-The Telegraph New Delhi: India witnessed 822 communal flare-ups in 2017, the highest for a year and a 27 per cent rise from 2014, according to data provided by the Union home ministry to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. As many as 111 people were killed in these 822 incidents of communal violence, the figures showed. Some 86 people were killed in 703 such incidents in 2016, compared with 97 deaths in...
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Communal Incidents rose 17% last year from 2016 -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Communal Incidents across the country rose to 822 last year from 703 in 2016, reversing the falling trend seen in the preceding year. As many as 111 persons were killed and 2,384 injured due to communal violence in 2017, up from 86 killed and 2,321 injured in 2016. In 2016, Communal Incidents were down from the levels seen in 2015 (751). The death toll in 2017...
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-The Hindu As many as 111 people were killed and 2,384 others were injured in 822 Communal Incidents in 2017, up from 751 such incidents in 2016, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir said on Tuesday. The highest number of Communal Incidents, as many as 195, was reported from Uttar Pradesh where 44 people were killed. Karnataka has seen 100 Communal Incidents in which nine were killed while there were 91 incidents of riots in...
More »Pranab Bardhan, professor of graduate school in the department of economics at the University of California (Berkeley), interviewed by Devadeep Purohit (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The Left in Bengal had often criticised him whenever he red-flagged excessive local tyranny, and spoke about the industrial decline in Bengal. The incumbent ruling party may make tall claims about changes in Bengal since the Trinamul government came to power but he has been candid enough to suggest that he hasn't seen much change either in industrial expansion or in investment in infrastructure. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
More »278 People Killed In Communal Violence In Last 3 Years, Highest In UP: Govt Tells Rajya Sabha
-Outlook A total of 278 people were killed in 2,098 Communal Incidents in different parts of the country in last three years, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said the highest number of 77 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh in 450 Communal Incidents in 2014-16, followed by Maharashtra where 32 people were killed in 270 such incidents. There were 197 incidents of communal violence in...
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