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  Muzaffarnagar riots: Uttar Pradesh State Advisory Board to hear two NSA cases

  India | October 02, 2013 21:33 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh State Advisory Board will hear tomorrow two cases registered under the National Security Act (NSA) during Muzaffarnagar riots, officials said here today.District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma and SSP H N Singh

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  Muzaffarnagar riots : Protesters demand rehabilitation of victims

  India | October 02, 2013 20:19 IST

  New Delhi: All India Imam's Council (AIIC) and the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here today demanding immediate rehabilitation of victims and action against those responsible for the communal clashes.“More

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: Women 'mahapanchayat' postponed

  India | October 02, 2013 8:22 IST

  Lucknow:  A proposed women ‘mahapanchayat', planned to protest against implication of “innocent” people in Muzaffarnagar riots, was postponed yesterday after an assurance by top UP Police officers that “only guilty will be nabbed”. IG (Law

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: Suresh Rana booked under National Security Act

  Politics | September 26, 2013 17:29 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: BJP MLA Suresh Rana, who was arrested for his alleged role in fanning communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, was today booked under the National Security Act (NSA).He is the second BJP MLA to be booked

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  UP Govt Orders Probe into Jail Staff Welcoming Som

  Politics | September 23, 2013 21:21 IST

  Lucknow: A day after BJP MLA Sangeet Som, arrested in connection with Muzaffarnagar riots, was "welcomed" by the jailer and staff of Orai district jail, UP government today said action would be taken against those

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: Akhilesh 'bowed' before Azam, says Maneka Gandhi

  Politics | September 23, 2013 21:06 IST

  Badaun (UP): Attacking the SP government over the Muzaffarnagar riots, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi today said party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had “bowed” before UP Cabinet Minister Azam

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  Misuse of social media comes under attack in NIC meet

  Politics | September 23, 2013 17:30 IST

  New Delhi: The misuse of social media to spread objectionable content and hatred among communities today came under attack from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a number of Chief Ministers who demanded some mechanism to

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  UP Riots: SP Leader Says No Case against Azam Khan

  Politics | September 23, 2013 15:57 IST

  Kanpur: In the backdrop of demands for arrest of Cabinet Minister Azam Khan in connection with the Muzaffarnagar riots, a senior SP leader today said no case or FIR had been registered against him and

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  Rajnath stopped in the interest of peace: Azam Khan

  Politics | September 22, 2013 21:46 IST

  Rampur (UP): Defending UP government's decision to not permit BJP chief Rajnath Singh to visit riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, senior SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan today said that it was done for the “peace and tranquillity” in

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  PM to focus on communal violence at NIC meet Monday

  India | September 22, 2013 17:42 IST

  New Delhi: Incidents of communal violence would be high on the agenda of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he addresses the National Integration Council meeting here Monday, informed sources said.The meeting, coming against the backdrop

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  Rajnath stopped in the interest of peace, says Azam Khan

  Politics | September 22, 2013 15:33 IST

  Rampur : Defending UP government's decision to not permit 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

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  Muzaffaranagar riots: Three more legislators arrested

  Politics | September 21, 2013 23:48 IST

  Lucknow: Three more legislators, including the BJP legislature party leader in Uttar Pradesh assembly, were arrested today over the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar district even as opposition parties blamed the ruling Samajwadi Party for the

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  False cases lodged against BJP leaders, says Uma Bharti

  Politics | September 21, 2013 22:28 IST

  Fatehpur: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti today alleged that the Muzaffarnagar violence was sponsored by the ruling Samajwadi Party and said the cases lodged against her party leaders were false.“Riots in Muzaffarnagar were sponsored by

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  BJP, SP have begun poll preparations from Muzaffarnagar, says Ramesh

  Politics | September 21, 2013 16:27 IST

  Lucknow: Lashing out at the Uttar Pradesh government for its “inaction” in controlling the violence in Muzaffarnagar, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today termed it as "poll preparations" of BJP and Samajwadi Party."I believe

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  Muzaffarnagar Violence: Two former MLAs resign from SP

  Politics | September 21, 2013 16:14 IST

  Meerut: Blaming the Samajwadi Party government for the recent Muzaffarnagar riots, two former legislators today resigned from the party.  The father-son duo of Mahak Singh and Ajay Kumar have alleged that if desired the administration

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP legislator Sangeet Som surrenders

  Politics | September 21, 2013 14:39 IST

  Lucknow: BJP legislator Sangeet Som, one of the 16 political leaders accused in the Muzaffarnagar violence, surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradesh's Sardhana town Saturday.Initially the police wanted to arrest him from Salawa village

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  Rajnath blames SP for Muzaffarnagar riots

  Politics | September 21, 2013 14:32 IST

  New Delhi/Lucknow: Whenever the Samajwadi Party (SP) comes to power, "a series of communal riots begin in Uttar Pradesh", said BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday after he called off his visit to violence-hit Muzaffarnagar district."If

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA Rana remanded to 14 days judicial custody

  Politics | September 21, 2013 13:14 IST

  Muzaffarnagar:  BJP MLA Suresh Rana, arrested on charges of making a provocative speech to incite riots, was today remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a local court here which also rejected his interim bail

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  Muzaffarnagar riots a blot on country: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | September 21, 2013 6:57 IST

  New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday termed the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar a blot on the country."The Muzaffarnagar (UP) riots were a blot on the country. Just as the 1989 Bhagalpur

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  Muzaffaranagar riots: Three more legislators arrested

  India | September 21, 2013 23:21 IST

  Lucknow/New Delhi: Three more legislators, including the BJP legislature party leader in Uttar Pradesh assembly, were arrested Saturday over the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar district even as opposition parties blamed the ruling Samajwadi Party for