The national capital, New Delhi, and West Bengal witnessed severe violence last day, as protesters organised demonstrations in these states against the recently amended Citizenship Act deviated from the path of peace. In the national capital, the protest against the act happened around Jamia Continue Reading
The rumours that the children are being kidnapped for their organs have triggered several violent incidents in some states located in the North East India region, such as Tripura and Assam. Though it has been in Assam that the rumours have initially emerged, the majority of the violent incidents in connection with the rumours have […]Continue Reading
A violent protest has broken out in the South Indian state Tamil Nadu’s costal district of Thoothukudi in a giant rally demanding the closure of the Sterlite copper plant. The police officials, who have failed to contain the violence through their general means, have been forced to open fire at the protesters. As many as […]Continue Reading
In a way of protest against the ‘raising cases of violence against the minority community’, the renowned minority rights activist, Shabnam Hashmi, has returned her ‘National Ministry Rights’ award to the National Commission for Minorities, which had presented this award to her in 2008 recognising her contributions for the betterment of the minority communities living […]Continue Reading
A bomb blast near a polling booth in Kashmir injured a policeman on Wednesday, amid further stone-throwing protests and a widespread boycott of the general election in the mainly Muslim region. Separatists have called on voters to shun the election in Jammu and Kashmir, holding staggered voting in its six parliamentary seats to allow 700,000 […]Continue Reading