-The Times of India AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh government has sent out letters to the Muzaffarnagar DM and SSP asking for their views on the withdrawal of criminal cases against BJP leaders, some of them ministers now, allegedly involved in the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 that rendered more than 50,000 homeless and left 63 dead. The letter, sent from the office of the special secretary, Raj Singh, in the department of justice,...
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30000 riot displaced off govt's radar
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tens of thousands of people who relocated from riot-torn areas of Muzaffarnagar to areas with minority concentration find themselves out of the government's grid even three years after the violence forced them to flee their homes. This is the main finding of a survey conducted by NGOs Aman Biradari and Afkar India of the 65 colonies that have come up in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli to house the 30,000...
More »India sees rise in communal violence, UP leads states -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Communal violence witnessed a rise in 2015, with 751 incidents recorded across the country as against 644 in 2014. According to data put out by the government in reply to a Lok Sabha question on Wednesday, there was also a rise in casualties resulting from communal unrest last year, with dead and injured up at 97 and 2,264 from 95 and 1,921 respectively in 2014. Incidentally,...
More »Communal clashes killed fewer people this year than in 2014, claims MHA report -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the 'intolerance' debate, lesser people have died in communal incidents this year as compared to 2014. While 86 people were killed until October this year, communal violence claimed 90 lives in the corresponding period of 2014. However, the total number of communal incidents till October witnessed a rise this year with 630 incidents being recorded as compared to 561 incidents in 2014. In 2013, when...
More »Politics of meat ban creating polarisation -Smita Gupta
-The Hindu The murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri should come as no surprise to those who have been closely following the ground level politics in western Uttar Pradesh. The murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri, on the edge of the national capital, by a violent Hindu mob on Wednesday should come as no surprise to those who have been closely following the ground level politics in western Uttar Pradesh and the...
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