-The Hindu Married for the compensation, these women were rejected when the state did not pay Muzaffarnagar (UP): A lie floated by a junior Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has created serious trouble for many women among the riot-affected Muslim families in Muzaffarnagar. They have been thrown out by their husbands, who have accused them of hiding compensation money that they never got. After the riots last September, a...
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Toilets or not, paturiyas always -Neha Dixit
-Deccan Chronicle The first time I ever had to get back to my car within five minutes of stepping out to cover an event was on April 7 this year. Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was visiting the riot affected areas of Shamli and was scheduled to address a rally as a part of his political campaign. Teenage boys on tractors, young men on the roof of buses, men in the...
More »526,000 internally displaced in India: UN-backed report
-PTI The report said conditions in displacement camps remain dire across the country The United Nations: India at the end of last year had about 526,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), uprooted from their homes due to Communal violence and armed conflict, according to a new UN-backed report. "India continued to experience new and protracted displacement during 2013 as a result of Communal violence and armed conflict with a total of at least 526,000...
More »Communal riots rose by 25 per cent in 2013, says MHA data -Rahul Tripathi
-The Indian Express The southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala also figure prominently in the list. The year before the Lok Sabha elections, 2013, saw communal rioting incidents in the country jumping by nearly 25 per cent, with Uttar Pradesh, which witnessed major religious clashes in Muzaffarnagar, being the worst affected with 247 incidents compared to 118 in 2012. Data from the Union home ministry (MHA) shows that states such as UP,...
More »Politicians under crime record bureau lens -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha polls are not only under the watch of the Election Commission and financial agencies for corrupt practices, but also under the scanner of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). For the first time, the agency, under instructions from the home ministry, will collect data on poll-related offences such as liquor/money distribution, communal or hate speeches, false affidavits by politicians, poll violence, bogus voting and...
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