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  UP govt should've taken proper care of Dadri issue: Birendra Singh

  Politics | October 16, 2015 20:42 IST

  Lucknow: Terming the Dadri lynching incident as "unfortunate", Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh today said the Uttar Pradesh government should have taken proper care of the issue as it was a law and order problem.  

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  Muslims can live in India but they will have to stop eating beef: Khattar

  Politics | October 16, 2015 10:44 IST

  New Delhi: Stoking a controversy, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that Muslims can live in India but they will have to give up eating beef."Muslim rahein, magar is desh mein beef khaana chhodna

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  After public spat with Shiv Sena, BJP meet avoids talking about strained ties

  Politics | October 15, 2015 22:23 IST

  Mumbai: After its public spat with Shiv Sena, the BJP today steered clear of discussing about ties with the saffron ally at a meeting of party legislators and functionaries where it chose "only" to deliberate

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  Intelligence agencies warn of sleeper cell attacks in UP

  India | October 15, 2015 8:56 IST

  New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau and other intelligence agencies have alerted the Uttar Pradesh police that militants outfits are trying to activate sleeper cells in the state to trigger bomb attacks at several sensitive locations including

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  Writers returning awards a œmanufactured paper rebellion: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | October 15, 2015 7:19 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Academy awards as a “manufactured paper rebellion” against the government in the wake of a “manufactured crisis”.In a facebook post

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  Dadri lynching: Congress accuses PM Modi of 'selective amnesia'

  Politics | October 14, 2015 21:31 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today launched a hard-hitting attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of "selective amnesia" and "abdication of responsibility" in the wake of the Dadri lynching and rejected his description of the

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  PM Modi should strongly condemn Dadri lynching: Writers

  India | October 14, 2015 21:14 IST

  New Delhi: Leading writers Nayantara Sahgal and Shashi Deshpande today sought a strong condemnation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Dadri lynching incident and opposition to Ghulam Ali's concert, saying the country comprises not

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  PM Modi's choice of words'very weak': Writer Shashi Deshpande

  India | October 14, 2015 20:38 IST

  Bengaluru: Eminent author Shashi Deshpande today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on the Dadri lynching incident were "far too weak."The eminent author, who had resigned from the general council of the Sahitya Akademi

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  Dadri lynching wrong, Sangeet Som shouldn't have gone there: Amit Shah

  Politics | October 14, 2015 17:07 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has said that the lynching of a Muslim man over beef-eating rumours in Dadri of Uttar Pradesh was "wrong" and the perpetrators should be punished.He also

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  Centre has no say in Dadri lynching, Ghulam Ali row: PM

  Politics | October 14, 2015 17:06 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his silence over Dadri lynching incident and row over cancellation of Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai.In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika, Modi ruled out Centre's

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  Misguided anger not solution to problems: Sangeet Natak Akademi

  India | October 13, 2015 16:31 IST

  New Delhi:  Amid a string of writers and a theatre artist returning their awards in protest against the Dadri lynching and the "rising intolerance" in the country, the Sangeet Natak Akademi chair has advised against

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  BJP MP Satyapal Singh calls Dadri lynching a 'small' incident

  Politics | October 13, 2015 13:16 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Satyapal Singh has called the Dadri lynching case a 'small' incident."India has been successful in handling 'small' incidents like Dadri to other internal security issues," the Meerut MP,

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  Prime Minister Modi needs to speak up on beef lynching

  Politics | October 13, 2015 13:45 IST

  The brutal killing of a man in Bisada village in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, not far from the Indian capital, on suspicion that he consumed beef after killing a cow was more than a murder.

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  Theatre artist Maya Krishna Rao returns Sangeet Natak Akademi

  India | October 12, 2015 23:30 IST

  New Delhi: Close on the heels of a string of writers handing over their literary awards, theatre artist Maya Krishna Rao today returned her Sangeet Natak Akademi award to protest against the Dadri lynching and

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  Dadri lynching 'serious' violation of human rights: NHRC

  India | October 12, 2015 19:12 IST

  New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today described the killing of a man in Dadri area of west UP last month as "serious" violation of human rights but expressed inability to take any action,

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  Dadri-like incidents will damage BJP, NDA: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | October 12, 2015 9:25 IST

  Panaji: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that incidents like the lynching in Dadri will 'actually' damage the BJP and the NDA. "I think these incidents would actually damage the BJP or the NDA. It also

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  Scores of students detained during protest over Dadri lynching

  India | October 11, 2015 19:38 IST

  New Delhi: A large number of student activists from different outfits were detained on Sunday by the police while they were trying to take out a protest march to the Prime Minister's residence against the

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  Dadri lynching was due to œinefficiency of UP govt: Najma Heptulla

  Politics | October 11, 2015 16:14 IST

  New Delhi: The Dadri lynching incident happened due to “inefficiency” of the UP government, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla has said and asserted that the Prime Minister cannot be expected to speak on every issue

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  Beef eating bad for environment, says United Nations body

  India | October 12, 2015 7:40 IST

  New Delhi: Beef eating has impassioned the nation, with politicians of all hues duelling like bulls in rage. Religious taboos are one aspect, but there is also a very strong environmental angle for not eating

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  One day beef festival held in Chennai to condemn Dadri Killing

  India | October 11, 2015 7:35 IST

  Chennai: A one-day beef festival was held here on Saturday to condemn the Dadri lynching incident where a 52 year old man was hacked to death on suspicion that he had stacked beef in his