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Communal clashes in Bihar after video on deities goes viral on WhatsApp

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August 7, 2016

Chhapra/Patna, Aug 7: Communal violence broke out in parts of Saran district of Bihar on Friday after a video showing desecration of deities of a community went viral on WhatsApp and other social media. The situation remained tense on Saturday, forcing the administration to take out a flag march in the district.

clashTill Friday night, violence was limited only to the Maker block. But on Saturday morning, it spread to Chhapra. Rioters damaged several police vehicles and district magistrate Deepak Anand was injured in brick-batting. More than 2,000 armed security personnel were deployed on the streets of Chhapra by Saturday afternoon.

The administration has imposed prohibitory orders till Monday and ordered immediate shutdown of Internet services in the district.

"The situation is tense, but under control. Even though group clash took place on Saturday morning in town area, the rioters were immediately dispersed," Anand said, adding that four people have been arrested for rioting.

Maker police station SHO Sanjay Kumar Gupta said one Mohammad Mubarakh (22) of Dakshin Tola in Maker, who presently lives in Bengaluru, put the objectionable video on social media.

Saran ADM Rajesh Kumar said three companies of Bihar Military Police, two companies of ITBP and one company of Indian Reserve Battalion have been deployed in Chhapra. "One company of Rapid Action Force has been called from Ranchi, Jharkhand," the ADM added. Besides, two companies of STF are on way to Chhapra from Patna and Gaya.

 

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Satyameva Jayate
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Sunday, 7 Aug 2016

politics again.....

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January 16,2020

Davanagere, Jan 16: Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned down all the recent media reports of him aspiring for the coveted Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committe (KPCC) president post.

Terming all the news, doing rounds, as baseless, Shivakumar said that he never made any attempt to become KPCC president. "All I want to do is work for my people and party", he asserted.

Referring to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's visit to Harihar's 'Our Lady of Health Minor Basilica' programme, Shivakumar said."I'm not concerned about what others are doing, everyone is free to take part in the programmes."

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March 10,2020

Bhopal, Mar 10: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday parried questions on the exact number of MLAs supporting the party in Madhya Pradesh amid a political crisis triggered by the resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindia and 14 MLAs loyal to him.

Repeating his allegation that the BJP was trying to destabilise the Congress-led government, Singh told reporters that the BJP had arranged three chartered planes for Bengaluru on Monday to fly out some MLAs loyal to Scindia.

"We want to know why Bengaluru is used every time to destabilise governments?" he questioned.

When asked about the number of MLAs supporting the Congress in the current political scenario, Singh only said, "Just wait".

He said an atmosphere of uneasiness has been prevailing in the BJP since the Kamal Nath government started cracking a whip on various mafias.

"We (the state government) are exposing Vyapam scam, e-tendering scam, Madhyam scam. In the honey-trap case, BJP men were found to be involved. This will be exposed," he said.

The political crisis in Madhya Pradesh precipitated with the resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindia over his apparent marginalisation in the state politics. Following Scindia's suit, 14 legislators loyal to him have sent their resignation letters via e-mail to Madhya Pradesh Raj Bhavan.

Scindia was subsequently expelled from the Congress by party president Sonia Gandhi.

Speculation that the Guna royal might join the BJP gained ground after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi this morning.

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