Dadri Beef Incident

Dadri in Uttar Pradesh is tense again as the family of a 22-year-old murder accused refuses to cremate his body till they are given one crore in compensation and action is taken against the jailer at the prison where he was lodged. Ravi Sisodia's family alleges he was murdered.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he did not become the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party got absolute majority in 2012 so that he could spend more time with party workers and keep a tab on the working of the government.

Citing the Dadri lynching incident, the Shiv Sena today cautioned senior ally BJP against the statements by some of its leaders on the suicide by a Dalit student in Hyderabad "boomeranging" on the party.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said food and religion are matters of individual choice and no one can dictate what one should eat, adding that the "biggest" duty of governments is to protect the religious freedom and rights of minorities.

The central government is awaiting a report on the Dadri mob killing incident it had sought from the Akhilesh Yadav dispensation in Uttar Pradesh to ascertain factual position and action taken by the state, Lok Sabha was informed today.

BJP today took a dig at Arun Shourie, a former party veteran, over his sharp criticism of Narendra Modi, saying he was unable to hear the Prime Minister because he had not learnt to listen to others and was being "carried away by emotions".

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today dismissed accusations linking it with some recent "condemnable" incidents like Dadri mob killing episode in which a man was killed for allegedly eating beef, saying the Sangh is unnecessarily being put in the dock as part of a conspiracy by some forces.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.

A charge sheet has been filed against Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Sangeet Som for allegedly violating the prohibitory orders imposed in Dadri's Bishada village, where a man was killed in a mob attack over rumours that he stored and consumed beef.

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) suspects there was "pre-meditated planning" behind the Dadri killing over beef rumours and the controversial statements by politicians to make capital out of such outrages was "disturbing".

With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.

Speaking out for first time after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri allegedly over rumours that he had eaten beef, key BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal slammed the party for failing to act against 'rotor-mouths'.

Amid political slugfest on the lynching of Muslim man Mohammed Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over beef-eating rumours, Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today said that anyone with an element of humanism would condemn the incident and such things must be checked.

The steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Akademi awards has been termed as a "manufactured paper rebellion" against the government by finance minister Arun Jaitley.

In the backdrop of lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of eating beef in Dadri, the Centre has asked all states not to discriminate against the minorities while registering an FIR, as timely filing of charge sheet and speedy trial restore the faith of different communities.

Dadri in Uttar Pradesh is tense again as the family of a 22-year-old murder accused refuses to cremate his body till they are given one crore in compensation and action is taken against the jailer at the prison where he was lodged. Ravi Sisodia's family alleges he was murdered.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he did not become the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party got absolute majority in 2012 so that he could spend more time with party workers and keep a tab on the working of the government.

Citing the Dadri lynching incident, the Shiv Sena today cautioned senior ally BJP against the statements by some of its leaders on the suicide by a Dalit student in Hyderabad "boomeranging" on the party.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said food and religion are matters of individual choice and no one can dictate what one should eat, adding that the "biggest" duty of governments is to protect the religious freedom and rights of minorities.

The central government is awaiting a report on the Dadri mob killing incident it had sought from the Akhilesh Yadav dispensation in Uttar Pradesh to ascertain factual position and action taken by the state, Lok Sabha was informed today.

BJP today took a dig at Arun Shourie, a former party veteran, over his sharp criticism of Narendra Modi, saying he was unable to hear the Prime Minister because he had not learnt to listen to others and was being "carried away by emotions".

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today dismissed accusations linking it with some recent "condemnable" incidents like Dadri mob killing episode in which a man was killed for allegedly eating beef, saying the Sangh is unnecessarily being put in the dock as part of a conspiracy by some forces.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.

A charge sheet has been filed against Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Sangeet Som for allegedly violating the prohibitory orders imposed in Dadri's Bishada village, where a man was killed in a mob attack over rumours that he stored and consumed beef.

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) suspects there was "pre-meditated planning" behind the Dadri killing over beef rumours and the controversial statements by politicians to make capital out of such outrages was "disturbing".

With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.

Speaking out for first time after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri allegedly over rumours that he had eaten beef, key BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal slammed the party for failing to act against 'rotor-mouths'.

Amid political slugfest on the lynching of Muslim man Mohammed Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over beef-eating rumours, Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today said that anyone with an element of humanism would condemn the incident and such things must be checked.

The steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Akademi awards has been termed as a "manufactured paper rebellion" against the government by finance minister Arun Jaitley.

In the backdrop of lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of eating beef in Dadri, the Centre has asked all states not to discriminate against the minorities while registering an FIR, as timely filing of charge sheet and speedy trial restore the faith of different communities.