-TheWire.in The woman was reportedly referred to as 'corona' and physically assaulted. New Delhi: Taking cognisance of reports which said a woman from the Northeast was called ‘corona’, subjected to racial abuse and brutally attacked in Faizapur, Gurugram while she was passing through a locality, the National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the chief secretary of Haryana and the police commissioner of Gurugram. The Commission said reports noted that a...
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HC tells AAP govt to ensure food, shelter for Delhi riot victims
-PTI/ Hindustan Times The Delhi HC order sought the AAP government and EDMC’s responses on a plea seeking direction to authorities to re-open the relief camp at Idgah in Mustafabad and provide proper food supplies, adequate water, sanitation and security to the victims. The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the AAP government to ensure victims of the recent NorthEast Delhi riots, who may be homeless at the moment, are provided with...
More »Deaths & injuries in communal incidents during 2018 is not revealed by the latest available annual report of the Home Ministry
As body count due to Delhi riots (some call it pogrom) rise above 45, it is essential to look at the official data related to communal incidents in the country. It is from the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), one gets information about the number of communal incidents in different years, apart from the number of persons injured and killed in those incidents. There is one...
More »Cop out in Delhi: Police response invariably reflects the bias of the ruling party -Prakash Singh
-The Indian Express The police are, no doubt, to blame for not being able to function in an objective and impartial manner. There is definitely a failure of leadership also. But can political parties across the spectrum escape the blame for continuing to use the police as an instrument to further their political agenda? The ongoing violence in NorthEast Delhi, where at least 10 persons, including a head constable, were killed in...
More »North-East Bandh Protests in Assam, Manipur after Lok Sabha clears Citizenship Bill
-The Indian Express North-East Bandh Today, Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) Protests Live News Updates: The CAB is a contentious issue in Northeast India with influential socio-political groups and political parties holding it as a threat to the interests of the indigenous communities of the region. Agartala, Guwahati, Imphal, New Delhi: Security has been beefed up across the states of North-East as an 11-hour bandh called in protest against the contentious Citizenship...
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