Cole wants holiday home in South Africa

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 04:41

Singer Cheryl Cole is keen to invest in a holiday home in South Africa.

Stop evicting people from UP camps: Rights body

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:03

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh should immediately stop evicting people from camps after they fled their homes following communal violence in September, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

UP govt conducts medical camps for riot victims

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 15:13

The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a medical drive for Muzaffarnagar riot victims, with checkups of pregnant women and children given priority.

DM sends report on relief camps to UP govt

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 15:56

The district authorities have sent a report to the state government about the rehabilitation measures undertaken for Muzaffarnagar riots victims living in relief camps after Supreme Court sought a reply in this regard.

`Deaths occur in palaces too`: UP Minister on riot relief camps

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 22:05

Uttar Pradesh Minister Narad Rai on Saturday stoked a potential controversy over deaths in relief camps for riot-hit victims in Muzaffarnagar, saying deaths occur everywhere and in palaces too.

Minorities panel issues notice to UP govt on Muzaffarnagar riot victims

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 15:23

The National Commission for Minorities on Friday issued a notice to the state government over plight of Muzaffarnagar riot victims.

Tripura militants still operate 16 camps in Bangladesh: DGP

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 15:32

Two banned outfits -- National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) -- still have 16 or more hideouts in Bangladesh, state Director General of Police C Balasubramanian said here on Thursday.

Congress to protest over lack of facilities in Muzaffarnagar riot camps

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 20:56

Congress in Uttar Pradesh will protest in Meerut and Lucknow over the lack of basic facilities in camps for Muzaffarnagar riot victims, and over the problems of sugarcane farmers later this month.

Mulayam attacks Lalu Yadav, calls him Congress` stooge

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 17:09

Attacking Lalu Prasad for going to Muzaffarnagar riot relief camps a few days after Rahul Gandhi`s visit, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday said the RJD leader was a sycophant.

Mayawati criticises UP govt for "bulldozing" relief camps

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 22:33

Mayawati attacked the Akhilesh Yadav government saying instead of taking stern action against rioters it was "bulldozing" the relief camps of Uttar Pradesh riot victims.

Half of refugees in govt-aided relief camp children

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:25

The only government-aided relief camp in the district here has so far seen 16 deaths after it opened to shelter victims following the September riots in the area, official sources said.

SP cries foul, says conspiracy behind Mulayam`s `twisted statement`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:52

Amid raging controversy over Mulayam Singh Yadav`s claim that those living in relief camps in Muzaffarnagar were political activists, SP went into fire fighting mode on Wednesday.