Lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son shot at in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Sep 29 (IANS) Unidentified assailants on Saturday opened fire at a car in which Rajasthan lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son Irshad, and other key …
Mamata questions BJP on lynching, farmers’ suicide
Milan, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday questioned the BJP about the lynchings and encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh, and …
SC reiterates need to publicise laws against lynching, mob violence
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday once again asked the Centre and the states to “absolutely religiously comply” with its orders …
NHRC notice to Bihar government over lynching of ‘kidnappers’
Patna, Sep 11 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports on lynching of three suspected kidnappers in …
Alwar lynching: SC to hear next week plea to shift trial outside Raj
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea filed by the victim’s father in the Alwar lynching case, …
Rakbar Khan lynching: MLA says ‘gaurakshaks’ will challenges police chargesheet
Jaipur, Sep 8 (IANS) A 25-page chargesheet filed by the police on Friday in the Rakbar lynching case has created a fresh controversy with the …
Lynching not law and order problem but command-hate crime: Harsh Mander
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Writer-activist Harsh Mander, who works with survivors of mass violence and hunger, has said that lynching is not a law …
SC asks Centre, states to give wide publicity on mob lynching consequences
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The supreme court on Friday asked the Centre and States to give wide publicity on radio, television and other media …
GoM on lynching discusses need to tighten penal provisions
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday here deliberated on the need for …
Hapur lynching: SC directs IG to supervise probe
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Inspector General of Police of Meerut zone in Uttar Pradesh to directly supervise …
Assam Police file chargesheet against 48 in lynching case
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) Nearly three months after two youths were lynched by a mob, Assam Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against 48 persons …
Lynching bad for India’s reputation: Alphons in China
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) Incidents of lynching have hurt India’s image, Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, who is in China to draw in more tourists, has …
BJP posters dub Rajiv Gandhi ‘father’ of mob lynching
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Days after Congress President Rahul Gandhi denied his party’s links in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal …
Alwar lynching: SC seeks Rajasthan’s response
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Rajasthan government to apprise it of the action the state has taken in …
Submit report on Hapur lynching, SC tells UP IGP
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the IGP (Meerut Range) to submit a report on the lynching of a man …
Modi flays lynching, his ministers glorify it: AAP
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday questioned the veracity of Prime Minister Narendra Modis claim that lynching people was …
Hapur lynching: SC to hear plea for SIT probe
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 13 a plea for a court-monitored SIT probe into the lynching of cattle …
Lynching not reality of Rajasthan: Raje
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said lynching is not something “happening in Rajasthan alone.” “It’s not the reality of …
‘Alwar lynching on cow smuggling suspicion, family to get Rs 8 lakh’
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) The Haryana government on Thursday said Rakbar Khan alias Akbar from Nuh district of the state fell victim to mob lynching …
Police also responsible for lynching incidents: Rajasthan Minister
Jaipur, July 26 (IANS) Like cow smugglers, the Rajasthan Police is also responsible for the rise in cases of cow smuggling and consequent incidents of …
Two held in tribal lynching case in Rajasthan
Jaipur, July 25 (IANS) Two men, identified as Anwar and Padhai, have been arrested in the case of lynching of a tribal, Khetaram, for his …
BJP patronizing mob lynching forces, alleges Mayawati
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of patronizing and promoting people behind mob …
Judicial inquiry ordered into Alwar mob lynching case
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) The CJM’s court of Alwar on Tuesday ordered a judicial inquiry into the mob lynching incident on Saturday night that led …
Centre issues advisory to states to check mob violence, lynching
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Central government on Tuesday asked states to appoint nodal officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police in each …
Mob lynching worst period for minorities: Azam Khan
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan on Tuesday said the safety and security of minorities in the country was in danger, …
Will bring law against lynching if need be: Rajnath
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the central government is taking the incidents of lynching “very seriously” and …
Error of judgement, says team probing police delay in Alwar lynching case (Third Lead)
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) A high level team, set up by the Rajasthan Police on Monday, to probe why policemen took three hours to reach …
Police officer suspended over Alwar lynching
Jaipur, July 23 (IANS) Rajasthan Police on Monday suspended Assistant Sub-Inspector Mohan Singh for the undue delay in taking to a hospital a man brutally …
Congress raises Alwar lynching case in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Congress on Monday raised in the Lok Sabha the issue of lynching of a Muslim man in Rajasthan’s Alwar, …
Alwar lynching: Police to probe delay in taking Rakbar to hospital
Jaipur, July 23 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police on Monday formed a high-level team to probe the reasons for the alleged delay in taking to the …
Lynching is Narendra Modi’s brutal new India: Rahul
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Congress Presdient Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the latest lynching incident in Rajasthan’s Alwar represents Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “brutal …
SC agrees to hear contempt plea in Alwar lynching case
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a contempt plea against the Rajasthan government for violating court directives in …
BJP minister says Alwar lynching done to defame Modi
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Minister and senior BJP leader Arjun Ram Meghwal sparked a controversy on Saturday, saying the Alwar lynching incident was …
Rajnath suggests states frame anti-lynching laws, calls 1984 riots biggest one
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday suggested to the states that a “strict law, if needed” should be framed …
Rajnath suggests states frame anti-lynching laws
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday suggested to the states that a “strict law, if needed” should be framed …
Mob lynching: Rajnath for social media checks, opposition walks out
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time admitted in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that fake news on …
SC issues guidelines to check lynching, mobocracy
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued 22 guidelines for the central and state governments to put an end to “horrendous …
SC for Central advisories to states to stop mob violence, lynching
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) In a move to stop mob violence and lynching, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to issue advisories …
SC asks Parliament to enact law to check lynching(Second Lead)
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday condemned mob lynching incidents across the country and asked Parliament to enact a law to …
Congress to raise lynching, women’s safety in monsoon session
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Congress party on Tuesday said it will raise the issues of mob lynching and women’s safety besides many other …
SC condemns mob lynching, recommends Parliament enact law
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday condemned mob lynching incidents across the country and urged Parliament to enact a law to …