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  Guru Nanak's birth place, Nankana Sahib Gurdwara attacked in Pakistan; Sikh devotees stranded

  World | January 03, 2020 23:32 IST

  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.

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  Video shows protesters, police pelting stones at each other in Gorakhpur

  India | December 20, 2019 16:50 IST

  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.   

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  Video shows fire raging out of police jeep in Bulandshahr, protesters pelt stones

  India | December 20, 2019 16:52 IST

  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.

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  Anti-CAA stir: After Seelampur, stone pelting in Delhi's Brijpuri

  India | December 17, 2019 21:14 IST

  After Seelampur, violence has been reported from Delhi's Brijpuri during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

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  Over 5,000 separatists, stone pelters, others arrested in Kashmir since Aug 4: Govt

  India | November 20, 2019 15:30 IST

  The Centre also announced its decision to bifurcate the state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5.

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  765 arrested for stonepelting in J&K since abrogation of Article 370

  India | November 19, 2019 17:36 IST

  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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  MP: Six cops hurt in stone pelting

  India | October 30, 2019 14:42 IST

  Stones were hurled at police by supporters of both the men when they were being whisked away from the spot, the officer added.

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  Funeral procession violence: 200 booked, 33 arrested

  India | October 23, 2019 13:59 IST

  Pancharam Rithadiya, 44, allegedly committed suicide last week by jumping in front of a running train near Tilak Nagar railway station. During his funeral procession to a crematorium insuburban Chembur on Tuesday, his angry relatives and some other people allegedly pelted stones at the police and also vandalised a police van and some other private vehicles,

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  Local truck driver killed in stone pelting in south Kashmir

  India | August 25, 2019 23:28 IST

  Mohammad Khalil Dar, who belonged to the same Zradipora Uranhall locality, was returning home when protesters mistook his truck for a security force vehicle and hurled stones at it. The driver, who was hit on the head, was shifted to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.

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  Stone-pelting festival celebrated in Uttarakhand; 100 injured

  India | August 15, 2019 18:36 IST

  According to the tradition, four local feudal lords-- Chamyal, Gaharwal, Olgiya and Lamgaria-are divide into two groups. Then both groups start pelting each other with stones. The ritual ends with a signal from the head priest.

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  How separatist leader Masarat Alam spearheaded stone pelting from Jammu and Kashmir jail

  India | June 10, 2019 9:24 IST

  Hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat was in constant touch with terrorist organisations from the Jammu and Kashmir jail where he was in detention since 2010 before being shifted, and was instrumental in orchestrating stone pelting and attacks on security forces in the state.

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  Pellet victims protest, demand ban on use of pellet guns

  India | May 20, 2019 19:00 IST

  The protesters demanded ban on pellet guns, saying their continued use could render more people blind.

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  Six persons arrested for pelting stones at RSS camp

  India | May 15, 2019 21:52 IST

  Police have arrested six persons for pelting stones at a camp held by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district.

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  Stone pelters target house in Delhi, video goes viral on social media

  News | March 13, 2019 10:25 IST

  Stone pelters target house in Delhi, video goes viral on social media

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  Stones hurled at Vande Bharat Express, RPF dons Santa hat to tackle the situation

  India | February 20, 2019 16:55 IST

  An investigation into several incidents of the sort in Delhi established that most of the stone-pelters were young children, forcing RPF to change its methods.

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  TN Minister Balakrishna Reddy sentenced to 3 years in two-decade old riot case; resigns from Palaniswami-cabinet

  India | January 08, 2019 14:00 IST

  In a statement released Monday night, the Raj Bhavan said, "Governor of Tamil Nadu has accepted the resignation of P Balakrishna Reddy, from the Council of Ministers.”

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  J&K: Army jawan, injured in stone-pelting, dies in Srinagar

  India | October 26, 2018 23:57 IST

  The Army on Friday paid tributes to him and two other jawans -Lance Naik Brajesh Kumar, Sepoy Ngamsiamliana, who were killed in separate anti-militancy operations in Kashmir valley.

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  Jammu and Kashmir: Here's why seven civilians died after Kulgam encounter

  India | October 22, 2018 0:01 IST

  The blast, which claimed seven lives, occurred soon after security forces gunned down three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants in an encounter.

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  J&K students protest over state board's Class 11 exams

  India | October 03, 2018 15:01 IST

  A group of Class 11 students clashed with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Wednesday protesting against the conduct of the Class 11 examinations by the state board of school education.

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  Aaj Ka Viral: Stone pelting festival organised in Madhya Pradesh, 1 dead

  Aaj Ka Viral | September 11, 2018 22:02 IST

  Aaj Ka Viral: Stone pelting festival organised in Madhya Pradesh, 1 dead