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50 arrested over Saharanpur riots
27-Jul-2014
Last updated: 27 July, 2014 Lucknow: July 28, 2014, DHNS: Curfew continued in the riot-torn Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, as tension persisted following Saturday’s communal violence in which three persons were killed. No untoward incident was reported on Sunday even as 50 rioters were arrested in connection with the violence, according to the police sources…
3 killed as Sikhs, Muslims clash in UP’s Saharanpur
27-Jul-2014
MEERUT: Communal violence left UP bloodied again on Saturday, with three being killed and several injured in a clash between Sikhs and Muslims in Saharanpur. Curfew was clamped and shoot-at-sight orders given against rioters. The communities, who clashed over construction on a disputed plot, fought with firearms, swords and stones and torched shops and vehicles.…
Sangh sets up panel to push ‘saffronisation’ of education
27-Jul-2014
The Bharatiya Shiksha Niti Aayog will study the present education system and suggest corrective steps to make it Bharat-centric. G Sreedathan reports Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, an organisation affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has set up Bharatiya Shiksha Niti Aayog (Indian Education Policy Commission), the first commission of its kind in the non-governmental sector,…
Moradabad Temple row: At ground zero, unease over political heat
27-Jul-2014
Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Moradabad | July 27, 2014 10:50 am BJP MLAs Lokendra (Noorpur) and Suresh Rana (Shamli) reached the Kanth police station where their FIR was received. A heavy deployment of policemen along the national highways and other routes leading to Moradabad prevented political leaders, from both the BJP and the Congress,…
Breach of pact sparked Moradabad riots
27-Jul-2014
Mohammad Ali NEW DELHI: Tension in Nayagaon Akbarpur village in Kanth town of Moradabad, which sparked communal tension in the area erupted as an agreement reached between the Muslims and Dalits earlier this month was breached. Just a day before the controversial July 4 “Mahapanchayat”, called by the BJP in protest against the removal of…
2 killed in violence in Saharanpur, curfew clamped
26-Jul-2014
Saharanpur, July 26, 2014, PTI: Two persons were today killed and at least 12 others injured as violent clashes broke out between two communities over a land dispute in this western Uttar Pradesh district with mobs indulging in brick batting and arson, prompting authorities to clamp curfew. “Harish Kochar, a traders’ leader, and an unidentified…
Man who got Wendy Doniger pulped is made ‘must reading’ in Gujarat schools
25-Jul-2014
To make students aware of Indian culture, Batra recommends his own three-language system to be followed in schools. # Don’t blow out candles on your birthday. It’s “western culture” and needs to be shunned. Instead, wear “swadeshi clothes” this day, do a havan, pray to the ishtadev, feed cows. # Drawing a map of India?…
Sena MP ‘force-feeds’ fasting Muslim staffer at Maharashtra Sadan
23-Jul-2014
Last updated on: July 23, 2014 15:22 IST A shocking incident of misuse of power has come to light in national capital New Delhi where 11 Shiv Sena Members of Parliament are reported to have forced a Muslim worker to break his Ramzan fast and eat a chapati, at the Maharashtra Sadan. The MPs were…
Togadia rakes up temple again, says its on VHP agenda
22-Jul-2014
JAIPUR: The construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya is still on t he Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) agenda, said the Parishad’s international working president Praveen Togadia, while assuring supporters that the same would be constructed soon. Togadia’s address came while he was in Jaipur to launch a socio-medical project. In his speech, he also…
Togadia reminds Muslims of Muzaffarnagar riots
20-Jul-2014
INDORE: INDORE: Against the backdrop of violence at a base camp of the Amarnath Yatra, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on Saturday issued a veiled warning to the Muslims, saying they may have forgotten the 2002 Gujarat riots but would remember the Muzaffarnagar riots of last year. “Aap Gujarat bhul gaye honge, par…