Jawahar Bagh

Make no mistake: The massacre at Mathura's Jawahar Bagh is the state govt's fault

The Executive’s reluctance to attend to the public’s grievances is likely the biggest contributor to the death toll in the Jawahar Bagh riot in Mathura.

Mathura violence: Family of killed SP demands trial, threatens a sit-in

Family members of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed in the Mathura violence last week, on Wednesday demanded trial of the district magistrate and the district police chief for his "murder" and for allegedly "mishandling" the whole situation.

Mathura violence: How the UP government and Opposition responded

Days after the Uttar Pradesh police clashed with the members of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi (ABVVKS) at Jawahar Bagh, the state government on Tuesday submitted a two-page report detailing the sequence of events that led to the death of about 30 people.

Mathura violence: No political pressure on police to not evict encroachers, says UP govt

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday dismissed BJP's charge that there was political pressure on police to not evict encroachers from Mathura's Jawahar Bagh and said the recent violence there was the result of the failure of local authorities.

Mathura violence: SC to hear plea seeking CBI probe tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking CBI probe into the Jawahar Bagh violence in Mathura in which 29 people, including two policemen, lost their lives.

Where there was fire, ashes remain: The aftermath of the Mathura violence

The violence at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura, which left about 30 people dead, also had catastrophic effects on the colony.

Mathura violence: Death toll rises to 29, cops register 45 cases against encroachers

The death toll in the clashes between the police and encroachers of Jawahar Bagh has risen to 29 with two more persons succumbing to their injuries.

Mathura violence probe: Commissioner of Aligarh to visit Jawahar Bagh

A probe into the violence in Jawahar Bagh in which 24 people were killed, will begin on Sunday with the spot visit by the Commissioner of Aligarh.

Hema Malini goofed up but the blame for Mathura violence must lie with CM Akhilesh Yadav

If a Lok Sabha MP is held responsible for the implementation of law and order in a state, why on earth did people of Uttar Pradesh elect Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his entire troupe of Samajwadi Party MLAs? To hold annual mega bashes on party chief Mulayam Singh's birthday?

BJP launches attack over Mathura violence, asks why government was 'missing'

On Friday BJP attacked the Akhilesh government claiming that an intelligence failure led to Mathura violence in Uttar Pradesh which broke out on Thursday.