39 mob lynching incidents in two and a half months in Bihar
Patna, Sep 19 (IANS) Despite its best efforts, the police has not been able to curb mob lynching incidents in the state. According to data …
IIM-B faculty, students seek fresh probe into Jharkhand lynching
Bengaluru, Sep 18 (IANS) A section of faculty and students of the state-run Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order …
VHP brands Tabrez Ansari lynching as ‘conspiracy’
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A day after police in Jharkhand dropped murder charges against the accused in the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari, the …
UP cabinet approves interim relief to victims of mob lynching
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved 11 proposals in its meeting on Tuesday presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, including monetary …
Murder charge dropped in Tabrez Ansari lynching case
Ranchi, Sep 10 (IANS) The mob lynching case of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand has taken a new turn as the final post-mortem report has now …
Bengal passes stringent anti-lynching bill
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Friday approved a legislation that seeks to check mob lynching and contains provision for death sentence. …
Mob lynching: Slap NSA against rumour mongers, UP DGP tells SPs
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) In a bid to contain widespread rumours of child lifting leading to several incidents of mob lynching in Uttar Pradesh, …
Mob lynching cases soar in UP over rumours of child lifing
Lucknow, Aug 28 (IANS) After mob lynching in the name of cow slaughter, it is rumours of child lifting that are fueling similar incidents in …
A year after Karbi Anglong mob lynching, court case heading nowhere
Guwahati, Aug 15 (IANS/ 101Reporters) When the lynching case of Abhijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das had gone to trial, it seemed like an open-and-shut case. …
Court acquits all six accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case
Jaipur, Aug 14 (IANS) Almost two years after Pehlu Khan was lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes, the Alwar sessions court on Wednesday acquitted …
All 6 accused in Pehlu Khan lynching case acquitted
Jaipur, Aug 14 (IANS) Almost two years after Pehlu Khan was lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes, an Alwar sessions court on Wednesday acquitted …
Mob lynching: MP police to monitor social media to stop child abduction rumours
Bhopal, Aug 13 (IANS) With a motive to prevent mob lynching incidents over child abduction rumours, Madhya Pradesh police is monitoring the social media, especially …
Case registered against 200 for mob lynching in Agra
Agra, Aug 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered a case against 200 people after a man was allegedly thrashed in Agra on suspicion …
Rajasthan second state to pass anti-mob lynching bill after MP
Jaipur, Aug 5 (IANS) Rajasthan on Monday became the second state after Madhya Pradesh to pass the anti-mob lynching Bill in the Assembly allowing life …
Rajasthan proposes death for honour killing, lifer for mob lynching
Jaipur, July 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Tuesday introduced two significant Bills in the Assembly proposing death sentence in cases of …
Mob lynching in Bengal, Kerala too can’t be linked to BJP: Woman MP
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Amid a rise in violence by cow vigilantes targeting a certain community, first-time woman MP from BJP Sunita Duggal has …
‘Mob lynching in Bengal, Kerala can’t be linked to BJP’
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Amid rise in violence by cow vigilantes targeting a certain community, first-time woman MP from BJP Sunita Duggal has said …
Lynching: SC issues notice on plea for implementing order
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition seeking direction to stop increasing mob lynching incidents targeting the …
Lalu’s son blames RSS and Bajrang Dal for mob lynching
Patna, July 24 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Wednesday blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bajrang …
Opposition disrupts Bihar Assembly, demands discussion on mob-lynching
Patna, July 22 (IANS) Opposition parties — the RJD, Congress and CPI-ML — created a ruckus in the Bihar Assembly on Monday demanding a discussion …
Centre to come up with anti-mob lynching law in this Parliament session
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A year after the Supreme Court directed the government to enact a law to deal with the rising cases of …
SC refuses urgent hearing on contempt plea over mob lynching
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against some …
Mayawati supports draft Bill to curb mob lynching
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati on Saturday welcomed the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission’s draft Bill that seeks stringent punishment for …
Bihar Opposition demands enacting law against mob lynching
Patna, July 12 (IANS) Opposition leaders in Bihar on Friday demanded that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led government enact a law to check mob lynching. …
UP law panel wants life term for mob lynching accused
Lucknow, July 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has submitted a draft Bill recommending up to life imprisonment for mob lynching crimes. The chairman …
Mob lynching: Tabrez Ansari died due to brain haemorrhage
Ranchi, July 11 (IANS) Tabrez Ansari, who was brutally thrashed on suspicion of having stolen a bike, died due to brain haemorrhage, according to the …
Certificates to cow carriers to check lynching in UP
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) In an attempt to check incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said …
TikTok removes users who posted video on Jharkhand lynching
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A day after the Mumbai Police registered a complaint against a group of TikTok users for posting controversial videos related …
High Court seeks report from Jharkhand government on mob lynching
Ranchi, July 8 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday sought a report from the state government on the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari in …
Ranchi peaceful after violent protest over mob lynching
Ranchi, July 6 (IANS) Ranchi remained peaceful on Saturday following a violent protest staged here the previous day against the lynching of a Muslim youth …
Owaisi seeks legislation to curb mob lynching
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded a legislation from the Centre to curb the increasing incidents of mob lynching, as directed …
Top cops in UP shifted after violent protests over Jharkhand lynching
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government, late on Monday night, transferred top police officials in Agra and Meerut for their apparent failure to …
This mob lynching victim has survived to tell his tale
Aligarh, June 28 (IANS) Mohd Farman Niazi is a victim of mob lynching – only he has survived to tell his tale of woe. Niazi, …
Jharkhand lynching: Hindu women threatened with rape
Ranchi, June 27 (IANS) A group of Hindu women in Jharkhand’s Seraikela district have lodged an FIR claiming that some people sympathising with Tabrez Ansari, …
Jharkhand lynching: Relative claims Tabrez was given poisonous water
Ranchi, June 26 (IANS) A relative of Tabrez Ansari, who was killed by a mob suspecting he stole a bike, has alleged that Tabrez was …
Mob lynching pains me but don’t insult Jharkhand: Modi
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the lynching of a young man by a mob in Jharkhand had pained …
Mob lynching is like terror act: Wali Rahmani
Patna, June 26 (IANS) Muslim cleric Maulana Wali Rahmani on Wednesday said mob lynching incidents in the country are like terror acts, and demanded strict …
Lynching of Muslim youth in Jharkhand ‘blot on humanity’: Rahul
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday described the mob lynching of a Muslim youth in Jharkhand as a “blot on …
Jharkhand mob lynching: 5 arrested, 2 cops suspended
Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) Five people involved in the lynching of a Muslim youth in Jharkhand have been arrested while two policemen have been suspended. …
Jharkhand mob lynching: One held a day after man dies
Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) Pappu Mandal, the main accused in the lynching of a Muslim youth in Seraikela district last week has been arrested, Jharkhand …
Hapur lynching: SC asks victim’s kin to file statement in trial court
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the brothers of a cattle trader who was lynched in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur in …