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The two were taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, police said. (photo: Representational)

MP: Mentally-ill woman beaten to death on suspicion of being...

The unidentified woman, who was aged between 25 - 30 years, was killed on the night of July 19.

23 July 2018 6:42 PM IST

Mehul Choksi is the prime accused in the PNB fraud

Mehul Choksi seeks cancellation of NBWs, cites fear of mob lynching

Special PMLA Judge MS Azmi directed ED to file its reply on Choksi's application and kept the matter for further hearing...

23 July 2018 5:02 PM IST

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

Cows safer than women in India: Shiv Sena slams BJP over mob lynching

'You want to save 'gau-mata' (cow) but what about 'mata' (mother),' Uddhav Thackeray said.

23 July 2018 3:32 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said PM Modi has achieved huge success in taking the fight against terrorism on international forum. (Photo: PTI | File)

Rajnath Singh invokes 1984 Sikh riots to counter attacks

As the minister spoke, TDP members started demanding that he should speak on the Andhra issue and created ruckus in the...

21 July 2018 1:24 AM IST

WhatsApp, has rolled out a new feature that will allow its users to share their location with their contacts in real time.

Take steps beyond labelling forwards: Govt asks WhatsApp amid mob...

Govt also warned WhatsApp that mediums used for propagation of rumours are liable to be treated as 'abettors'.

19 July 2018 9:28 PM IST

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

WhatsApp working on digital literacy programme to curb fake news

It has drawn flak from the Indian government over circulation of rumours and fake news on its platform.

19 July 2018 5:05 PM IST

Making a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on the large scale violence during Mondays Bharat Bandh,Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said 8 people were killed during the bandh. (Photo: File/PTI)

Rajnath passes 'mobocracy' buck to states, Oppn walks out of...

Condemning mob lynching incidents, Rajnath Singh said the onus lies on state govts to ensure they aren't repeated in...

19 July 2018 1:45 PM IST

Suddenly Mr Sarkar picked the water-pipe of fibre and started beating him in front other students.

Youth lynched for objecting to firecrackers

The victim pleaded that the firecrackers should not be burst which angered the wedding revellers.

12 July 2018 1:26 AM IST

The attacks by the cow vigilantes or gau rakshaks this year was termed the worst since 2010.

Pluralism is the bedrock of our country

The trolls targeting India's foreign minister are an extension of this same ugly discourse.

11 July 2018 2:50 AM IST

Cong questions PM Modi's silence on lynching cases, demands Jayant...

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari also demanded a judicial probe into the killing of a gangster inside a high security jail...

9 July 2018 7:38 PM IST

As many as 41,893 such incidents were recorded in 2015 and 37,854 in 2014. The figures for 2017 are yet to be published. (Representational Image)

Nearly 55,000 children kidnapped in India in 2016, says govt report

Charge sheets were filed in only 40.4 per cent of such cases with a conviction rate of 22.7 per cent.

8 July 2018 2:32 PM IST

The notice comes just days after Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the social media giant Facebook of stringent action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft. (Photo: PTI/File)

Mob lynching fuelled by social media must end: Govt to states

Recently, two people were killed in Tripura and the same number in Assam on suspicion of child-lifting.

6 July 2018 6:00 AM IST