-TheCitizen.in 7 dams, 3 weirs, 2 tunnels and a canal A people’s movement against a river linking project in Gujarat and Maharashtra has won a significant victory in south Gujarat, where Adivasi dominated areas have been on the boil the last few weeks over plans to execute a Par-Tapi-Narmada interlinking project that would divert the “surplus water” of these rivers in the Western Ghats to water scarce areas in Kutch and Saurashtra. Media...
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Around 3,400 communal riots took place from 2016-2020: Centre -Malavika Murali
-Hindustan Times MoS home affairs Nityanand Rai said 857 communal or religious riot cases were registered in 2020, 438 in 2019, 512 in 2018, 723 in 2017 and 869 in 2016 NEW DELHI: The central Government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that India witnessed 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting during the period 2016-2020. MoS home affairs Nityanand Rai made the disclosure in response to a question posed by Congress MP Shashi...
More »Delhi govt orders probe as Ghazipur landfill fire rages on for over 24 hours
-IndiaToday.in Ghazipur landfill fire: The Delhi Government has ordered a probe to find the cause of the fire raging at the Ghazipur landfill. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has ordered the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to investigate the cause of the fire at the Ghazipur landfill site. Instructions have been issued to submit a report after investigating all aspects of the incident in 24 hours. Strict action will be taken against those...
More »CSO appeals for immediate release of Deme Oram and 21 villagers of Bondamunda in Odisha
-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association dated March 29, 2022 This is to urgently appeal for immediate release of Deme Oram and 21 other people who are still under arrest since yesterday and their location is still unknown. Yesterday (28th March) Deme Oram and 200 displaced villagers of Bondamunda were initially arrested while they were sitting on an indefinite dharna since 16th of March demanding justice and implementation of the...
More »India Witnessed 3,399 Cases of Communal or Religious Rioting Between 2016 and 2020
-TheWire.in MoS Home reply in Lok Sabha reveals that there were a total of over 2.76 lakh cases of rioting across the country during this five-year period. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that there were as many as 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting in the country in the five year period from 2016 to 2020. Overall, it said there were...
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