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North 24 Parganas SP removed over Basirhat violence
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Superintendent of Police of North 24 Parganas district Bhaskar Mukherjee has been removed from his post in the wake of recent communal violence in West Bengal's Basirhat.
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Ex-servicemen hold TMC responsible for Basirhat violence in letter to Rajn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A delegation of ex-servicemen, ex-judges, ex-bureaucrats on Friday wrote to Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a thorough probe into the Basirhat violence, while holding Trinamool Congress (TMC) responsible for creating communal riots in the region.
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TMC, BJP creating polarisation in West Bengal: CPI(M)
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were creating polarisation over Baduria communal violence, which started over an objectionable post on Facebook about a holy site.
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Stop playing communal politics: BJP to Mamata
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] July 6 (ANI): Following the recent upheaval in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and asked her to stop playing communal politics and to maintain law and order.
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WB Govt. to form 'Shanti Vahini' to end ongoing communal violenc
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 5 (ANI): Taking note of the recent violent upheaval going on in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Government would form 'Shanti Vahini' in 15 days in order to curb the ongoing communal violence.
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Baduria violence: BSF deployed, Internet suspended
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baduria (West Bengal) [India] July 05 (ANI): The Centre has rushed 400 paramilitary personnel to Baduria that is hit by communal violence, which started over an objectionable post on Facebook about a holy site.
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BJP dubs Akbaruddin Owaisi's mindset as 'perverted, communal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lashed out at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi and termed his mindset as perverted and communal for invoking Muslims against the government.
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'Controversial' Tripura Governor's communal tweet earns bac
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday drew flak on the social media over his controversial tweet where he quoted a statement from Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee's diary entry which stated that the 'Hindu-Muslim problem won&
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AMU not serving food to non-Muslim students during Ramazan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 31 (ANI): Sparking yet another communal controversy, Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is allegedly not serving breakfast and lunch to the non-Muslim students during the ongoing month-long fasting fest of Ramazan.
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Punjab Police bust terror module under 'Khalistan Zindabad' bann
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 30 (ANI): The Punjab Police has arrested four youth, including a woman, to bust a terror module that was planning to indulge in large-scale violence and targeted killings under the banner of `Khalistan Zindabad' to fan communal violence in the sensitive bord
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BJP dubs public cattle slaughter in Kerala as "smack on communal mind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai [India], May 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday sought clarification from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-president Rahul Gandhi, after their party's youth activists butchered a calf, in public, in Kerala's Kannur to protest against Cent
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Rahul Gandhi's Saharanpur visit will worsen situation: Kalraj Mishra
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 27 (ANI): With Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visiting Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh despite being denied permission, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra on Saturday said that the former should cancel his visit so as to avoid
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