Mulayam On Muzaffarnagar

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  Muzaffarnagar Riots and Dadri Killing Linked, Says Mulayam Singh

  Days after the Dadri killing, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav said those behind the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots were involved in this case too. The conspiracy, he said, had been hatched by "three persons of a specific party" and the state will take stern action against the accused, "even if we have to sacrifice the government".

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  Mulayam soft on rapists, tough on riot victims: Narendra Modi

  Narendra Modi has attacked Mulayam Singh Yadav on his home turf in Uttar Pradesh, calling him soft on rapists, but tough on Muzaffarnagar riot victims.

• 'People die in palaces too,' says UP minister on deaths in Muzaffarnagar relief camps

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has so far staunchly fought off the severe criticism his government has faced for holding a grand festival in his ancestral village Saifai when thousands at relief camps in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar are struggling in the cold. However, a bizarre remark by one of his ministers today has made Mr Yadav's task t...

• Don't pick on us: Shah Rukh Khan defends Salman Khan's performance in Mulayam's village Saifai

  Actor Salman Khan, pilloried for performing at the Saifai Mahotsav in Uttar Pradesh where thousands of people in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar are struggling to survive, on Thursday said the event was an opportunity for him to help people.

• Salman Khan defends decision to perform in Mulayam's ancestral village Saifai

  Actor Salman Khan, pilloried for performing at the Saifai Mahotsav in Uttar Pradesh where thousands of people in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar are struggling to survive, on Thursday said the event was an opportunity for him to help people.

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  Salman Khan defends decision to perform in Saifai

  Actor Salman Khan, pilloried for performing at the Saifai Mahotsav in Uttar Pradesh where thousands of people in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar are struggling to survive, on Thursday said the event was an opportunity for him to help people.

• Uttar Pradesh government's report contradicts Mulayam Singh Yadav on Muzaffarnagar

  Amid a raging controversy over child deaths in the relief camps for people displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots in September, the Uttar Pradesh government has admitted for the first time that 34 children below the age of 15 died in the aftermath of the clashes.

• Muzaffarnagar simmers again, Akhilesh and Mulayam talk tough

  Weeks after nearly 60 people were killed in Muzaffarnagar in the worst riots in Uttar Pradesh in over a decade, this western part of the state is on edge again.

• Meerut violence: arrested BJP MLA's wife and brother among 3,600 booked

  Hundreds of paramilitary personnel are patrolling Meerut town in western Uttar Pradesh after a large gathering called to protest against the arrest of BJP MLA Sangeet Som turned violent on Sunday, ending with clashes between villagers and the police.

• 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.

• Muzaffarnagar: Mistrust led to communal clashes, says Mulayam Singh Yadav

  Amid a raging political blame game, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will travel to riots-torn Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on September 16. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi may accompany him.

• Muzaffarnagar violence: Supreme Court asks Centre, UP to step up relief

  The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on the Muzaffarnagar communal clashes, in which 38 people have been killed since Saturday. This, on a day Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, under attack from all quarters including his own party colleagues, promised strict action against those responsible for the flar...

• Muzaffarnagar violence: UP government has to report to Centre every 12 hours

  The Uttar Pradesh government was today asked to report to the Centre every 12 hours on the situation in Muzaffarnagar after 31 people were killed and at least 40 injured in communal clashes that erupted on Saturday. Struggling to contain the simmering tension in the riot-hit villages, the Akhilesh Yadav administration arrested nearly 100 rioters an...

• Muzaffarnagar: 31 killed in clashes, PM speaks to Akhilesh Yadav on steps to restore peace

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on steps taken to restore peace in Muzaffarnagar after communal clashes in which 31 people have been killed since Saturday. Six politicians, including four from the BJP, have been accused by the police of inciting the communal tension.