riots

By Francis X. Rocca c. 2011 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI linked last month's riots in England to the corrosive effects of "moral relativism," and warned that preserving social order requires government policies based on "enduring values." Benedict made his...

NEW YORK: A Sikh human rights group here will ask a US court to subpoena Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath in a case filed against him for his alleged role in the 1984 riots, when a judge hears on September 21 arguments regarding his claim to diplomatic immunity. The outfit 'Sikhs...

A video of a Malaysian student who was beaten up and then robbed by "Good Samaritans" has sparked an online campaign to help the 20-year-old. Ashraf Haziq was punched in the jaw and had his mobile phone and wallet stolen. The Somethingniceforashraf site was the brainchild of Jamie Cowen...

The competing arguments used to explain the riots Many theories have been posited about the underlying causes of the riots in England - from moral decay to excessive consumerism. Here two criminologists give their views on some of the arguments. Welfare dependence Sir Max Hastings, in...

LONDON: 'Sangat TV', a Birmingham-based channel mainly in Punjabi, has emerged as the unlikely hero of the ongoing unrest in Britain with live coverage of events that included showing its correspondents helping the police tackle rioters. Indian-origin presenter Upinder Randhawa's sensitive...

Curfew continued on Wednesday in six areas of Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad city, about 340 km northwest of Lucknow, following an outbreak of communal violence late Tuesday. The violence broke out over rumours of riots, two days after a group of kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva) allegedly torched...

LONDON: The riots in England claimed South Asian victims on Wednesday when three young men of Pakistani origin were killed in a "deliberate" hit-and-run incident in the country's second biggest city of Birmingham. While retailers of Indian origin were attacked in Birmingham, in the west London...

11 PM Tuesday BST – Sikhs are being arrested by the police for carrying exposed ‘Sri Sahibs’. Arrests have been made in Handsworth. Image: Sangat outside Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Park Ave., Southall, London LONDON (August 9, 2011)–There have been reports of continued riots, including...

http://news.yahoo.com/london-rioters-battle-police-shooting-protest-054921704.html LONDON (Reuters) - London braced on Sunday for more violence after some of the worst riots in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local...

August 9, 2011 Britain's Riots: A Society In Denial Of The Burning Issues By Finian Cunningham Global Research, August 9, 2011 Britain saw its third consecutive night of widespread burning of properties and looting as riot police failed to contain gangs of masked youths marauding several...

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Sajjan Kumar, former Congress MP and prime accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Tuesday told a Delhi court that he wants to present evidence in his defence. Sajjan Kumar, who was brought to the court for recording his statement, told Additional Sessions Judge...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court records Sajjan Kumar's statement A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Monday recorded the statement of prime accused and former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta recorded the statement of Sajjan Kumar, one of the...

A Delhi court will on Monday record the statement of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who is facing trial in a 1984 anti Sikh riots case relating to the killing of six persons. The case against Sajjan, former outer Delhi MP, was registered on a recommendation by the justice G T Nanavati...

An accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving the killing of six persons, defended former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Wednesday over his alleged role in provoking a mob during the carnage. Pleading innocence, Girdhari Lal submitted before Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta: “It is...

New Delhi: A former MLA, facing trial along with Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case relating to killing of six persons in Delhi Cantonment area, on Friday claimed innocence before a city court saying it was a conspiracy to ruin his political career. "I was not involved...

New Delhi: A former city councillor, an accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case regarding killing of six persons in Delhi Cantt area on Wednesday told a city court that ex-Congress MP and co-accused Sajjan Kumar did not instigate any mob to kill Sikhs. "It is incorrect to say that Sajjan...

May 31, 2011 Press Trust Of India New York, May 31, 2011 First Published: 12:14 IST(31/5/2011) Last Updated: 12:15 IST(31/5/2011) US court sets date for pre-trial hearing in 1984 riots case A US federal Court has set September 21 date for pre-trial hearing in a case against urban...

LONDON, April 22, 2011 Manmohan Singh's apology for anti-Sikh riots a ‘Gandhian moment of moral clarity,' says 2005 cable Hasan Suroor The HinduTWO DECADES LATER: A victim of the riots at a 2005 demonstration in New Delhi. Photo: Sandeep Saxena Prime Minister Manmohan...

1984 riots: Petition against Prez award to IPS officer dismissed Harish V Nair, Hindustan Times In one of the severest criticism of the Centre on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Delhi High Court has accused the Centre of being “insensitive to the Sikh community”. This harsh criticism came in...

A man was sentenced today to life imprisonment for burning alive four persons in Trilokpuri area of East Delhi during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots which had broken out here following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Additional Sessions Judge P S Teji also imposed a fine...