More than 200 people have been injured in the violence that raged in the areas over the last few days
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a review meeting to take stock of prevailing law and order situation in Delhi in view of the violence that engulfed the North-East district of the national capital.The meeting was attended by Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, CP Delhi Amulya Patnaik, and Special CP, Law & Order SN Shrivastava.According to the ministry, no major untoward incident has been reported in the last 36 hours in any police station of North-East Delhi.Prohibitory orders under Section 144 will be relaxed for a total of 10 hours tomorrow in view of the improvement of the situation."So far, 48 FIRs, pertaining to clashes, loss of lives/property, etc., have already been registered and further FIRs would be registered in due course. Police has detained/arrested 514 suspects for questioning so far. Further arrests would be effected in the course of the investigation," Home Ministry said.The Ministry claimed that 35 persons have lost their lives in these tragic ...
The BJP on Thursday went all out against the Congress and AAP accusing them of inciting the riots
The Congress is likely to submit adjournment motion notices in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, demanding a debate over the violence in Delhi, sources said
Normalcy seems to be returning in the city with over 98 per cent attendance recorded in the class 12 board exam held in violence-affected areas during the day
The Supreme Court will hear a plea of BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay seeking immediate direction to Centre to implement Law Commission's report on hate speech.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday announced that he will also not be participating in any 'Holi milan' celebration this year in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak."Holi is a very important festival for we Indians but in the wake of Coronavirus, i have decided not to participate in any Holi Milan celebration this year. I also appeal everyone to avoid public gatherings and take a good care of yourself & your family," Shah tweeted.Earlier in the day, Modi cited experts' advice to reduce mass gatherings to avoid the spread of the deadly virus while making the announcement."Experts across the world have advised to reduce mass gatherings to avoid the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus. Hence, this year I have decided not to participate in any Holi Milan programme," the Prime Minister tweeted.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that 28 positive cases of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in India so far.Global ...
There were some areas of normalcy in the riot-hit localities of northeast Delhi with shops opening
Shah also said that India has now joined the league of countries like the US and Israel in carrying out surgical strikes
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty led a large rally in Santoshpur in south Kolkata while Congress activists took out a protest march from Beckbagan to Park Circus
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a rally at the Janata Maidan here on Friday in support of the amended Citizenship Act
Shah is expected to stay here till Monday evening, a BJP leader said
Ravi Shankar Prasad, S Jaishankar, Smriti Irani, Harsh Vardhan, Harsimrat Kaur attended the meeting
In a no-nonsense approach, the author asserted that the BJP as an organisation needs to understand that Amit Shah and Narendra Modi "cannot always help out"
Shah made the announcement while addressing a gathering here on the occasion of Arunachal Pradesh's 34th Statehood Day
China, which claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of south Tibet, objected to Shah's visit to the state, saying it violated Beijing's "territorial sovereignty" over it
Referring to the problems of militancy and inter-state boundary disputes in the region, the home minister said the Modi government was committed to their resolution
Shah is in Arunachal Pradesh to attend the 34th Statehood Day function and launch a number of projects related to industry and roads
The meeting went on for over 20 minutes at Shah's residence
Labour Party MP Debbie Abraham, who landed at the Delhi airport, was deported to Dubai. The Home Ministry maintained that it had informed her about her e-visa being cancelled