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Row over comments on Prophet Live: Local train vandalised in West Bengal`s Nadia district
Nupur Sharma Remark Live: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari retorted that he would move the court if he is stopped from visiting parts of violence-hit Howrah district.
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West Bengal: A local train in Bethuadhari, Nadia district, was vandalised amid protest by locals against controversial religious remarks.
Jamaat Ulama-e-Hind says Nupur Sharma, who made controversial remarks against Prophet, should be forgiven as per Islam.
UP Police has said that the bulldozers are being used under the ambit of law. “Bulldozers are being used for action in Prayagraj by Prayagraj Development Authority under the ambit of law. Heavy police deployed there as violent incidents happened last Friday”, said Prashant Kumar, ADG, Law & Order, UP Police.
Bulldozers demolish UP violence accused's home after Yogi Adityanath's warning
After violent protests in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the "illegally constructed" house of the main accused of inciting violence in the district was being demolished today. This occurred after Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) had earlier put a demolition notice at Javed Ahmed's residence.
Prophet row: Security bolstered in tense Jharkhand's Ranchi
Tension prevailed in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Sunday, as shops and other establishments remained shut amid heavy deployment of security forces in the wake of violent protests over controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. Internet services, however, were restored in the district after nearly 33 hours.
Around 2,500 police personnel are said to be on guard at sensitive areas in Ranchi, where two people were killed and more than two dozen people were critically injured, as protests and clashes rocked the city after the Friday prayers.
Protest outside Jama Masjid over Nupur Sharma's comment on Prophet Muhammad: Two arrested for disrupting communal harmony
Two men have been arrested for allegedly disrupting communal harmony and for holding a protest without permission to demand the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her remarks against Prophet Muhammad in the Jama Masjid area in Delhi, police said on Sunday.
Nupur Sharma Remark Live: West Bengal Police asks Suvendu Adhikari not to visit violence-hit Howrah; BJP says he will move court if stopped
As protests erupted in several parts of West Bengal's Howrah on Friday over controversial remarks by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal on Prophet Muhammad, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that he will visit parts of the violence-hit district on Sunday. The Nandigram MLA, however, was asked by West Bengal Police not to visit Howrah district where prohibitory orders have been clamped, following which, he said that he would move the court if he is stopped.
Nupur Sharma Remark Live: As protests erupted in several parts of West Bengal's Howrah on Friday over controversial remarks by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal on Prophet Muhammad, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that he will visit parts of the violence-hit district on Sunday. The Nandigram MLA, however, was asked by West Bengal Police not to visit Howrah district where prohibitory orders have been clamped, following which, he said that he would move the court if he is stopped.
A letter, issued by the officer-in-charge of Kanthi Police Station at Adhikari's hometown in Purba Medinipur district, stated that concern over his security was the main reason for asking him not to visit parts of Howrah district.
"I will visit our party offices in Howrah district that were ransacked. Police has asked me not to visit areas where Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed. But I will not violate prohibitory orders as I will go there alone.
"If I am stopped by the police, I will move the court tomorrow (Monday). An LoP can't be stopped from visiting a trouble-torn area," Adhikari said before leaving his Kanthi residence for Howrah.
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