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Uttarakhand High Court acquits two main accused in arson case at Salman Khurshid's house
•On 15 November, 2021, arson, vandalism and firing were reported at Khurshid's house in village Puda in Mukteshwar, causing damage to the property
Curfew relaxed for small intervals in Khargone, only women allowed to step out
•Curfew was clamped in Khargone on Sunday evening following incidents of arson and stone-pelting during Ram Navami celebrations
Eight killed in Bengal: 20 arrested for Birbhum violence, forensic team at site of incident
Fp Staff •The West Bengal government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director General (CID) Gyanwant Singh, to probe the incident.
NCPCR writes to West Bengal Police seeking action in Birbhum incident within 3 days
•As many as eight people were burnt to death in the Rampurhat area of West Bengal's Birbhum on Tuesday after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bahadur Shaikh.
Panchayat leader killed, eight charred to death: Understanding the unrest in West Bengal’s Birbhum district
Fp Explainers •The BJP has slammed the West Bengal government for the violence in Rampurhat in Birbhum. While Suvendu Adhikari lamented the ‘freefall of law and order’ in the state, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar termed the incident as an ‘arson orgy’
Protests over killing of George Floyd: Burning police vehicle becomes symbol of unrest in New York City
•On Friday night in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, protesters descended on an unoccupied New York Police Department van, which quickly became the target of all their anger and angst
Canada Parliament declares Myanmar treatment of Rohingya Muslims as genocide; human rights observers laud move
•The motion also endorsed the findings of a UN mission that outlines humanitarian crimes against the Rohingya Muslima and other minorities by the Myanmar military.
Sterlite protests: In 2,445-page report on Thoothukudi police firing, civil society groups accuse officers of arson, stone-pelting
Rejimon K •Police firing had killed 13 people at the Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi in May, and the arson and stone-pelting had added to the chaos and violence.
Sathyabhama University students resort to arson after first year student kills herself in Chennai
•Students of Sathyabhama University in Chennai went on a rampage and set afire its hostel properties over the alleged suicide of a first year girl
Five coal labourers killed, two injured in accident at Odisha's Dhamra port
Fp Staff •At least five labourers were killed and as many injured when a coal heap caved in at Dhamra Port Company Ltd (DPCL) premises leading to arson and violence at Dhamra in Bhadrak district on Tuesday, officials said.