Latest communal tensions News & Updates

New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The spy rings that the Indian agencies have been unearthing in recent months were not just focussing on providing sensitive information regarding the Indian armed forces. Within the espionage network, there are a bunch of people who were instructed to only focus on places of religious worship.Investigations have revealed that these persons were specifically told to scout for information relating to places of religious worship. Many had gathered information regarding Hi…

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Jamaat-e-Islami is going all out to ensure that it secures a massive victory in the Bangladesh elections slated to be held in February. The organisation has devised separate strategies for the urban and rural areas and is targeting 163 constituencies exclusively where internal surveys have suggested a victory for the party.As of now, the Jamaat and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are fighting the polls solo. The two parties had fought elections and even govern…

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Mob violence and arson following communal flare‑up have become a pattern in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, where fresh protests in Beldanga on Friday over the death of a migrant worker in Jharkhand spilt into the weekend. Incidentally, former Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir’s proposed Babri Masjid replica is also intended for Beldanga, which turned into a fortress on December 6 last year during the foundation stone laying event.Riot police and central forces patrol…