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Delhi riots: Malayalam TV channels back on air after 48-hour ban
Thiruvananthapuram: The Centre on Saturday lifted the 48-hour ban imposed on Friday on two Malayalam news channels for reportage that could “enhance communal disharmony” across the country, sources said. The ban on Asianet News was lifted…
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Opposition protests over Delhi riots, LS adjourned for 5th day
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the fifth consecutive day on Friday due to sloganeering by Opposition members seeking a discussion on the riots in Delhi, which claimed at least…
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Delhi violence: 436 cases filed, over 1,400 arrested or detained
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered 436 FIRs and arrested or detained 1,427 people in connection with the communal violence in northeast Delhi, an officer said on Tuesday. Also ReadMan who…
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Man who pointed gun at constable during Delhi riots nabbed in UP
New Delhi: Shahrukh Khan who pointed a pistol at a Delhi Police head constable during the riots in Delhi was arrested from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Police confirmed on Tuesday. Shahrukh…
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‘Hatemonger’ Kapil Mishra gets Y plus security
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra, accused of instigating violence in northeast Delhi, has been provided with Y+ category security owing to a threat to his life. After assessing the…
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Delhi riots: CJI says court has ‘limitations’; to hear plea soon
New Delhi: The Supreme court on Monday decided to hear on March 4 a plea seeking registration of FIRs against politicians for hate speeches which allegedly led to violence in the national…
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Harsh Mander files plea in SC after HC defers hate speech case
New Delhi: Rights activist Harsh Mander has moved the Supreme Court to seek an FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and Parvesh Verma after High Court deferred the hearing of…
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Muslim BJP leader’s house set ablaze by mob in Delhi violence
New Delhi: A Muslim BJP leader house and some of his relatives’ homes were burnt down by rampaging mobs during the communal violence in northeast Delhi on February 25. Akhtar Raza, the district…
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Hindu Sena calls off its ‘action plan’ on Shaheen Bagh clearance
New Delhi: Rightwing group Hindu Sena on Saturday, in a press release has called off its plans for mobilisation to clear Shaheen Bagh protest site, in view of law and order situation…
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Kapil Mishra, accused of violence in Delhi attends peace march
New Delhi: BJP leader Kapil Mishra who is accused of delivering hate speeches before the deadly violence broke out in North East Delhi, participated in a peace march against the communal riots…
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BSF Jawan’s house with nameplate burned down in Delhi violence
New Delhi: Among the 35 houses set on fire by rioters on two lanes of Khajuri Khas in northeast Delhi was a house of Border Security Force (BSF) Jawan serving on the border.…
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CAA: 1 killed, Net banned, curfew imposed in Shillong
Shillong: One person has been killed in clashes between Khasi Students Union members and non-tribals during a meeting on CAA and inner line permit (ILP) in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills on Friday.…
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Zubair goes on record: Those who attacked me were ‘beasts’
New Delhi: Mohammad Zubair, a resident of Chand Bagh was brutally beaten up by a mob during the North-East Delhi riots over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Zubair, who was thought to be dead, has…
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USCIRF to hold hearing on CAA next week
Washington: the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will hold a hearing next week on how citizenship laws in countries like India and Myanmar are leveraged to deny the religious minorities…
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Can’t let another 1984 happen, says HC on deadly Delhi riots
New Delhi: A two-judge bench of Delhi High court took place after former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, Harsh Mander and others filed a plea over the deadly violence in North East Delhi.…
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Delhi violence: IB officer killed by mob in Chandbagh
New Delhi: In the violence that shook the North East Delhi since Sunday, the body of an Intelligence Bureau officer was recovered from a drain Northeast Delhi’s Chand Bagh Wednesday morning. At…
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Trump disappoints anti-CAA protestors, Delhi violence victims
New Delhi: Steering clear of controversial issues, including the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said it is up to India and hopefully it is going to make the…
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YahaN MakaaN Nahi Banaya Hai, Shaheen Bagh dadi hits at SC
New Delhi: The site of protest may change, but our resolve will remain unfettered, said a protester at Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the women at the…
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Police file charge sheet, names Imam ‘instigator’ in Jamia case
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday, filed a charge sheet on Sharjeel Imam, naming him as an instigator in December 15 Jamia violence case. No other Jamia student beside Imam has been…
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CAA: I will be first to go to detention camp, says Rajasthan CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a surprise visit to a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA in Jaipur demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship law to…
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Thackeray supports CAA; opposes NRC as it would impact Hindus
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray have supported the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) — which his allies, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, have opposed —…
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Burqa-clad Gunja ‘followed by Modi’ caught in Shaheen Bagh
New Delhi: A right-wing activist Gunja Kapoor, proudly followed by PM Modi on Twitter has been caught by the anti-Citizenship Law protesters at Shaheen Bagh on Wednesday. A right wing activist caught…
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100 Pak Hindu families arrive in India; plan to settle down here
New Delhi: A group of 50 Hindu families from Pakistan arrived in India on Monday via the Wagah-Attari border to visit the holy city of Haridwar. 25 days religious tour Many of…
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CAA: Baby dies of cold at Shaheen Bagh; mom undeterred
New Delhi: Four-month-old Mohammed Jahaan accompanied his mother almost every day to the Shaheen Bagh demonstration against Citizenship law where protesters would take turns to hold him and often draw the tricolor…
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BJP MP defends shooters of Jamia, Bagh; says they were confused
New Delhi: Commenting on the shooting incidents in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Jamia area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arjun Singh today said that his youth fired in confusion. “The way in…
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‘Goli maarna band karo’; Anurag Thakur faces ire in Parliament
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister Anurag Thakur faced Opposition ire as he stood to answer questions during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament on Monday. BJP MP…
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Hyderabad’s Khalida Parveen, 65, fights against CAA-NRC
By Sana Sikander Hyderabad: Khalida Parveen, an active Anti-CAA protester who does not leave out any opportunity to register her strong disagreement with the people, officials or the policemen. She firmly believes…
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Hindu Mahasabha to honour Jamia shooter as ‘true nationalist’
New Delhi: Amid anger over the shooting, the right-wing organization Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) is set to honour the teenager who fired at the anti-CAA protesters in the Jamia Millia Islamia University…
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CAA: ‘UP Police will kill me’, says Dr Kafeel Khan
Lucknow: Dr. Kafeel Khan, was arrested from the Mumbai international airport on Wednesday evening by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police. He was produced before a metropolitan magistrate court…
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CAA: Nitish Kumar expels Prashant Kishor from JDU
Patna: Prashant Kishor has been expelled from Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal United (JDU) after weeks of bitter relations over the citizenship law between him and Nitish Kumar on Wednesday. Also ReadAmit Shah…
