Page 5 - Communal Violence

Delhi violence: CBSE to reschedule exams for students not able to appear

The Delhi High Court had on Friday said that shifting the examination centres at this time was not a viable option and asked the Delhi Police to ensure proper security at the exam centres

3 held for vandalising temple in Delhi's Chawri Bazaar, tension defused

Late in the evening people from the two communities, in presence police, held discussions on ways to defuse the tension

Do regional parties overlook violence in exchange for political support?

The study looked at constituency-level assembly election data between 1988 and 2011 and events of political violence between 1989 and 2015

Communal violence up 28% under Modi govt but short of UPA's decadal high

India was ranked fourth in the world in 2015-after Syria, Nigeria and Iraq-for the highest social hostilities involving religion

Communal tension in UP village over marriage leads to minority exodus

Police admit that the families have fled but are reluctant to call it an exodus

Trends in communal violence in India

India witnessed 751 communal clashes in 2015, up from 644 in 2014, say the data