Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has once again taken a decision which has raised question marks on the administration of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The government has started the process to withdraw the cases against those accused in the communal violence in Faizabad. One the persons against whom the case is being withdrawn has been accused of a murder during the violence.
On October 24, 2012 there was stone pelting on the Durga Puja immersion procession following which several shops were set on fire and then violence started. One person was killed in the violence in Faizabad's Puraqalandar area. The total number of people accused of indulging in violence was 31. Apart from these five cases were registered in the city area in which 29 people were named.
But now the Akhilesh government is trying to shield the accused. The justice department has sent a letter regarding the same to Faizabad District Magistrate. In the letter the District Magistrate has been asked to send a report about withdrawing cases against a dozen people.
Earlier too the Akhilesh government had tried to withdraw the cases against those accused of triggering blasts in courts in Faizabad, Lucknow and Varanasi. But the government backtracked following massive protests by the lawyers....
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03:54 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Kolkata: Devotees across West Bengal tearfully bade goodbye to their beloved mother goddess Durga as her idols were immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers on Vijayadashami on Wednesday. The banks of the Ganga and other rivers wore a festive look, as puja organisers came in colourful processions to the accompaniment of drums to immerse idols of the goddess and her four children -- Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartik. Hundreds of...
08:36 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Towering effigies of 10-headed demon king Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran crackled in fiery splendour marking the triumph of good over evil as gusto and fervour marked Dussehra festivities across the country on Wednesday. Amid beating of drums, devotees, dancing frenziedly, also bid adieu to goddess Durga as she returned to her celestial abode. At sundown, the fire crackers-stuffed giant effigies, dotting grounds and open spaces...
08:13 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Watch the show defining the power of Ma Durga and celebrations across India with Bengali actor Parambrata Chatterjee. ...
01:10 PM, Oct 24, 2012
It's a day that marks the victory of good over evil and from morning till late at night we'll see a string of rituals take place. ...
09:51 AM, Oct 24, 2012
The Chitrakoot Ramleela of Varanasi is the most famous and the oldest Ramleela of Kaashi. ...
08:55 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Devotees are expected to continue thronging Durga Puja pandals on Maha Navami to offer prayers and feast on the delicacies. ...
07:11 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Maha Ashtami, the most important day of the 10-day long Durga Puja festivities, is being celebrated all over the country. ...
08:40 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Durga puja festivities are on in West Bengal and authorities are making sure everyone gets a chance to be part of it. This includes the inmates of mental health institutes. It's a festival of inclusion, where Shakti humbles all. A festival when differences are forgotten as everyone comes together in celebration. ...
10:05 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Birbhum: The Durga Puja festivities are on in West Bengal and Birbhum has more than one reason to celebrate. President Pranab Mukherjee is at his village Mirati and will take part in the festivities for the next few days. This is his first visit to the village after being appointed for the country's top job. On Sunday, he met relatives and friends along with son, Abhijeet Mukherjee, who was recently...
08:21 AM, Oct 22, 2012
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee went back to his ancestral village, like he does every year, to offer prayers. ...
03:49 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Purulia in West Bengal, which is known as a Maoist hotbed, has forgotten blood and strikes during Durga puja celebrations. The men of Tungta village of Purulia get ready to pay homage to the deity with the beats of Chhau. Fifty-year-old Dhona Mahato has been playing the goddess for 30 years. He says he dances in honour of the women of his village. ...
09:51 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Kolkata: As different pandals adopt different themes for their Durga Puja celebrations, one prominent puja committee that has recreated 'pink city' Jaipur at its venue has chosen blue and white as its colour code! Many say this is to please West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who after taking over, got this city painted in these twin colours. Even Goddess Durga would not be able to save herself from the...
09:36 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Suri: President Pranab Mukherjee arrived on Saturday at his ancestral home at Mirati for worshipping the family deity, Devi Durga, in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The President flew to Kirnahar, 240KM from Kolkata, in a helicopter with his wife Subhra and spent around 20 minutes with his elder sister Annapurna Banerjee. From Kirnahar, he drove the three kilometre distance to his ancestral house at Mirati where he would worship Durga...
09:58 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Kolkata: President Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a one-on-one meeting at the VIP lounge of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Saturday. There was no official word on what transpired at the meeting. Pranab arrived by a special plane of the Indian Air Force at around 2.15 pm and was received by Governor MK Narayanan, the chief minister and high officials. He left by...
04:29 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Female artisans in Kumartuli are giving a stiff competition to their more famous male counterparts. ...
09:27 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her plans to "refurbish" Kolkata and make it like London would take time as the metropolis was not a planned city like Delhi. "Kolkata cannot be refurbished in a day. There are lots of problems. There will be a hue and cry if we try to acquire an inch of land for road expansion," Banerjee said. "Whenever plans and programmes...
10:40 PM, Oct 16, 2012
