-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...
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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 »Lakhs battle misery as flood toll rises to 17 -Sandeep Mishra
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Water levels in all major rivers in the state fell on Saturday, raising hopes of respite from the trail of misery that began exactly two weeks ago on October 12 when cyclone Phailin hit coastal Odisha. In the latest floods that have hit the state, seven more died on Saturday, taking the toll to 17 over the past three days. Two deaths each were reported from Bhadrak,...
More »Flood situation worsens in Odisha, Andhra Priya -Ranjan Sahu & agencies
-The Hindustan Times Bhubaneswar/Hyderabad: At least four more people have been killed and 66,000 evacuated as the flood situation worsened in Odisha following incessant rain in most parts of the state for the fifth consecutive day on Friday. The continuous downpour has added to the suffering of the people after Cyclone Phailin hit the beach town of Gopalpur in Ganjam on the night of October 12 with a wind speed of more...
More »Yet another doctored riot -Harsh Mander
-The Hindustan Times A people who have never fought each other in history are today bitterly estranged, fearful and angry. ‘Not even during the Partition riots of 1947 did a drop of blood flow in our villages', they repeatedly told us. And today, some 50 lie dead, and 50,000 have fled their homes in terror. Cramped into makeshift camps in madrasas sand mosques, many resolve never to return to the land...
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