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Delhi riots big blot on country's harmony, peace: Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): As Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to reply in Lok Sabha on Delhi violence, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary on Wednesday termed last month's communal riots in the national capital as a 'big blot on country's harmony and peace'.
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Delhi violence: Why a Delhi retired Delhi Police official feels betrayed
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 1 (ANI): It is not just the common people who are complaining of police not responding to their distress calls during the recent communal riots in Delhi. It emerges now that the Delhi Police let down their own too.
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Not going anywhere; we are safe amidst Muslim neighbours, says lone Brahmi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): When communal riots were raging on the streets in entire north-east Delhi, Ram Sevak Sharma, did not feel the need to move to a "safe" location from his house in New Mustafabad, a largely Muslim dominated locality.
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2002 Gujarat riots: SC grants bail to 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre c
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to 14 convicts in the Sardarpura village massacre case where 33 people were burnt alive during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.
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11 acquitted in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 29 (ANI): 11 accused were acquitted here on Wednesday by a local court in connection with the 2013 communal riots in Muzaffarnagar district.
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Cong did nothing for minorities: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Keeping up its tirade against Congress, BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had ensured the development of the poor and the minorities and also said the exit of Congress rule saw an end to communal riots in
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Karnataka to drop riot cases against minorities
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan. 26 (ANI): Karnataka Director General of Police Neelamani N Raju on Friday released a circular to withdraw cases against people belonging to minority community who were allegedly involved in the communal riots in the last five years.
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Cong rebel puts Godhra in BJP pocket
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Godhra (Gujarat) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Congress rebel C K Raulji contesting on the BJP ticket on Monday won from Godhra for the sixth time beating Rajendrasinh Parmar by a tiny margin of 258 votes.
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Ex-servicemen hold TMC responsible for Basirhat violence in letter to Rajn
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A delegation of ex-servicemen, ex-judges, ex-bureaucrats on Friday wrote to Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a thorough probe into the Basirhat violence, while holding Trinamool Congress (TMC) responsible for creating communal riots in the region.
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UP Minister embarrasses SP, says joined hands with Cong to stop devils
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Arya Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb.14 (ANI): In what may bring embarrassment to the Samajwadi Party ahead of the second phase of polling, Uttar Pradesh Minister Ram Karan Arya has dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to be a party of devils and said that alliance with a similar Congr
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Victory in UP a 'dream' for SP, Congress: BSP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan. 22 (ANI): Downplaying the freshly forged alliance between the Samajwadi Party and Congress for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bahujan Samaja Party (BSP) on Sunday said the people will never vote for them as the state witnessed communal riots under both par
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Akhilesh, his family will be thrown into dustbin of history: BSP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): Reacting to reports of growing rift between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party (SP) state president Shivpal Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Sudhindra Bhadoria on Saturday said the people of the state want to get rid of "Akh
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