India is a country which is being hailed globally as an emerging economy and a force to reckon with. Going by this observation, Indian states should be competing with each other in terms of progress. But in reality, it is anything but that. n what can be considered a new low, the National Crime Records Bureau (NRCB) has separately ranked nations by number of communal incidents, for the first time ever. Although, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been in news for a long time, it's Jharkhand that is at the top of the list, with six states being ranked as under.

3. Tamil Nadu: 120 incidents of communal violence.

Although not being in the news as much as UP, Tamil Nadu does rank third with 121 people being killed in 120 incidents of communal clashes. Apart from that efforts to promote tensions were made 16 times.

4. Maharashtra: 99 incidents of communal violence.

Maharashtra which is home to India's economic capital and one of the most developed states in India, has seen 99 such events when communal tensions got violent, and 355 people lost their lives. With Shiv Sena being active in the state, 31 incidents of promoting hatred are not at all surprising.