Congress chief slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday after anti-Padmaavat protesters attacked a school bus carrying children.

The Ahmedabad Police have detained nothing less than 41 people for their alleged involvement in violence in the city in connection with the release of controversial movie 'Padmaavat'.

A massive violence had erupted in Haryana State after Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in a rape case, resulting in a total loss of over Rs 126 crores to the state.

Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday accused the BJP of targeting youth leaders like him and charged the party and the RSS with instigating violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon in Maharasthra.

The agencies have unearthed a document that claims that Naxal organisations had met before the Bhima Koregaon violence which resulted in Maharashtra bandh and section 144 in Thane.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some opposition members blamed on the BJP and the RSS.

Students of Sathyabama University near here on Wednesday late evening set on fire their hostel beds late on Wednesday and engaged in acts of vandalism, said a Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Department official.

Tension prevailed at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus here on Sunday after an agitation by woman students, protesting molestation of a student, turned violent late on Saturday when police used force to disperse the protesters.

Troubles for Gurmeet Ram Rahim do not seem to end any soon, the court has already tagged him as a rapist and is all set to decide whether he is also a murderer in two separate murder cases.

Former Planning Commission member Arun Maira contends that "physical violence" in the real world and "verbal violence" on social media against people whom "we do not approve of" are increasing today. With such trends on the rise, the very idea of democracy finds itself in a crisis.