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03 Mar 2020
WhatsAppCoronavirus-scare: One school shut in Noida, another to follow footsteps
A day after two people were tested positive for coronavirus in India, one famous school in Noida shut on Tuesday for the next three days. Another school will shut from tomorrow till March 11, reports TOI.
03 Mar 2020
Delhi Police#DelhiRiots: Shahrukh, who fired bullets, pointed gun at cop, arrested
Days after he fired multiple rounds of bullets at Delhi Police, Shahrukh was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Tuesday. On February 24, he pointed a gun at a constable, who faced him with a lathi.
03 Mar 2020
Donald TrumpDelhi riots: 122 homes, 301 vehicles damaged, says interim report
With the dust on one of the worst communal clashes to hit Delhi settling, officials are assessing the damage and the details are staggering.
03 Mar 2020
XThis Sunday, thinking of giving up social media: PM Modi
On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was deliberating of giving up his Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts in a week. However, he didn't divulge the reason.
02 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaNirbhaya convicts will not be hanged tomorrow; execution postponed
A Delhi court on Monday postponed the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case until further orders.
02 Mar 2020
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Kejriwal announces Rs. 1cr compensation for deceased IB officer's family
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a compensation of Rs. 1 crore for the family of the Intelligence Bureau officer, Ankit Sharma, killed in the recent violence in Northeast Delhi.
02 Mar 2020
TelanganaCoronavirus: 2 positive cases detected in Delhi, Telangana
Amid a global novel coronavirus outbreak, India's Ministry of Health has confirmed two positive cases.
02 Mar 2020
MurderUP: Frustrated with husband, woman beats 6-month-old daughter to death
In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old woman allegedly thrashed her six-month-old daughter to death in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
02 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaDid politicians' hate-speech spark Delhi riots? SC to hear plea
Hate speech of politicians that may have played a major role in last week's violence in Delhi will be taken up by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today.
02 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaPetitions challenging Article 370 won't be referred to larger bench
The pleas challenging the government's decision to abrogate Article 370 won't be referred to a seven-judge bench, Supreme Court said on Monday.
02 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaNirbhaya case: SC dismisses curative petition of convict Pawan
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the curative petition of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
02 Mar 2020
Lok SabhaParliament resumes today, opposition to corner Centre on Delhi riots
The budget session of Parliament resumed on Monday and at least six political parties have given an adjournment notice over riots in Northeast Delhi.
02 Mar 2020
Citizenship Amendment Act#DelhiViolence: Property gutted, riot-victims struggle to show proofs for compensation
Last week, residents of riot-hit areas of Northeast Delhi struggled to stay alive, and now the victims are trying to pick up the pieces.
01 Mar 2020
MathuraThreat to Kafeel Khan's life: Wife in letter to HC
Shabista Khan, the wife of Dr. Kafeel Khan, has written to the Chief Justice of the Uttar Pradesh High Court, seeking security for her husband.
01 Mar 2020
MeghalayaMeghalaya: Violence over CAA, Inner Line Permit leaves 2 dead
Curfew remained imposed in Shillong's Cantonment Beat House and areas under the jurisdiction of Lumdiengjri and Sadar police stations on Sunday after two people were killed in fresh clashes, officials said.
01 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceHeavy police deployment at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh; Section 144 imposed
The Delhi Police on Sunday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Shaheen Bagh, where protesters have staged a sit-in demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act since mid-December.
01 Mar 2020
MalaysiaKerala man, isolated after returning from coronavirus-hit Malaysia, dies
As an ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak continues to heighten concerns, a Kerala man who had returned from coronavirus-hit Malaysia died on Saturday.
29 Feb 2020
Supreme Court Of India2 Nirbhaya convicts move Delhi court seeking stay on execution
Two convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have approached a Delhi court, seeking a stay on their execution on March 3.
29 Feb 2020
IndiaTelangana ministers eat chicken as coronavirus rumors impact poultry sales
In a bid to quell rumors about the novel coronavirus outbreak, Telangana ministers ate chicken on stage at an event spreading awareness about the disease in Hyderabad.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceThey were in thousands: ACP, injured in riots, recalls horror
This week's Hindu-Muslim riot in Northeast Delhi took the lives of more than 40 people, including a head constable and an IB officer, injured hundreds, and ravaged property worth lakhs.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi High CourtSchools in Northeast Delhi to stay shut till March 7
Schools in Northeast Delhi have been ordered shut till March 7, officials of the Directorate of Education (DoE) said on Saturday, according to PTI.
29 Feb 2020
Anurag Thakur'Goli maaro...' slogan raised at Rajiv Chowk station, six detained
The spiteful slogan — Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro sa***n ko, has spilled beyond rallies and public meetings. This was proved today when a bunch of men raised the slogan at the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station, in the heart of Delhi.
29 Feb 2020
Uttar PradeshMauritius President stopped at Varanasi airport over excess baggage
Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun was reportedly stopped at the international airport in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
29 Feb 2020
IndiaWhich books should powerful people (like Modi, Shah, RaGa) read
Today is February 29, an extra day life has given us. And, how do I utilize that extra day? By giving unsolicited gyaan to people who would never listen to me.
29 Feb 2020
TalibanAs observer, India will witness historic US-Taliban deal
The United States and Taliban, the terrorist organization that has been waging war in Afghanistan for years, are all set to sign a historic deal.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Why 80,000-strong force couldn't stop riots
The Delhi Police, that has more than 80,000 personnel, was not prepared to handle the violence that hit Northeast Delhi this week. While rioters went on a rampage, cops couldn't figure out how to deal with them.
29 Feb 2020
Jammu And KashmirSquatters to be evicted from homes meant for Kashmiri Pandit-migrants
In what is sure to bring joy to persecuted Kashmiri Pandits, the administration of the newly-formed Jammu and Kashmir union territory has issued show-cause notices to those occupying apartments meant for them.
28 Feb 2020
Arvind KejriwalJNU sedition case: Delhi government allows prosecution of Kanhaiya Kumar
The Delhi government has allowed the prosecution of former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2016 sedition case.
28 Feb 2020
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Imran Khan seeks India-Pakistan mediation by US: Trump told Modi
During his two day visit to India earlier this week, United States President Donald Trump held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over ironing out a bilateral trade deal between the two nations.
28 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceShahrukh, who fired at Delhi police, escaped; kin untraceable too
On Monday, hours before US President Donald Trump arrived in Delhi, a daunting image was plastered across TV news channels.
28 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police, accused of laxity during violence, gets new chief
On Friday, the Ministry of Home Affairs gave Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SN Shrivastava the additional charge of the post of Delhi Commissioner.
28 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi riots: Toll climbs to 38, Centre says situation improving
This week, India's national capital, Delhi, was rocked by Hindu-Muslim riots, in which 38 people were killed and hundreds were injured.
28 Feb 2020
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Tahir Hussain, booked in IB officer's murder-case, suspended by AAP
Tahir Hussain, the councilor of Aam Aadmi Party, was booked in connection to the murder of Intelligence Officer Ankit Sharma, whose body was found from a drain in Northeast Delhi.
27 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi violence: 2 SITs to probe case; all FIRs transferred
Days after communal violence erupted in Northeast Delhi, two Special Investigation Teams (SITs) were formed on Thursday to probe the case.
27 Feb 2020
PulwamaNIA fails to charge-sheet JeM conspiracy case accused; bail granted
An accused in the Jaish-e-Mohammad conspiracy case has been granted bail as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to produce a charge-sheet within the stipulated time.
27 Feb 2020
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Double punishment if AAP leaders found guilty of violence: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that any person found guilty in the Northeast Delhi violence will be punished.
27 Feb 2020
Delhi High CourtKunal Kamra's flying ban reduced; Delhi HC disposes comedian's plea
The aviation ban on stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra imposed by the airline Indigo has been reduced to three months from six months.
27 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceOn hate speeches, Centre gets four weeks to file response
Departing from the urgency it showed yesterday in the matter of hate speeches that possibly fanned communal tensions in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday gave Centre four weeks' time to file its response on a plea seeking FIR against BJP leaders who passed abhorrent remarks.
27 Feb 2020
Narendra ModiDelhi Riots in nutshell: Neither Ram nor Allah, anti-nationals won
If there was one person who could have controlled the Delhi riots, it was Narendra Modi. Systemic failure No. 1.
27 Feb 2020
Ministry Of External AffairsIndia deems US panel's statement on Delhi violence 'factually incorrect'
India on Thursday reacted to the comments made by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on the communal violence in Northeast Delhi.
