident: Rajnath

Rediff.com21 Jul 2018

Singh said the Centre will provide whatever assistance required but the state governments should take stringent steps to curb such incidents.

Bihar's CID chargesheeted men in lynching case

Bihar's CID chargesheeted men in lynching case

Rediff.com15 Nov 2007

Sources in police headquarters in Patna told rediff.com on Thursday that the CID has filed the charge sheet in the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Hajipur court in Vaishali district.

Muslim law board to challenge SC alimony verdict

Muslim law board to challenge SC alimony verdict

Rediff.com14 Jul 2024

After a meeting of its working committee in New Delhi, the board adopted a resolution which stated that the recent judgment of the Supreme Court on the maintenance of Muslim divorcee women is "against the Islamic law (Shariah)".

23 arrested for lynching 5 on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra

23 arrested for lynching 5 on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra

Rediff.com2 Jul 2018

Those arrested have been booked under IPC section 302 (murder) and the sections pertaining to rioting.

NBWs issued against accused in lynching case

NBWs issued against accused in lynching case

Rediff.com29 Sep 2007

A Hajipur court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants against the 10 persons accused of lynching 10 suspected thieves in Bihar's Vaishali district, police sources said on Saturday.

UP asks Twitter to remove 'provocative' posts after Dadri lynching

UP asks Twitter to remove 'provocative' posts after Dadri lynching

Rediff.com6 Oct 2015

IG (administration) Prakash D said a letter was sent by the social media lab of UP police asking for removal of specific photographs and text uploaded by a Twitter handle.

BJP leader, 10 others get lifer in Jharkhand lynching case

BJP leader, 10 others get lifer in Jharkhand lynching case

Rediff.com21 Mar 2018

A group of people had lynched 40-year-old Alimuddin Ansari in Bazaar Tand locality of Ramgarh town on June 29, 2017, on the suspicion that he was carrying beef in his car.

Lehman fraud: Merrill Lynch had warned Wall St

Lehman fraud: Merrill Lynch had warned Wall St

Rediff.com19 Mar 2010

Attributing to people familiar with the plan, the Financial Times said that SEC and Federal Reserve officials were warned by Merrill Lynch about Lehman's balance sheet calculations as far back as March 2008.

Palghar mob lynching: Maharashtra govt orders high-level probe

Palghar mob lynching: Maharashtra govt orders high-level probe

Rediff.com20 Apr 2020

The Palgarh Police arrested 110 people including nine juveniles, in connection with the lynching of three persons by the villagers, suspecting them as thieves

Dadri lynching: It was mutton, NOT beef in Ikhlaq's fridge

Dadri lynching: It was mutton, NOT beef in Ikhlaq's fridge

Rediff.com9 Oct 2015

The test lends support to Ikhlaq family's claim that they had not kept beef in their house.

Jayant Sinha challenges Rahul for live debate on Ramgarh lynching row

Jayant Sinha challenges Rahul for live debate on Ramgarh lynching row

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Let him not hide behind his social media handles, Sinha said.

Villager suspected of witchcraft lynched in Assam

Villager suspected of witchcraft lynched in Assam

Rediff.com7 Jun 2013

A villager suspected of indulging in sorcery was lynched in a remote Adivasi-inhabited Kalabasi hamlet of Narayanpur tea estate in South Assam's Lakhipur sub-division by fellow villagers.

No Muslim arrested for Palghar lynching: Maha HM

No Muslim arrested for Palghar lynching: Maha HM

Rediff.com22 Apr 2020

Terming the incident as unfortunate and a blot on humanity, Deshmukh in a Facebook address said this is not the time to play politics, and urged all to engage in collective efforts to defeat the deadly coronavirus.

55-yr-old lynched in Bihar on suspicion of cattle theft

55-yr-old lynched in Bihar on suspicion of cattle theft

Rediff.com3 Jan 2019

Mohd Kabul was killed last week and the matter came to light after a video, shot by those watching the brutal assault, was uploaded on the social media.

Merrill Lynch to auction Indian art

Merrill Lynch to auction Indian art

Rediff.com30 Sep 2006

Merrill Lynch will auction 40 lots of exclusive Indian artwork on October 5 at Mall Galleries in London.

Alwar lynching: Cop suspended after he 'admits' to delay

Alwar lynching: Cop suspended after he 'admits' to delay

Rediff.com23 Jul 2018

A four-member committee, constituted by the Rajasthan Police to look into the delay in taking 28-year-old Khan to the hospital, suspended the ASI and shifted three other constables to police lines, Special Director General of Police (law and order) NRK Reddy said at a press conference in Alwar.

Dimapur limps back to normalcy after Nagaland lynching case

Dimapur limps back to normalcy after Nagaland lynching case

Rediff.com7 Mar 2015

11 companies of IIRB and three companies of CRPF have been deployed to maintain law and order.

Rahul meets family of man lynched over beef rumours

Rahul meets family of man lynched over beef rumours

Rediff.com3 Oct 2015

"Congress VP Rahul Gandhi in Dadri meeting Mohammad Ikhlaq's family," the party Twitter handle INC India said.

Lynching a western concept, don't use it to defame India: RSS chief Bhagwat

Lynching a western concept, don't use it to defame India: RSS chief Bhagwat

Rediff.com8 Oct 2019

Voicing his displeasure over several incidents of mob violence in the country, he said, "Lynching is not the word from Indian ethos, its origin is from a story in a separate religious text. We Indians trust in brotherhood. Don't impose such terms on Indians."

David Lynch goes the Yogi way

David Lynch goes the Yogi way

Rediff.com2 Aug 2005

Trinamool leader arrested in youth lynching case

Trinamool leader arrested in youth lynching case

Rediff.com13 May 2016

Tapas, the TMC upa-panchayat pradhan of the area, was absconding ever since his name surfaced in the first information report lodged by the family of Kaushik Purkait who was beaten to death on Monday night.

Nagpur lynching: Five women get bail

Nagpur lynching: Five women get bail

Rediff.com18 Aug 2004

Public Prosecutor Prasant Sathianathan did not object to the bail plea.

To stop lynchings, Maha police provide WhatsApp helplines

To stop lynchings, Maha police provide WhatsApp helplines

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

Police are also roping in fact-checking websites to verify rumours on social media and debunk fake news.