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"Cops Have Put Minors In Jail": Priyanka Gandhi After Muzaffarnagar Visit
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday made an unscheduled visit to Muzaffarnagar, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, to meet the families of those who bore the brunt of the recent violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
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'Will Break Limbs Of Cow Killers': Legislator Accused In Muzaffarnagar Case
As uncertainty weighs down traders running slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh, a legislator of the ruling BJP allegedly stirred the pot with a threat to "break the limbs" of those killing cows. The comment of Vikram Saini, one of the accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence case, comes as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath warned his followers to stay ...
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Communal violence bill most obnoxious piece of legislation: BJP
BJP today termed the communal violence bill as "the most obnoxious piece of legislation in independent India".
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Rahul Gandhi's intention was not to malign any community: Jairam Ramesh on ISI remarks
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's remark that Muslim youth were wooed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was not meant to malign any community.
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Muzaffarnagar violence: Uttar Pradesh Police admit lapses
Weeks after nearly 60 people were killed in Muzaffarnagar in the worst communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in over a decade, this western part of the state is on edge again, with four people killed in the last 24 hours.
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Anti-communal violence law back on Centre's agenda, BJP cries 'appeasement politics'
A proposed law against communal violence, which has been in limbo for nearly 10 years due to lack of political support, has come back into focus after the Muzaffarnagar riots in which 50 people were killed and nearly 40,000 displaced. Sources say the Bill may be taken up in the next session of Parliament.
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Inquiry commission probing Muzaffarnagar violence to reach town on October 6
The one-member inquiry commission of Retired Justice Vishnu Sahai constituted by the UP government to probe the recent Muzaffarnagar violence will reach the town on October 6, a senior official said today.
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Muzaffarnagar violence: Rajnath Singh was stopped in the interest of peace, says Azam Khan
Defending Uttar Pradesh government's decision to not permit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh to visit riot-hit Muzaffranagar, senior SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan today said that it was done for the "peace and tranquillity" in the area.
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Rajnath Singh calls off Muzaffarnagar visit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Saturday cancelled his visit to Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district which was hit by communal clashes, leaving 48 dead and more than 43,000 displaced.
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Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP slams Congress's 'secular tourism'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Muzaffarnagar this morning, where nearly 50 people were killed in communal riots so severe that the army was called in for the first time in over a decade to restore law and order in Uttar Pradesh.
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Muzaffarnagar riots: in the violence, signs of careful political design
The village of Fugana, like so many in the sugarcane belt of Western Uttar Pradesh, has been prosperous, but for the most part, it was a quiet one, with few flashpoints between the Hindu Jats who form the majority and a few hundred Muslim families, who work their fields. The white-hot signs of how that changed this weekend are everywhere today - in...
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10,000 preventive arrests over Muzaffarnagar riots
Over 10,000 preventive arrests have been made till Wednesday following the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, a senior police official said.
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Missing Azam Khan isn't upset, says Mulayam Singh Yadav, counters rift reports
Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief of the Samajwadi Party, today denied that the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar have created a chasm between him and Azam Khan, a senior party leader.
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After Muzaffarnagar riots, thousands rely on kindness of strangers
When Noor Jehan finally delivered a girl early this morning, it was at a makeshift refugee camp, 40 kilometres from Muzaffarnagar, which has been pulverised by communal riots since Saturday evening. 38 people have died. Villages where Muslims and Hindus lived have seen large evacuations by the community that was in a minority.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav faces heat over Muzaffarnagar riots from Congress and within
In the midst of a crisis over the communal violence that has killed 38 people in Muzaffarnagar, top leaders of the Samajwadi Party are meeting in Agra. The agenda to strategize for the national elections has been hijacked by a growing chasm within the party over whether Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav failed to prevent the riots despite early signs o...
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"Cops Have Put Minors In Jail": Priyanka Gandhi After Muzaffarnagar Visit
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday made an unscheduled visit to Muzaffarnagar, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, to meet the families of those who bore the brunt of the recent violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
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'Will Break Limbs Of Cow Killers': Legislator Accused In Muzaffarnagar Case
As uncertainty weighs down traders running slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh, a legislator of the ruling BJP allegedly stirred the pot with a threat to "break the limbs" of those killing cows. The comment of Vikram Saini, one of the accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence case, comes as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath warned his followers to stay ...
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Communal violence bill most obnoxious piece of legislation: BJP
BJP today termed the communal violence bill as "the most obnoxious piece of legislation in independent India".
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Rahul Gandhi's intention was not to malign any community: Jairam Ramesh on ISI remarks
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's remark that Muslim youth were wooed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was not meant to malign any community.
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Muzaffarnagar violence: Uttar Pradesh Police admit lapses
Weeks after nearly 60 people were killed in Muzaffarnagar in the worst communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in over a decade, this western part of the state is on edge again, with four people killed in the last 24 hours.
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Anti-communal violence law back on Centre's agenda, BJP cries 'appeasement politics'
A proposed law against communal violence, which has been in limbo for nearly 10 years due to lack of political support, has come back into focus after the Muzaffarnagar riots in which 50 people were killed and nearly 40,000 displaced. Sources say the Bill may be taken up in the next session of Parliament.
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Inquiry commission probing Muzaffarnagar violence to reach town on October 6
The one-member inquiry commission of Retired Justice Vishnu Sahai constituted by the UP government to probe the recent Muzaffarnagar violence will reach the town on October 6, a senior official said today.
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Muzaffarnagar violence: Rajnath Singh was stopped in the interest of peace, says Azam Khan
Defending Uttar Pradesh government's decision to not permit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh to visit riot-hit Muzaffranagar, senior SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan today said that it was done for the "peace and tranquillity" in the area.
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Rajnath Singh calls off Muzaffarnagar visit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Saturday cancelled his visit to Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district which was hit by communal clashes, leaving 48 dead and more than 43,000 displaced.
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Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP slams Congress's 'secular tourism'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Muzaffarnagar this morning, where nearly 50 people were killed in communal riots so severe that the army was called in for the first time in over a decade to restore law and order in Uttar Pradesh.
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Muzaffarnagar riots: in the violence, signs of careful political design
The village of Fugana, like so many in the sugarcane belt of Western Uttar Pradesh, has been prosperous, but for the most part, it was a quiet one, with few flashpoints between the Hindu Jats who form the majority and a few hundred Muslim families, who work their fields. The white-hot signs of how that changed this weekend are everywhere today - in...
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10,000 preventive arrests over Muzaffarnagar riots
Over 10,000 preventive arrests have been made till Wednesday following the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, a senior police official said.
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Missing Azam Khan isn't upset, says Mulayam Singh Yadav, counters rift reports
Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief of the Samajwadi Party, today denied that the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar have created a chasm between him and Azam Khan, a senior party leader.
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After Muzaffarnagar riots, thousands rely on kindness of strangers
When Noor Jehan finally delivered a girl early this morning, it was at a makeshift refugee camp, 40 kilometres from Muzaffarnagar, which has been pulverised by communal riots since Saturday evening. 38 people have died. Villages where Muslims and Hindus lived have seen large evacuations by the community that was in a minority.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav faces heat over Muzaffarnagar riots from Congress and within
In the midst of a crisis over the communal violence that has killed 38 people in Muzaffarnagar, top leaders of the Samajwadi Party are meeting in Agra. The agenda to strategize for the national elections has been hijacked by a growing chasm within the party over whether Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav failed to prevent the riots despite early signs o...
