Failure to take timely action against those accused of posting the video resulted in communal tension.
Bhide gave various references from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and attacked the current political and social system.
The two brothers, identified as Rupinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, of Panjgrain village of Faridkot, were arrested in connection with the first incident of sacrilege in the state in Bargari village in Faridkot
The Meghalaya government has decided to seek a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the firing incident at Langpih, when two people from the state were killed during clashes with the Assam police last Friday.The police resorted to firing following clashes between Khasi villagers and Nepali settlers in a local market. Meanwhile, the Meghalaya police is setting up a border outpost at Langpih, which is a disputed area between Meghalaya and Assam.
Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday, officials said.
'We want the Commission to finish its work; the issue it is investigating is too crucial for its work to be left incomplete.'
Eight burnt bodies were found on Saturday from two Bodo villages taking the toll in the ongoing group clash to 10 in Udalguri district where a shoot-at-sight order was on, official sources said. The bodies were found from Sonaripara and Jhargaon villages, under Udalguri police station, which were attacked in the wee hours by illegal Bangladeshi migrants with bows and arrows. Several houses of a neighbouring village were also torched, the sources said.
At least two persons sustained bullet wounds and five others were injured in clashes between protesting mobs and security forces on Tuesday during the funeral of two terrorists killed in Monday's encounter in the Koimoh village of south Kashmir's Kulgam district.
The fifth round of talks was held on December 5, while the sixth round originally scheduled for December 9 was called off after an informal meeting of Home Minister Shah with some union leaders failed to reach any breakthrough.
Former minister of state for home, Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo who had resigned in the aftermath of the August 9 Kishtwar communal clashes has been re-inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir council of ministers on Saturday.
'Our movement was not about putting any flag on the Red Fort, but it is to secure our livelihood.'
'On January 22, when the last round of talks took place, the farmer leaders were told by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar that the government is also prepared.' 'And they did this.'
The police said 10 companies have been deployed outside JNU. One company comprises 70 to 80 personnel.
Life in the Kashmir valley was affected on Monday by a protest shutdown against the killing of two youth in firing allegedly by the army on Sunday.
In the video, which was allegedly shot and circulated by one of the accused, the Dalit boy can be seen sobbing and pleading for mercy.
Paramilitary troops were deployed in a village on Sunday, in Pakistan's Punjab province where 10 people were killed in violence between Muslims and Christians over the alleged desecration of Quran.Pakistan Rangers personnel took up positions in and around Azafi Abadi village, also known as Koriaan, where the situation remained tense, a day after it witnessed communal clashes.
The encounter began in the afternoon at a village in Kulgam as Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with the Central Reserve Police Force and the army, were carrying out operations to clear a national highway ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, beginning June 28, a senior police official said.
The rally, organised by Kisan Uday Abhiyan, led by Manveer Teotia, included farmers from Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Aligarh and Meerut.
Six persons, including a woman, were killed and 18 were injured in violence and CRPF firing in the fourth phase of the West Bengal panchayat elections on Monday. Polling in four districts saw a voter turnout of 25 per cent.
Two persons were killed and nearly 30 others injured in incidents of violence during the second phase of panchayat elections in Rajasthan, the police said on Sunday. In Kot village, old rivalry led two communities to clash and open fire, killing one man and injuring at least 15 people.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday, ordered a probe into the 'events' relating to visit of Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Brinda Karat, MP to a village near Madurai, which was hit by caste clashes last year.
The candidate is from the DMK's ruling family, and the sky is the limit -- for both expenses and expectations.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
Sources said, they have been driven to desperation because of their inability to pay back the crop loan due to abject poverty.
Police have resorted to lathi-charge and teargas shells.
During scrutiny of over 24,000 and 8,000 applications filed for rehabilitation by the displaced Muslims in Kokrajhar and Chirang respectively, the administration found that 7,000 and 6,000 people had no land documents. He is a look at life in some of the camps
Three people were killed and several others, including security personnel, injured in stone-pelting and firing on Thursday when a mob attacked a camp of the Border Security Force in Kashmir's Ramban district over alleged high-handedness by a patrolling party.
The party hopes that the multiple road projects, schools, canals, and water projects which have come up in the Meo-Muslim-dominated area will be able to sway the votes in its favour.
Deputy Chef de Mission Balbir Singh Kushwaha said that facilities at the Games Village were good.
Four columns of the army were deployed in violence-hit Bayana town and nearby villages on Saturday after 15 people were killed in clashes between members of Gujjar community and police. Gurjar Arakashan Sangarsh Samiti convener Kirori Singh Bhainsla said Gujjars will not settle for nothing less than the state's letter of recommendation to the Centre for the ST status.
A man demanding reservation for the community jumped to his death in a river in Aurangabad district.
Curfew remained in force in entire Srinagar district and Anantnag town on Saturday to thwart the separatists' plan to stage a two-day sit-in in the city centre even as the death toll in the ongoing unrest climbed to 56 in the Valley with the death of a youth injured in firing.
Police on Monday fired teargas shells to disperse anti-nuclear protesters, who again tried to lay siege to the nuclear power plant in Kudankulam demanding a halt to the loading of enriched uranium in the reactor.
For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.
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Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha said the violence in Akuluto constituency in Zunheboto district left one dead and two injured.
At least 14 persons have been arrested in connection with Sunday's violence in a village in Bihar's Muzaffapur in which three persons were charred to death when a mob torched nine houses following recovery of body of an abducted youth.
No major clash was reported on Thursday from anywhere in Kashmir.
Keen to fight an Indian, the 32-year-old two-time World Champion has agreed to switch category to clash with Goyat.
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