Gau Rakshak

Bulandshahr cop Subodh Singh killed by .32 bore pistol: Gun commonly used by UP gangsters, not state police

Bulandshahr murder: The autopsy report of Subodh Kumar Singh suggested he was killed from a gunshot injury of a .32 bore pistol. An FIR registered at the Siyana police station names 27 people apart from 50-60 other unknown persons as accused for the murder of Singh. The FIR mentions that the protesters also snatched a pistol and three mobile phones from Singh.

Bulandshahr murder: My father taught us to be secular and all religions are equal, says son of slain police officer

Subodh Kumar was the Investigating officer (IO) in the case of lynching of Akhlaq, who was killed over cow slaugher allegations. Abhishek Kumar, a class 12 student, had just finished writing his exams when he received the unfortunate news of his father's death.

Bulandshahr violence: BJP youth wing leader Shikhar Agarwal named in Subodh Singh's murder; cops detain Bajrang Dal leader

Bulandshahr violence: Right-wing leaders, including one associated with BJP youth wing, were among the main accused who incited the mob to kill Subodh Kumar Singh on Monday in violence which broke out in Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Alwar may slip out of BJP's grip as lynchings, subjugation of SC/STs polarise voters

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: The Meo Muslims in Alwar haven't forgotten the the mob lynchings at the hands of self-styled gau rakshaks, and neither have Dalit protesters who faced police heavy-handedness for protesting against dilution of SC/ST act

'Hindutva different from Hinduism': In day 3 speech, Mohan Bhagwat speaks on cow vigilantism, Kashmir

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat answered questions on a variety of issues on the third and final leg of his three-day lecture series in Delhi.

Family in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district tie man to tree, chop off his hand for asking about missing cow

The victim, Kallu Sahu, went Saturday evening to the home of Sattu Yadav in Pipalwali village, situated about 40 km from the district headquarters, in search of his missing cow, Sultanpur police station's Assistant Sub-Inspector Malkhan Singh Meena said.

Alwar lynching case: BJP caught between pushing development agenda and playing to the tunes of its voter base

It is not very tough to see that the BJP is caught in a cleft stick, trying to navigate between its growth agenda and a nativist, obscurantist, divisive and exclusionary one

Alwar lynching: State home minister says evidence points to custodial death but case timeline raises doubts

A comparison of timeline of events in Alwar lynching presented by eyewitness and the Rakbar Khan's colleague suggest that the eyewitness and police may have known about them even before Rakbar and Aslam had reached Lalawandi village

Telangana BJP MLA says lynching won't stop unless cow gets status of 'Rashtra Mata'; urges MPs to make demand in parliament

Maintaining that he never supported the killing or lynching people by "gau rakshaks", Singh, however, deplored "nobody discusses protection of cows and how to stop such violence".

Aadhaar beats mitron, notebandi, gau rakshak to become Oxford Dictionary's Hindi word of 2017

Oxford Dictionaries has chosen 'Aadhaar' as the Hindi word of 2017. The word gained popularity due to Aadhaar card, which was in news last year and is likely to remain in highlight this year as well.