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Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said that incidents of communal violence have declined to 708 in 2018 from 823 in 2013. (Photo: File)

Government says zero tolerance for incidents of communal violence

Reddy said 'public order' and 'police' are state subjects as per provisions of the Constitution

24 July 2019 11:32 AM

The Bench said, We request the acting Chief Justice of Delhi high court to constitute the requisite Committee in respect of the high court and all District Courts at Delhi, if it has already not been constituted. (Representational image)

Court dismisses plea to constitute SIT temple vandalisation case in...

Advocate Alakh Alok Shrivastava, a petitioner, had prayed to constitute an SIT to identify the people who desecrated the...

5 July 2019 11:08 AM

BJP president Amit Shah

Amit Shah summons Delhi Police chief over communal clash in Chandni...

Delhi Police chief Patnaik said four people have been arrested and the situation in the area is under control.

3 July 2019 7:20 AM

Remembering former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary, he said these trends are repugnant to promotion of peace, national integration and communal harmony, which are cherished objectives enshrined in our Constitution. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Manmohan warns of unpleasant trends of growing intolerance, violence

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said these trends are repugnant to promotion of peace, national integration and...

20 Aug 2019 10:08 AM

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 12:10 PM

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 12:10 PM

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | As communal monsters try to engulf India, fight back

April has also, sadly, been the month not of Gods alone, but of monsters. Communal monsters

18 April 2022 7:55 PM

RAF jawans stand guard as a Muslim man walks with children on Eid-al-Fitr, in violence-t Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Hindus, Muslims celebrate Eid together in Delhi's violence-hit...

Police said they have ensured adequate security arrangements on the occasion of Eid

3 May 2022 7:12 AM

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel conduct a flag march at Badshahpur after incidents of violence following Mondays attack on a procession in adjoining Nuh district, in Gurugram district, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Train horror: Hate spreads

This is an alarming state of affairs as it amounts to rampant misuse of arms.

2 Aug 2023 6:36 PM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

Farmers' stir may trigger communal tension in MP'

Several farmers' bodies have come together to launch ten-day stir in MP to highlight plight of farmers.

24 May 2018 9:00 PM

A communal riot escalated due to clamping illegal water connection in a religious place in Moti Karanja area of Aurangabad on Friday. (Photo: PTI )

Prohibitory orders revoked, internet services restored in riot-hit...

The violence in Maharashtra's riot-hit Aurangabad city claimed two lives, left over 60 people, including 12 policemen,...

15 May 2018 7:55 AM

RJD creates ruckus over communal violence

Questions were also raised on Ashwini Choubey's son Arijit Shaswat evading arrest despite a warrant of arrest being...

26 March 2018 9:23 PM