Dadri Killing

Dadri Defiantly Holds Panchayat On Beef Report, Threats Made Openly

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday June 6, 2016

Ignoring police orders, a group of BJP and Shiv Sena politicians led a village meeting or panchayat demanding action against the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was lynched to death in September over accusations that his family was eating beef in their home.

Didn't Become Chief Minister So I Could Spend Time With Workers: Mulayam Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 27, 2016

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.

Lokayukta Tussle, Dadri Killing Cause Bitterness in Uttar Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 16, 2015

Politically vibrant Uttar Pradesh will ring the curtain down on 2015 after a tug-of-war between Raj Bhawan and Akhilesh Yadav government on Lokayukta issue and the horrific Dadri lynching, even as ruling Samajwadi Party pulled up its socks for Assembly polls a year away.

'I Can Never Go Back Home,' Says Dadri Mob Attack Survivor

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday December 7, 2015

On September 28, Danish Akhlaq felt cold panic when the door of his home broke open and a group of men rushed in. He had known most of them since childhood, but that didn't stop him from telling himself: "Danish, today you are dead."

Awaiting Uttar Pradesh Government's Report on Dadri Killing: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2015

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.

Look Which Minister is Getting President Kalam's Bungalow

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 28, 2015

The sprawling two-storey bungalow where former president APJ Abdul Kalam lived for the last eight years has now been given to Mahesh Sharma, the minister who had controversially said that Dr Kalam was a "nationalist and humanist despite being a Muslim."

Dadri Mob Killing: Minorities Panel Suspects 'Pre-Meditated' Planning

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 21, 2015

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".

Uttar Pradesh Govt Responsible for Incidents Like Dadri: Manohar Parrikar

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 20, 2015

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today held the Uttar Pradesh government responsible for the Dadri lynching incident, saying it occurred due to poor maintenance of law and order in the state.

We Don't Support Dadri Killing, Guilty Should be Punished, Says RSS

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday October 18, 2015

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, today denied that it supports the lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh last month over rumours that he ate beef. The denial came following media reports about an article -- critical of Indian Muslims and appearing to support the lynching -- was published in Panchjanya, a magaz...

PM Modi Upset With Beef Comments, Amit Shah Pulls up Leaders: Sources

India News | Reported by Sidharth Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday October 18, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "angry" with party leaders who made incendiary statements in the aftermath of the Dadri killing over beef rumours and party chief Amit Shah today pulled up those involved, sources told NDTV.

Citing Dadri Killing, Protesting Army Veterans Demand Grievance Redressal Mechanism

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 16, 2015

A conglomerete of organisations of ex-servicemen, which has been agitating for 'One Rank, One Pension', today raked up the Dadri mob killing and demanded a grievance redressal mechanism for the servicemen and their families.

'Will Advise Him,' Says BJP, Disowning Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's Comments

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 16, 2015

The ruling BJP today distanced itself from Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's comment that Muslims in the country must give up beef and said: "Eating is a personal choice of people."

'Never Said Muslims Must Go to Pakistan,' Clarifies Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 16, 2015

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today back-stepped after a howl of protests over a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Muslims in the country must give up beef.

'Talk Less on Facebook': Akhilesh Yadav's Advice For PM Modi

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 15, 2015

Akhilesh Yadav, the country's youngest Chief Minister, has some unsolicited advice for Prime Minister Narendra Modi - less action on Facebook, more on the ground.

Amar Singh Takes a Dig at Azam Khan Over UN Letter

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 13, 2015

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today took a dig at senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for writing a letter to the UN after Dadri mob killing incident, asking him whether he was ready to go to the US again where he was once disrobed during frisking at the JFK airport.