May 15, 2016 | Communalism
The month of May began with the BJP demanding action against the water mafia in Mumbai under the Maharashatra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). On the 10th of May Atikh Khan, Rafiq Khan and Javed, all three ragpickers, were charged with MCOCA for allegedly...
Mar 20, 2016 | Communalism
In the early hours of 18th March 2016, Mohammad Majloom Ansari (35) and Inayahtullah Khan (12) were found hanging from a tree in the Balumath forest area in Latehar, Jharkhand. Residents of Balugoan and Nawada villages, Ansari and young Khan were on their way to the...
Feb 21, 2016 | Communalism
2013 में मुज़फ्फरनगर में हुऐ दंगों से सम्बंधित हत्याओं, बलात्कार, लूट और आगज़नी के मामलों में आरोपियों के बरी होने की खबरें लगातार सामने आ रही हैं | पीयूडीआर चिंता व्यक्त करता है कि 2013 में मुज़फ्फरनगर के दंगों के बाद डर और खुली छूट का जो माहौल बना था, वह आज भी बरकरार...
Feb 3, 2016 | Communalism
PUDR strongly condemns the police’s role in the outbreak of riots between members of the Valmiki and Muslim communities, in the Sangam Park area in North West Delhi, on 31st January, 2016. PUDR’s investigation into the incidents of 30th and 31st January, and...
Jan 7, 2016 | Communalism, Undemocratic Laws
Mr. Gopal Rai Hon’ble Minister Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi 07.01.2016 Subject: Memorandum regarding review of the Delhi Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 1994 (Delhi Act No. 7 of 1994) Dear Sir We have been directed by the OSD to Deputy Chief...
Oct 22, 2015 | Communalism
The gruesome daylight murder of a 56-year-old man in a Toyota showroom in the heart of Mumbai ought to have made front-page news. Further, that Yakub Abdul Hassan Shaikh, a father of 3, was murdered by his co-workers, a day after the Dadri lynching, on 29th September...