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Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp tweak to curb lynchings

The new curbs are aimed at slowing down the pace at which messages related to rumours can be spread.

21 July 2018 1:53 AM IST

What had started as good-natured banter soon turned into a heated argument when the minister repeated his demand, saying you also belong to Ram. Babur, Timur Lang, (Mahmud) Ghazni, (Muhammad) Ghori were not your ancestors. (Photo: ANI)

Jharkhand BJP Minister forces Congress MLA to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' on...

Singh was seen wrapping his arm around Ansari's shoulders and asking him to chant the slogan hailing the Lord.

26 July 2019 6:22 PM IST

45-year-old UP man was lynched by mob in Hapurs Pilakhuwa village on Monday. (Photo: Screengrab)

Politics & lynching

Violence does not erupt by itself. It erupts only after the atmosphere has been fouled by hate speech.

19 Aug 2018 1:19 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

States must act swiftly, firmly to halt lynchings

The President and the Prime Minister have also spoken up in this regard, raging against mobs taking the law into their...

11 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

A massive protest in Assam against mob violence in 2018. (PTI)

Fake news in the age of coronavirus is a flirtation with utter chaos

And yet, Supreme Court guidelines to prevent and punish mob violence remain in the books, unimplemented

15 April 2020 1:44 AM IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In RS, Oppn alleges members of RSS, Govt involved in all lynchings

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad attacked the government, saying the rise in these incidents was spreading the...

20 July 2017 10:17 AM IST