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Cab driver beaten, abused and forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in Thane; police arrest three accused
Fp Staff •Thane police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said, "Based on the content of the complaint, we have registered an offence and have also included the section for insulting and hurting religious beliefs. The three accused have been arrested by the police and are in our custody. Further investigation is going on."
Jharkhand mob lynching: US body on religious freedom condemns 'brutal' murder of Tabrez Ansari, urges Modi govt to curb violence
•The report detailed numerous concerns in Jharkhand, including its anti-conversion law and mob violence against religious minorities. In 2018, USCIRF released a special report on limitations on religious minorities in South Asia, including in India.
'Don't have much hope': Brother of Mohsin Shaikh, Pune techie lynched in 2014, says family still waiting for justice
Parth Mn •It has been five years since the murder of Mohsin Shaikh, but the family of the Pune techie has still not received justice
Mobs set Hindu shops ablaze in Pakistan after veterinarian uses pages of holy book to wrap medicines
•Mobs set ablaze shops belonging to the Hindus after a veterinary doctor allegedly tore pages of a holy book and wrapped medicines in them in Pakistan's Sindh province, according to a media report.
US warning of communal violence ahead of LS polls worrying, but singling out India amid global rise of hate crime is a stretch
Tara Kartha •The US ODNI intelligence singling out India, warning communal violence ahead of General Election to Lok Sabha, may indicate a certain bias, but a global rise of hate only makes that threat more serious, not less
Bulandshahr violence: Another accused Pawan Kumar arrested; count up to 35, says Uttar Pradesh Police
•One more accused in last month's Bulandshahr mob violence, in which a police inspector and a civilian were killed, was arrested Monday, police said.
Amartya Sen supports Naseeruddin Shah, claims India suffered because of patience for inequality, injustice
•Amartya Sen also said he would advocate changing the name of the Nalanda University, as it was not "functioning in conformity with its heritage".
Ghazipur violence: 11 arrested after constable's death in stone pelting; Congress calls it 'Adityanath's jungle rule'
Fp Staff •The Congress on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a police constable in Ghazipur in stone pelting by a mob, alleging that in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "jungle rule" neither the people were safe, nor the police.
MeitY’s draft intermediary guidelines need a relook, but not at cost of fundamental rights
Asheetar •The amended guidelines fail to actually contribute in any way towards resolving the problems at hand.
Bulandshahr violence: Man who 'shot' inspector Subodh Kumar Singh sent to 14-day judicial custody
•A court on Friday sent to 14-day judicial custody the man who allegedly shot dead a police inspector during mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district earlier in December. Prashant Nat, who was arrested Thursday from Sikandrabad, was produced in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate.