Saharanpur Clashes

Spurred on by Bheem Army, Dalits in western UP put up united face after Saharanpur violence

This new phenomenon is being credited to the rise of Bheem Army that had been staging a sit-in in protest ever since clashes last week between Dalits and Thakurs left one person dead

Stop policy of saffron appeasement, BSP president Mayawati tells BJP

Lucknow: The BJP government's policy of "saffron appeasement" was impacting law and order in the state, BSP president Mayawati said on Saturday while demanding stern action against those behind the caste clashes in Saharanpur.

Saharanpur: Curfew relaxed for Eid, situation under control

Eid prayers today passed off peacefully in this violence-hit city where district authorities relaxed curfew to allow the devout to congregate even as security forces kept a tight vigil on trouble-mongers.

Saharanpur clashes: UP's Samajwadi Party govt in denial, says BJP

Attacking the Samajwadi Party (SP) government for billing the communal clashes in Saharanpur as a "caste conflict", state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters the Akhilesh Yadav government had gone in a denial mode.