The police lobbed tear gas shells to control the situation hours before Eid in the hometown of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who appealed to the people to maintain peace.
As many as 2,500 students study in Harihar College. The trouble started when a group of people came to the college in support of the hijab. The group got into an argument with the students wearing saffron shawls and soon the situation turned violent.
Shivamogga Superintendent of Police Lakshmiprasad stated that the violence started between two groups of students and they pelted stones at each other. Two students got hurt and the police are still looking for injured persons. The police are looking into how the stone pelting started, he said.
Silchar: Indefinite curfew has been clamped in certain areas of southern Assam’s Silchar town on Monday after incidents of stone-pelting between two religious groups, officials said. A district administration official said that Cachar District Magistrate Keerthi Jalli apprehending breach of peace and tranquillity, promulgated curfew in the areas under Malugram police outpost of Silchar town […]
Rourkela: An irate mob pelted stones at police personnel and broke barricades around a Covid-19 containment zone in this steel city on Monday, causing injuries to around four and triggering tension in the area, police said. The incident happened when a group of residents of Nala Road, which has been declared a containment zone following […]
New Delhi: Tension prevailed in Maujpur area of northeast Delhi on Monday afternoon as another bout of stone-pelting between pro- and anti-CAA groups was reported, with people running helter-skelter even as police conducted flag marches to bring the situation under control. The latest incident of stone-pelting came after eyewitnesses earlier said that there was stone-pelting […]
New Delhi: A clash broke out between members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union and the ABVP on the university campus on Sunday, sources said. According to the sources, the clash took place during a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers’ Association. The students’ union claimed that its president Aishe Ghosh and […]
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday condemned the attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan by a mob led by the kidnappers of a minor Sikh girl, and threats to rename the holy town. In a statement here, the SAD president said it was shocking that the local administration in […]
New Delhi: India strongly condemned vandalism at the revered Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and called upon the neighbouring country to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of the Sikh community there. The External Affairs Ministry said members of the minority Sikh community in Pakistan have been subjected to acts of violence […]
New Delhi: In fresh violence, angry protesters demanding to scrap the amended citizenship law clashed with police, pelted stones at them and damaged several buses in Northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area. Police resorted to baton charges and fired tear gas shells on the protesters who were marching from Seelampur towards Jafrabad. Clashes erupted between police and […]
Sonepur: Innovating a new funda of looting people, some miscreants pelted stones at a truck and later looted the driver after the vehicle overturned near Anganadi bridge on Bargarh-Borigumma NH-26 in Sonepur district last night. The driver identified as one Krishna Kumar of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh sustained grievous injuries during the incident. He […]
Ludhiana: One person died and five prisoners and six police personnel received injuries after a bloody clash erupted between two groups of inmates in Ludhiana Central Jail on Thursday as they pelted stones at each other. The inmates even made video clips of the incident on their cellphones and posted them live on Facebook. Punjab […]
Srinagar: A militant, linked to an Islamic State-inspired terror outfit, was killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The incident sparked off clashes in Sopore town between stone-pelting youths and security forces as the news spread. Security forces began a cordon and search operation in […]
Srinagar: Police detained 21 persons during nocturnal raids in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. They were picked up from Muran village of Pulwama district for their suspected involvement in incidents of stone pelting, police said.
Rourkela: Tension ran high at Khatkulabahal area under Kutra police limits in Sundergarh district following a clash between two groups during the Ganesh idol immersion ceremony last night. As per reports, the clash ensued when a few youths allegedly pelted stones at the Ganesh idol during the procession ceremony carried out by a group from […]
Keonjhar: Demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants involved in pelting stones at the vehicle of School & Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra on Sunday, supporters of the minister staged a road blockade near Jarda Chhak in Anandapur on NH-20 today. As per reports, commuters faced difficulty while heavy vehicles remained stranded on both sides […]
Berhampur: Three police personnel including an Inspector-In-Charge(IIC) were injured after a mob resorted to stone pelting in Govindpur area of Ganjam district today. The incident took place when the cops had gone to pacify the protesters, who took to the streets against an attack on the driver of a cashew-laden truck by a group of […]
Jaipur: The Shree Rajput Karni Sena on Thursday denied any role in stone pelting on a school bus in Gurugram in Haryana over the screening of “Padmaavat”. Speaking to IANS, Vijendra Singh, Karni Sena spokesperson, said: “Rajputs can never even think of attacking a school bus. This is a plot being created by politicians, who […]
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): Around 260 people were injured in the stone-pelting at centuries-old traditional “Gotmar Fair” in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The condition of four persons is stated to be serious. As the situation worsened, police lobbed teargas shells and cane-charged the crowd to disperse them. An enraged crowd damaged an ambulance and a […]
Sambalpur: At a time when a video of a Kashmiri youth tied to an Army jeep as a ‘shield’ to avoid irate locals in Jammu and Kashmir sparked off a major controversy, CRPF jawan Vicky Biswakarma’s statement on how the forces are treated has shaken one and all. Speaking to OTV, Vicky who returned to […]
Bhubaneswar: Outraged over the stoning of Union Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar’s car in Bargarh allegedly by BJD workers, the BJP today threatened a tit-for-tat response to the ruling party in the days to come. The party said it would protest the visit of ministers in the Naveen Patnaik government everywhere in the state. “They (BJD […]