National Integration Council Meet

The National Integration Council, an apex body mandated to fight communalism, casteism, regionalism and parochialism, has not met for nearly eight years, ever since the Narendra Modi-led government came to power at the centre.

Apart from creating awareness about the region at the national level, it will also reinforce national integration in the true spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said while virtually participating in the sixth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today that along with good governance and progress, "we will also have to strengthen a culture wherein India's plurality and diversity are vibrantly represented".

TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today walked out of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in Delhi in protest against the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

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.

Policing and surveillance of the social media and Internet may increase by leaps and bounds in India, with the Prime Minister and a number of chief ministers today expressing concern over the misuse of such platforms to foment communal clashes.

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:

It has always been the cold war between Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar that have dominated meetings of Chief Ministers in Delhi. But at a key harmony meet today, Mr Modi made news with his absence, while it was Nitish Kumar and LK Advani's bonhomie that dominated photo-ops.

No country can progress if women are not treated with respect, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said as he opened a key meeting of the National Integration Council held in the shadow of communal violence that ravaged Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh a fortnight ago.

The role of the social media in fueling communal passions was a major concern flagged by Chief Ministers at the meeting of the National Integration Council meet today.

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

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip a meeting on communal harmony called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced.

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.

The crucial sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee slated to be held on Monday to adopt its controversial draft report on 2G scam has been postponed in view of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting.

Chief ministers of 21 states attended the meeting of the National Integration Council today chaired by the Prime Minister. The council is meant to look at issues like national integration and secularism, and combat communalism, linguist and casteism. However, it was the Communal Violence Bill that became the focus.

The National Integration Council, an apex body mandated to fight communalism, casteism, regionalism and parochialism, has not met for nearly eight years, ever since the Narendra Modi-led government came to power at the centre.

Apart from creating awareness about the region at the national level, it will also reinforce national integration in the true spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said while virtually participating in the sixth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today that along with good governance and progress, "we will also have to strengthen a culture wherein India's plurality and diversity are vibrantly represented".

TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today walked out of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in Delhi in protest against the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

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.

Policing and surveillance of the social media and Internet may increase by leaps and bounds in India, with the Prime Minister and a number of chief ministers today expressing concern over the misuse of such platforms to foment communal clashes.

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:

It has always been the cold war between Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar that have dominated meetings of Chief Ministers in Delhi. But at a key harmony meet today, Mr Modi made news with his absence, while it was Nitish Kumar and LK Advani's bonhomie that dominated photo-ops.

No country can progress if women are not treated with respect, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said as he opened a key meeting of the National Integration Council held in the shadow of communal violence that ravaged Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh a fortnight ago.

The role of the social media in fueling communal passions was a major concern flagged by Chief Ministers at the meeting of the National Integration Council meet today.

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

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip a meeting on communal harmony called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the aftermath of the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar, in which nearly 50 were killed and over 40,000 displaced.

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.

The crucial sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee slated to be held on Monday to adopt its controversial draft report on 2G scam has been postponed in view of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting.

Chief ministers of 21 states attended the meeting of the National Integration Council today chaired by the Prime Minister. The council is meant to look at issues like national integration and secularism, and combat communalism, linguist and casteism. However, it was the Communal Violence Bill that became the focus.