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Tejashwi Yadav accuses RSS of inciting riots in Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): After communal violence has reportedly spread to eight cities in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday accused Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of inciting riots in the state.
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Fire in Venezuelan Prison kills 68
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 29 (ANI): A fire erupted at a jail in Venezuela's northern city of Valencia, has claimed at least 68 lives, attorney general Tarek Saab said on Wednesday.
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Withdrawal of 131 riot cases in UP a 'mockery of Constitution'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday castigated the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for initiating the withdrawal of 131 cases relating to the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013.
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1984 Anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC issues notice to Sajjan Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday received a letter petition containing a CD, which is stated to be Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's confession about accepting his role in instigating the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
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Sri Lanka opposition submits no-confidence motion against PM
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accusing him of financial mismanagement and failing to tackle anti-Muslim riots in central Kandy district, earlier this month.
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Bhima-Koregaon: Maha. Govt. 'misusing authority' by withdrawing cases, say
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Former- director general of police Julio Ribeiro on Thursday criticised the Maharashtra Government's decision to withdraw cases against the accused in Bhima-Koregaon riots.
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Ex-Sri Lankan cricketers condemn Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena on Tuesday took to Twitter to condemn the recent acts of violence against the minority Muslim community in Kandy district that claimed two lives.
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Kandy riots: Sri Lanka govt blocks social media
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Wednesday blocked popular social media networks, such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber and Instagram to name a few, for three days in order to prevent the spread of communal violence across the country.
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Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, Sri Lankan president's media division said.
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Sri Lankan govt condemns Kandy riots
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday strongly and unequivocally condemned the recent sporadic incidents of violence that had sparked off in Ampara and Digana near Kandy in Eastern Province in the country.
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Kandy riots: Buddhist community stages protest
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kandy [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Members of the Buddhist community held protests outside a police station in Sri Lanka's Kandy demanding the release of its people who were arrested in the riots.
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No riot after BJP came to power in UP: Adityanath
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 04 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that not a 'single riot' took place in the state after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power.
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