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Rajasthan lynching: Activists demand rigorous punishment for accused
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): After an activist Zafar Hussein was lynched to death in Rajasthan for resisting photography and videography of women defecating in open, activists on Saturday demanded rigorous punishment against the accused, citing said the
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NHRC issues notice to DGP Jharkhand over mob lynching
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a media report on mob lynching of seven persons on suspicion of being child kidnappers.
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Yechury tears into 'communal BJP' over Jharkhand lynching
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday condemned the killing of six people by a mob on the suspicion of being 'child-lifters' and said the incident indicated complete failure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP
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Jharkhand lynching: Rahul Gandhi corners PM Modi over lawlessness in BJP-r
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In the wake of the horrifying Jharkhand lynching case, where a mob claimed six lives over suspicion of kidnapping, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the deteriorating law and order c
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Abdul Wali Khan University reopens over a month after Mashal Khan's l
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Mardan's Abdul Wali Khan University reopened on Monday, more than a month after one of its students, Mashal Khan, was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly posting blasphemous content online.
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Assam: Two detained in 'cattle thieves' lynching case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], May 1 (ANI): Two people were detained by the Nagaon Police in connection with the mob lynching of two suspected cow thieves and an interrogation is underway.
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Won't tolerate Alwar lynching-like incidents: Raje
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Days after a 55-year-old dairy farmer died after allegedly being attacked by cow vigilantes in Alwar, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday said such incidents will not be tolerated in her state.
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Cow vigilantes are today's Bhagat Singhs: Sadhavi Kamal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): Rashtriya Mahila Gauraksha Dal national president, Sadhvi Kamal on Thursday has praised one of the cow vigilantes accused in the Alwar lynching case and referred to him as 'today's Bhagat Singh.'
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Military court should hear Marshal lynching case: Pak Senate
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Interior wants the lynching case of Mashal Khan to be sent to military courts instead of holding a judicial inquiry.
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Mardan lynching case: Hate speech probe against two clerics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Apr 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Police has opened a hate speech investigation against two clerics in connection with the killing of a university student over allegations of blasphemy.
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Sharif condemns Mardan lynching, orders action against culprits
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday ordered action against those found responsible for the lynching of a university student in Mardan over allegations of blasphemy.
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Malala urges Pakistan to give justice to Mardan student lynching victim
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 15 (ANI): Condemning the murder of a university student, Mashal Khan, over allegations of blasphemy, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai urged state institutions and political parties in Pakistan to shun their silence, take a stand and bring justice to the victim and hi
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