Irfan Engineer On 6th December 1992, I was in judicial custody in Vansda (Gujarat) jail. We were struggling for the rights of adivasis on forest and forest produce which often led to friction with state and a couple of times had to face false cases being lodged on me andContinue Reading

Lucknow : Four persons were shot dead on Friday in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in communal clashes after some boys allegedly teased a group of school girls, police said. Some people opened fire during the violence, leaving four persons from the minority community dead and at least five others injured,Continue Reading

Incidents of communal violence were up by nearly 17% in 2015 over the previous year with Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting highest number of incidents. Contradicting claims that communal violence got arrested during NDA government, the data compiled by the union home ministry says that 751 incidents of communalContinue Reading