-Outlook Muzaffarnagar (UP): Six people including the son of Khap council chief have been charge sheeted in connection with the murder of three persons in Bahawdi village during Muzaffarnagar riots, Special Investigation Team sources said. The SIT filed a charge sheet against one Shayam Singh, son of Khap council head Baba Sita Ram, and five others- Deepak, Dharmender, Surender, Sonu and Nitu in connection with the murder of three people and burning...
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NGO showcases Gujarat’s ‘other story’
-The Telegraph Kolkata: An NGO set up in response to the 2002 carnage in Gujarat has decided to carry out awareness programmes across the country in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to highlight the potential pitfalls of Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister. "A dream of development is being shown to the people of India.... But that is not the reality. There is another side to the story of Gujarat,...
More »Muzaffarnagar riots: For Rs 5 lakh, 900 families give up their right to return home -Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express Muzaffarnagar: With winter setting in, and the conditions in relief camps fast deteriorating, over 900 displaced families in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts have signed affidavits stating that they will not return to their villages, in return for a compensation of Rs 5 lakh from the state government. "Main aur mere parivar ke sadasya apne gram mein hui hinsatmak ghatnaon se bhayakant hokar gaon va ghar chhodkar aaye hain, tatha...
More »Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 still in relief camps
-PTI Uttar Pradesh government files status report on Muzaffarnagar violence in the Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Supreme Court that over 41,000 persons, out of 50,955 who had taken shelter in 58 relief camps in riots-hit Muzaffarnagar area, have gone back to their native places. A fresh status report, filed by Divisional Commissioner of Saharanpur, however, admitted that nearly 10,000 persons are still living in 10 operational camps and the...
More »Sugar economy faces crisis in riot-hit UP belt -Anil Sasi and Surbhi Khyati
-The Indian Express Riot-hit Muzaffarnagar may now be looking at a crisis in its sugar economy. With private mills in the state refusing to start crushing until the Uttar Pradesh government clarifies cane prices, harvesting of crop that should have begun by now has not yet started. A key cane-growing district, Muzaffarnagar is reported to have the highest agricultural GDP in UP. With recent incidents again bringing the district to a boil,...
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