Muzaffarnagar Communal Clashes

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  7 Get Life In Jail For Killing 2 Men That Led To 2013 Muzaffarnagar Riots

  Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013: Seven people who were found guilty of killing two men in an attack that is said to have triggered riots in western Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar in 2013 have been sentenced to life in prison today. The Muzaffarnagar riots were one of the worst communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's history.

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  Muzaffarnagar Riots Film Screening Disrupted at Bengal University

  The screening of a documentary on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots at the Visva Bharati University (VBU) was stalled by police midway into the show, claiming they were apprehensive of a communal clash, organisers said today.

• BJP Clashes With Police In UP's Moradabad Over 'Mahapanchayat' Plan

  The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh today took tough measures to stop the BJP from holding a "Mahapanchayat" or large gathering at the Moradabad district that has been witnessing communal tension for a month.

• Muzaffarnagar riots: nearly 6000 named, only 294 arrested; no arrests in rape cases yet

  Four months after over 60 people were killed and nearly 40,000 displaced following communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, only 294 people have been arrested despite the investigation team naming nearly 6000 people as accused.

• Muzaffarnagar: woman living at relief camp alleges rape by two men

  Two young men have been arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old girl who was staying at a relief camp for people affected by the communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district two months ago.

• Muzaffarnagar violence: panchayat meet today adds to fears of new tension

  The police and officials in Muzaffarnagar are trying to check the rising tension between Hindus and Muslims in this part of Western Uttar Pradesh, which was seared by communal riots in September in which nearly 60 people were killed. New clashes this week between two villages have led to four more deaths. Here are 10 big developments in this story:

• 4 killed in fresh Muzaffarnagar violence, Mulayam Singh talks tough

  Four people, including a woman, have been killed in two incidents of violence in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, where communal clashes last month had left nearly 50 dead and 45,000 homeless.

• Four killed in violence in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, 7 arrested

  Four people, including a woman, were killed in two different incidents in the Muzaffarnagar district of western Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening.

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  In UP, Rahul Gandhi takes on ally Akhilesh's government

  In Uttar Pradesh today, a strong-hold for his family, Rahul Gandhi attacked the state government headed by 40-year-old Akhilesh Yadav, and spoke for the first time about last month's deadly communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar, in which nearly 50 people were killed.

• Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP's Sangeet Som booked under National Security Act, 2 other legislators get bail

  The BJP legislator Sangeet Som, already in jail, has now been booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for his alleged role in the Muzaffarnagar communal clashes, which claimed nearly 50 lives and displaced over 45,000 people earlier this month.

• Muzaffarnagar riots: toll hits 49, police outposts set up in 14 areas

  Gearing up security arrangements in the wake of riots in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, district authorities have set up 14 police outposts in the worst affected areas, even as they said the toll in the violence has climbed to 49.

• Harmony meet: Narendra Modi skipped it to avoid questions, says Lalu Prasad Yadav

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called a meeting of the National Integration Council in New Delhi in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced.

• Jayalalithaa's statement at National Integration Council Meet - full statement

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the National Integration Council meet in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced. Following is the statement read out by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa:

• National Integration Council meet: Highlights

  National Integration Council meet begins in New Delhi. Here are the highlights:

• Harmony meet: PM warns of action against politicians who incite communal trouble, Narendra Modi skips meet

  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh have skipped a meeting of the National Integration Council called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced.