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Case registered against Muslim boy for making false allegation
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Karimnagar (Telangana), June 4 (ANI): A case has been registered against the Muslim boy, who had claimed that he was beaten up for not chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' on Sunday, an allegation which turned out to be false.
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Muslim ministers decide to resign as wave of communal violence grips Sri L
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): All Muslim ministers -- Cabinet, State, and Deputy -- on Monday decided to resign from their respective positions after accusing the government of failing to guarantee the security of the nation's minority Muslim community amid fears of attacks following th
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Month after Easter attack, Sri Lanka invokes Gautam Buddha on Vesak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): As Sri Lanka recovers from the deadliest terror attack in a decade and episodes of communal violence that followed, President Maithripala Sirisena, while conveying his greetings for Vesak or Buddha Poornima, urged the nation to "recollect the teachings o
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Perpetrators of communal violence to be charged under ICCPR: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the police to charge the perpetrators of communal violence in the country on May 12 and 13 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act.
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Chandigarh: Punjab CM hails HC verdict convicting Sajjan Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Terming it a case of justice finally delivered to the victims of one of the worst instances of communal violence in independent India, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the conviction of Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots
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Aurangabad clashes: 25 people remanded in custody
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Twenty-four people arrested in connection with the communal violence in Aurangabad that broke out three days ago have been sent to police custody while one other person has been sent to judicial custody.
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Siddarmaiah allows jihadi elements to fester: Yogi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhatkal (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) star campaigner for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday raked up Bhatkal's history of communal violence as he campaigned in the town, to launch a scathing attack on the
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Rohingya refugees falling prey to human traffickers
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 3 (ANI): Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh since late August last year to escape the inter-communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, are facing another threat in the form of human trafficking.
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Miscreant accused of inciting communal violence via FB post arrested
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): The miscreant, who wrote a communal violence-inciting Facebook post, was arrested on Saturday, confirmed, Superintendent of Police, Azamgarh, Ajay Sahani.
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Bhagalpur violence: Arijit Shashwat released from jail
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhagalpur, (Bihar) [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): Arijit Shashwat, son of Union Minister Ashwini Choubey has been released from Bhagalpur jail on Wednesday after being granted bail in connection with the communal violence in the district.
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Bhagalpur violence: Arijit Shashwat granted bail
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhagalpur, (Bihar) [India] Apr 9 (ANI): A Bhagalpur court on Monday granted bail to Arijit Shashwat, son of Union minister Ashwini Choubey, in connection with the communal violence in the district.
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BJP demands impartial probe into Bihar communal violence
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Bihar unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded an impartial probe into the recent incidents of communal clashes in the state, alleging that impartial action was taken against the majority.
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