Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik writes to PM opposing ant...

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday termed the communal violence bill as "the most obnoxious piece of legislation in independent India", saying had it been in place earlier, it would have resulted in punishment of the members of only the majority community over the Muzaffarnagar riots. "The 2011 draft, which the National Advisory Council prepared, I have not the least doubt, is the most obnoxious peace of legislation in independent India," Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya ...

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Jay Panda on Saturday refused to comment on the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill until the final draft is tabled in Parliament. He also said certain clauses in the bill, which have reportedly been changed by the ...

Yogesh Dewan from People's Research Society said that the bill provides safety to all the religious and language minorities from communal and targeted violence.

NEW DELHI: Despite dilution, the bill on communal violence continues to face stiff resistance with the main opposition BJP likely to step up its challenge if Sunday's results to elections in four major states go its way. On Friday, Gujarat chief ...

The communal violence bill still founders on the fundamental question: what does it add? The communal violence bill was one of the earliest projects a freshly sworn-in UPA took on, in 2004. Conditioned by the Gujarat experience, it was meant to ...

Rigorous life term for organised riots, three years imprisonment for hate propaganda and transfer of trial to other states are some key features of the communal violence bill drafted by the government. According to the provisions of the draft 'Prevention of ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan writes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over prevention of Communal Violence Bill, terms the bill regressive and one which runs counter to the spirit of constitution

Modi also sweetly timed his letter to the Prime Minister and made its contents public a day after exit polls predicted a wipe out for the Congress in four key north Indian states.

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday agreed to rework the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill, bowing to criticism from the BJP and regional parties. BJP had attacked the original draft of the bill, promised by the UPA in 2004, saying it was ...