Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was imposed in the Karauli district of Rajasthan on Saturday and the internet was shut down after stones were pelted during a 'Shobha Yatra' procession that day.
As per reports, two groups of the same community clashed resulting in violence and stone-pelting.
According to police, a Station House Officer (SHO) sustained a bullet injury and two Special Armed Police (SAP) jawans were injured in stone pelting.
Barring stray incidents of violence like stone pelting, the shutdown called by the MVA allies Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP was largely peaceful.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday, 1 August, issued orders that prohibit passport clearance and government jobs to those involved in 'anti-India' activities like stone pelting.
A huge crowd comprising of students, pelted stones and vandalised vehicles and properties in Sasaram during COVID-19 protocol enforcement drive carried out by the police and local administration while trying to close a coaching institute.
The police along with teams of municipal corporation demolished a house from where some women and children pelted stones at the people taking out the yatra.
The centuries-old tradition of stone-pelting, performed by different groups in Himachal Pradesh's Dhami village to appease Goddess Kali, was given a miss this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tension gripped Rajasthan's Churu district after clashes broke out between police and locals during a protest. The protest was held following the death of a pregnant woman in Churu.
Three policemen, including a sub-inspector, were injured when a group of people attacked a team which had gone to a village in Shamli district to arrest an accused in a cow slaughter case
A police team was attacked in Gujarat capital Ahmedabad Friday evening as they guided people on following lockdown rules and social distancing norms strictly. The incident took place in Shahpur area of Ahmedabad. The police team resorted to the use of tear-gas shells to disperse the people.
Five people arrested for stone pelting at police in Indore.
Pro-citizenship law protestors on Sunday pelted stones at an anti-CAA protest in New Delhi's Jaffrabad neighbourhood, which has been witnessing a sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Law (CAA).
At least 50 people have been injured in violence during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) rally in Jharkhand's Lohardaga. According to the latest reports, several vehicles and houses were set on fire in the arson carried out by the miscreants.
An angry mob pelted stones on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on Friday. As per initial reports, the mob is led by the family of Mohammad Hassan, the boy who allegedly abducted and converted Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur, who is the daughter of the gurdwara's pathi.
Protesters went berserk in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur during demonstrations against the amended citizenship law on Friday. Protests were held after Friday prayers with agitators pelting stones at police personnel.
Violent protests broke out against the amended citizenship law in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Friday. Protests turned violent when protesters set ablaze vehicles in the area. The agitators also indulged in stone-pelting.
After Seelampur, violence has been reported from Delhi's Brijpuri during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
The Centre also announced its decision to bifurcate the state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5.
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said there was a decline in the incidents of stonepelting since August 5, when the Centre announced abrogation of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
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