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Maximum mob lynching in Bengal: Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Reacting sharply to a letter written by 49 celebrities on the issue of mob lynching, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that maximum number of people are being lynched in West Bengal for 'Jai Shri Ram' chants.
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Aparna Sen on lynching cases: 'Secular fabric of country being ruined'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): Filmmaker Aparna Sen, one of the 49 signatories of an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi protesting incidents of lynchings in the name of religion on Wednesday alleged that the "secular fabric of our country is being ruined."
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No mob lynching case registered with us: National Minority Commission memb
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], July 24 (ANI): In a startling revelation Manjit Singh, Member of the National Commission for Minorities on Wednesday said that no case of mob lynching has been registered with the commission and assured that appropriate action will be initiated if any such case c
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49 celebrities write to PM over incidents of lynching, seek 'exemplary pun
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): As many as 49 celebrities from different fields including singer Shubha Mudgal, actor Konkona Sen Sharma and filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap and Mani Ratnam, among others, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over incidents
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MP: Man suspected of kidnapping children beaten up in Narsinghpur
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid political commotion over mob lynching in the state, another incident has surfaced where a man was tied up and beaten by locals of Saikheda area here on Sunday who suspected him of kidnapping children.
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar by opposition
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 22 (ANI) The proceedings of Rajya Sabha were on Monday adjourned till 2 pm after Congress and other opposition parties created ruckus over various issues including crisis in Karnataka, Sonbhadra killings and mob lynching.
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Govt doing its best to curb mob lynching: MP Home Minister Bala Bachchan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bala Bachchan on Saturday said that the government is doing its best to curb mob lynching after two incidents took place in the state within a day.
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Muslims are being punished for not migrating to Pakistan, says Azam Khan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 20 (ANI): In another controversial statement, Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan said on Saturday that Muslims in the country are being punished for their decision to not go migrate to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.
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Bihar: 2 men thrashed over suspicion of theft at bank
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Vaishali (Bihar) [India], July 19 (ANI): Two men were brutally thrashed by a mob here on Friday on the suspicion of them having committed theft at a bank.
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Why law on mob lynching not being enacted: Owaisi asks Shah in LS
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday asked Home Minister Amit Shah why a law was not being enacted to prevent incidents of mob lynching as reports emerged of three people being beaten to death in Saran district in Biharon Friday.
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SC declines urgent hearing on plea against states on mob lynching
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give an urgent listing to a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against states for their alleged failure in curbing mob lynching.
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Police and public order are state subjects: Nityanand Rai on mob lynching
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are state subjects, said Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Wednesday while replying to a question, whether incidents of mob lynching have increased in the last six months.
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