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MOB VIOLENCE NEWS

Haldwani toll 5, Dhami says ‘rioters tried to kill’ police, administration teams

February 10, 2024 10:28 am

Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar told Express five were dead and three critical. The district continued to be under curfew and heavy police deployment

In Junagadh mob violence, minor among 35 held; ‘flogging’ video to be probed: Police

June 20, 2023 4:26 am

Violence broke out after demolition show cause notices were issued by the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JuMc) to the Hazrat Gebanshah Pir Dargah near Majevadi Gate on Friday.

Religion-Fueled Mobs on the Rise Again in Pakistan

March 21, 2022 10:56 pm

Journalists in Pakistan have refrained from reporting on blasphemy cases since the rise of the extremist parties and their growing influence.

Before rage flared, a push to make Israel’s mixed towns more Jewish

May 24, 2021 10:17 am

A similar change was playing out in other mixed Arab-Jewish cities inside Israel, such as nearby Ramla and Acre in the north — part of a loosely organized nationwide project known as Torah Nucleus.

Mob violence against Palestinians in Israel is fueled by groups on WhatsApp

May 20, 2021 11:35 am

Within hours, dozens of other new WhatsApp groups popped up with variations of the same name and message. The groups soon organized a 6 p.m. start time for a clash in Bat Yam, a town on Israel’s coast.

First time in Rajkot: 28 societies in CM Vijay Rupani's constituency brought under Disturbed Areas Act

January 15, 2021 8:09 pm

The move that comes ahead of the local body elections in the state, covers areas, including the posh Chhotunagar, Nehrunagar, Subhasnagar, Racecourse Park, Sinchay Nagar and Saurabh Society, in Ward No. 2 of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC).

Gujarat: 7 held after video of mob thrashing couple goes viral

September 19, 2019 12:28 am

The families of the couple are said to have disapproved of their relationship, following which they had eloped a year ago, and was recently tracked down by the woman’s kin.

A slew of artistes will come together for protest performances in 10 cities this weekend

March 01, 2019 8:11 am

The artwork is part of a poster campaign in the run-up to a series of protest performances that will take place in almost 10 cities this weekend.

Nalanda: Teen among two lynched after RJD leader’s murder

January 04, 2019 4:01 am

Police have lodged four FIRs and booked 40 named and over 100 unidentified people. Five people from Paswan community, who are residents of the adjacent Maghrasarai village, have been arrested on charges of mob lynching.

Akhilesh Yadav says Yogi Adityanath's 'thok do' orders responsible for Ghazipur mob violence

December 30, 2018 7:07 pm

The protests were staged by Nishad Party workers, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in the district demanding release of the party's workers.

MOB VIOLENCE VIDEOS

‘The notion that your neighbour is your kin, regardless of faith, is a real thing in South India’

June 22, 2020 6:08 pm

Historian Rajmohan Gandhi talks about the need to chronicle Southern history and why he feels that the region is ‘losing voice’ in Delhi. In a discussion with journalists from Indian Express, he calls the recent lynchings ‘tragic, shameful’.

Express Eye for Detail 16: What went wrong in Bulandshahr, Christian Michel’s role in AgustaWestland scam and more

June 22, 2020 6:08 pm

This week we look at how UP got to a place where mob violence that spiralled out of control got a police officer killed, why the extradition of Christian Michel is a political hot potato & how a WhatsApp video ruined a woman’s life in Kerela.

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