Bhopal : Three persons were killed and two others injured as violence broke out during an ongoing farmers’ agitation in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, prompting the authorities to clamp curfew in the trouble-hit area. Some eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds but district authorities denied that there was any firing by police […]
Bengaluru: The violence in the Cauvery water dispute claimed its second life today, as an uneasy calm hung over worst-hit Bengaluru amid sporadic protests in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu marked by targeted attacks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain over the attacks in the two states locked in a bitter river water sharing row and […]
Mysore: The police resorted to lathicharge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse protesters who broke the barricades and tried to enter the KRS dam area at Srirangapatna in Mandya district on Friday during the Karnataka bandh. Three farmers jumped into the Cauvery and another farmer tried to consume pesticide near the KRS dam during the bandh […]
Madikeri : The Karnataka Police lathicharged Hindutva activists protesting against Tipu Jayanti celebrations after they pelted stones and set buses on fire in Madekeri on Tuesday, reports said. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Kuttappa was killed, while over 30 supporters were injured in the lathicharge. The 50-year-old, who was the VHP Kodagu secretary, was critically injured […]
Ullal : Tension prevailed for a while in Ullal on Friday night after a series of stone-throwing incidents followed an alleged sexual harassment of a four year old girl. The police said the girl, a LKG student in a school near Thokkottu, had discomfort while passing urine in the house in the evening. The child’s […]
Guwahati: At least 30 people, including the superintendent of police and seven policemen, have been injured in police firing after a mob went on a rampage at Rongpur area in Assam’s Cachar district. The district administration has asked the Army to remain alert and imposed prohibitory order in the district, official sources said. The incident […]
Kasaragod: The police have applied Sn.144 of IPC in Kanhangad and Hosdurga areas, in view of rioting by local mobs, and cases of arson and stone-throwing that have resulted in losses to vehicles and 12 houses, besides several shops. The rioting and mob fury started after a rickshaw was set on fire, belonging to a […]
Uttar Pradesh : Police and truck drivers clashed in Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh on Monday following the death of a truck driver, who was allegedly beaten to death by a RTO at a check post on National Highway 2. The family of the dead truck driver, identified as Ashwini Kumar Gupta, claims that he was […]
New Delhi : At least 61 people were injured as the anti-government protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing activists turned violent in New Delhi on Tuesday with the protesters hurling stones at the police and trying to march towards Parliament, prompting them to lob teargas shells and use force before detaining Yuva Morcha […]
