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Cow vigilantism: SC bats for new law
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Condemning increased instances of violence due to cow vigilantism and lynching across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday urged Parliament to consider a new law to prevent such incidents, and underscored that violence can't be allowed in the name of vi
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Cow vigilantism: No mobocracy can be allowed, says petitioner
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Hours after Supreme Court gave its verdict on pleas seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb cow vigilantism, the petitioner in violence by vigilante groups case Tehseen Poonawalla on Tuesday said that no mobocracy can be allowed.
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SC urges Parliament to frame law against lynching
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Parliament to see whether a new law can be framed to combat the menace of cow vigilantism.
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Bidar lynching: Kin of victim appeal for justice
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 16 (ANI): The parents of the lynching victim in Karnataka's Bidar on Monday appealed to the Karnataka and Central Government to initiate stern action against the accused involved.
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30 arrested so far in Bidar lynching case
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bidar (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka G. Parameshwara said so far 30 people have been arrested in the Bidar lynching case where one was lynched to death and two others were injured by mob on suspicion of being child traffickers.
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Karnataka: Mob kills man on suspicion of being child lifter
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnataka [India], Jul 15 (ANI): One man was lynched to death and two severely injured after a mob attacked them on suspicion of being child-traffickers in Karnataka's Bidar district on Friday night.
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Jayant Sinha expresses 'regret' over garlanding lynching convicts
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): After drawing criticism from all quarters, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Wednesday expressed regret over his recent act of garlanding eight people convicted of lynching a man to death.
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Remove Jayant Sinha from alumni list: Harvard alumnus
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 11: A former student of Harvard on Wednesday urged his university to withdraw the Harvard alumni status of Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, for felicitating the convicts of lynching a man to death.
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Rahul supports online petition to remove Jayant Sinha's Harvard alumni sta
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged his followers to support an online petition demanding Union Minister Jayant Sinha's Harvard Business School alumni status to be removed.
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Dhule lynching: Main accused arrested
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhule (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): The main accused in the Dhule lynching case was arrested on Sunday.
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Centre has become 'Lynch-Pujari': Congress
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday citicised Union Minister Jayant Sinha for garlanding eight men convicted for killing a meat trader and said that the central government has become "Lynch-Pujari" (those who worship somebody accused of lynching).
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Don't approve of my son's actions: Yashwant Sinha
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A day after Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, drew flak for garlanding eight men convicted for killing a meat trader, his father, Yashwant Sinha, expressed his disapproval on his son's action.
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