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Wed, Nov 25, 2020
Crime against humanity, says Delhi riots chargesheet

It stated that by a 'sustained and well-oiled' campaign, they created an...

Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Umar Khalid conspired to fuel Delhi riots: Police

In this conspiracy, firearms, petrol bombs, acid bottles and stones were...

Sat, Nov 21, 2020
Delhi riots: Activist Gulfisha Fatima gets bail

The court granted her bail on the ground of parity as co-accused Jawaharlal...

Fri, Nov 13, 2020
'Delhi riots could have been averted if FB had acted'

Luckie affirmed that there has been repeated interference by the top...

Sat, Nov 7, 2020
Judge turns lyrical in giving bail in Delhi riots case

Take your freedom from the cage you are in; Till the trial is over, the State...

Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Delhi violence: 'Worst communal riots since partition'

The remarks by the court came while dismissing the bail pleas in three cases...

Sat, Oct 17, 2020
Delhi riots: ED charge-sheets Tahir Hussain

The ED was probing the allegation that Hussain and his linked persons...

Wed, Oct 7, 2020
Delhi riots 'big conspiracy' to disturb country: MoS

The RAF was deployed during the communal violence that broke out in northeast...

Thu, Sep 24, 2020
Delhi riots: Umar Khalid to be jailed till Oct 22

In the FIR, police has claimed that the communal violence was a "premeditated...

Thu, Sep 17, 2020
Oppn leaders meet Prez, question Delhi riots probe

In a joint memorandum, the leaders raised their concerns over the probe into...

Wed, Sep 16, 2020
Delhi riots: 17,500-page chargesheet filed against 15

According to the sources, those named in the chargesheet are Taahir Hussain,...

Mon, Sep 14, 2020
Delhi riots: Umar Khalid sent to 10-day police custody

In the FIR, the police has claimed that the communal violence was a...

Umar Khalid arrested in connection with Delhi riots

He was arrested by the special cell of the Delhi police after 11 hours of...

Sun, Sep 13, 2020
'Yechury, Yogendra Yadav not charged in Delhi riots'

A statement by the Delhi Police clarified to say that a report put out by an...

Sat, Sep 12, 2020
Yechury, Yogendra Yadav conspired Delhi riots: Police

They have been accused of asking anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters to...

Fri, Sep 11, 2020
Delhi riots: Court asks police to sensitise officers

The false statement was filed by an IO in his reply to a bail application of...

Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Publisher withdraws book on Delhi riots after backlash

The publishing house faced massive backlash online on Friday after an...

Tue, Aug 18, 2020
BJP 'engineered' northeast Delhi riots, alleges AAP

The AAP demanded a thorough probe against the Muslim community from Shaheen...

Mon, Jul 27, 2020
Delhi riots: 'Truth had to be told'

'Especially at a time when truth is being twisted and a new narrative is...

Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Delhi violence: Pregnant Safoora Zargar gets bail

Justice Rajiv Shakdher released Zargar on bail on furnishing a personal bond...

Thu, Jun 4, 2020
Delhi violence: 21-week pregnant Safoora denied bail

The court said that even if there was no direct act of violence attributable...

Sat, May 30, 2020
Delhi violence: Cong leader gets bail for wedding

She has been booked under the anti-terror law in a case related to communal...

Thu, May 28, 2020
Delhi violence probe targeted towards one end: Court

The judge asked the concerned deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to monitor...

Fri, Mar 20, 2020
Lesson from Delhi riots: Insure your assets

It is important for businessmen and entrepreneurs to purchase insurance to...

Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Delhi riots: 'We can only get through this by smiling'

A solitary patch of violet stands out in what are walls blackened high with...

2 top PFI members held for role in Delhi riots: Police

The accused have been identified as PFI president Parvez and secretary Iliyas

Thu, Mar 12, 2020
The root cause of a riot

Delhi was just one riot.Add Bengal, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and you can count a...

Wed, Mar 11, 2020
Delhi violence a pre-planned conspiracy: Amit Shah

Facing opposition criticism over alleged inaction by the Delhi police during...

In LS, Opposition criticises Shah over Delhi riots

As the government came under attack from the Opposition during the debate on...

RS to discuss Delhi violence on Thursday

The opposition was demanding a discussion on the issue on Wednesday itself....

In history of communal riots, where does Delhi stand?

'The humanity displayed by ordinary, lower middle class residents of north...

Mon, Mar 9, 2020
Delhi riots: Tahir Hussain's brother held

Three other persons have also been arrested for allegedly sheltering Shah...

Man held for hatching conspiracy to incite Delhi riots

Police told the court that the accused had to be confronted with...

Delhi riots: Darkness brings with it panic & fear

As the sun sets over the charred ruins of what was a bustling neighbourhood...

Sun, Mar 8, 2020
Delhi riots: 1 held for sweet shop employee's killing

Negi's decapitated and charred body was found in Brahmpuri on February 26. On...

Fri, Mar 6, 2020
Delhi riots: HC seeks reply on releasing list of held

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice...

Delhi riots coverage: Govt punishes 2 Kerala channels

The two channels -- Media One and Asianet News TV -- were earlier issued a...

HC lists multiple pleas on Delhi riots for March 12

The pleas also include a separate petition alleging hate speeches by other...

Delhi riots: Prasar Bharati CEO rejects BBC invite

'I must respectfully decline the invitation in view of the recent coverage of...

TMC's O'Brien speaks on Delhi riots in Parl corridor

In an unprecedented act, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien...

HC directs videography of autopsies of Delhi riot dead

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and I S Mehta directed the authorities...

Lok Sabha adjourned amid protests over Delhi violence

In between spells of adjournments, the House conducted business for a brief...

'IDs of people have been deliberately targetted'

'A clear pattern is emerging in that most of those who we met are saying that...

Wed, Mar 4, 2020
Over 97% appeared in Class 10 exam in riot-hit areas

The CBSE on Sunday said any further delay may hamper chances of students in...

Fear continues to grip Delhi riot survivors

Many of those who fled during the violence are still fearful about returning.

'The perpetrators are cowards'

'Only when they are in a group or in mobs, then they attack.'

Delhi riots: Suspended AAP leader seeks bail

Hussain has been booked in the murder case of the IB staffer in northeast...

Tue, Mar 3, 2020
In Delhi's relief camps, despair is all that one feels

The inmates at the relief camp said the rioters were all locals and not...

79 homes, 327 shops gutted during Delhi violence

Over 1,000 riot-affected people have moved into the Delhi government's relief...

Delhi riots rock LS again, to be discussed after Holi

Amid the din in which BJP and Congress members tried to shove each other and...

Kejriwal meets PM Modi, discusses Delhi riots

'Delhi Police could have prevented loss of lives in the violence had it...

'Did Rajini ask Amit Shah to quit over Delhi riots?'

'He just said that those who cannot control the violence should go. He did...

The BJP leader who quit over Delhi riots

'Modi should arrest Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Sharma.''These...

Mon, Mar 2, 2020
Delhi woman takes DNA test to claim dad's charred leg

Gulshan, along with her husband Mohammad Nasiruddin and two small children,...

Delhi riots: Bhim Army chief seeks UN's intervention

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad alleged that after the Citizenship...

See: Director Rohit Shetty's advice on Delhi riots

'I can give a lecture, people will praise me on social media. But right now,...

'Shah must resign': Oppn targets govt over Delhi riots

The Congress and other opposition parties have accused the police of bias and...

Mob torched my house in Delhi riots: Muslim BJP leader

Raza alleged most of the rioters were outsiders.

Sun, Mar 1, 2020
Delhi riots: 'He went to buy milk and never returned'

The 27-year-old rickshawpuller, who lived in Brijpuri, was killed in the...

Oppn to corner govt over Delhi riots, Shah's 'lapses'

'I think there must be some sort of a nexus between the rioters and a section...

Sat, Feb 29, 2020
Some signs of normalcy in riot-hit northeast Delhi

In Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Yamuna Vihar, Chand Bagh, Mustafabad and Bhajanpura,...

Amid violence, couple tie the knot in Gokulpuri

Mahendra Kumar and Savita Kashyap, both in their 20s, got married on Friday...

We were heavily outnumbered: ACP hurt in Delhi riots

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Anuj Kumar, who got injured in recent...

Fri, Feb 28, 2020
Kejriwal outlines relief plan for Delhi riot victims

Kejriwal said the government has set up 9 shelters for the riot-affected...

BJP, Congress trade charges over 'rajdharma'

The BJP's remarks came a day after the Congress leaders, led by Sonia Gandhi,...

Cops were missing during riots, claim Muslims, Hindus

They are also upset with the Delhi government for not standing with the...

Hindus, Muslims unite to fend off mob in Delhi colony

'Violence begets violence, crowd begets crowd. We thought if somebody would...

Delhi violence toll up to 42, some signs of normalcy

Nearly 7,000 paramilitary forces have been deployed in the affected areas of...

Delhi cops meet Muslim clergy, assure safety

The Delhi police initiated an "outreach programme" on Friday as part of which...

Gujarat to Delhi, a thread: Riots remained localised

An interesting and even more worrying factor of the Delhi riots now is the...

Will Shah succeed as home minister?

Amit Shah now enters an unfamiliar and interesting phase of his political...

'Kapil Mishra's statement sparked the Delhi riots'

'If you look through the optics of BJP leader Kapil Mishra, he was standing...

Kicked in stomach by mob, woman gives birth to baby

For 30-year-old Shabana Parveen, it was nothing short of a miracle -- giving...

'Where was Amit Shah when Delhi was burning'

"Why was the home minister not visible (during the violence)? The country got...

From legal aid to food, locals offer help in Delhi

Many good samaritans have volunteered to help the kin of those who have died...

Mob targets Muslim shops, turns Hindu family homeless

The family of six, who are now forced to spend their days roaming in the...

2 brothers, 85-yr-old woman among 38 killed in riots

Aamir, 25, who worked as a driver, and his brother Hashim, 16, set out from...

Burnt books, gutted desks at vandalised Delhi schools

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that children who have lost their...

Delhi: No major incident in 36 hrs, 514 held, says MHA

Prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of the CrPC will be relaxed for...

Thu, Feb 27, 2020
Shops shut, riot-hit residents survive on bread, Maggi

With medical shops, grocery stores and other establishments selling essential...

Meghalaya Guv's Tiananmen solution for Delhi rioters

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters were killed on June 4, 1989 in and...

Tahir Hussain named in murder FIR, suspended from AAP

The sources said Hussain has been suspended from the primary membership of...

Delhi riots toll 38; crime branch takes over cases

Eleven more deaths were reported on Thursday, taking the total death toll to...

As OIC wades into Delhi riots, MEA says to lay off

India on Thursday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for its...

CBSE defers board exams in riot-hit areas of Delhi

The exam postponement announcement by the CBSE came for the third time this...

Delhi riots: Sonia meets Prez, seeks HM's resignation

The Congress requested the President to remind the central government of its...

Delhi riots: 13-yr-old who went to take exam missing

A police officer said a "missing person" FIR has been registered and search...

Police must be insulated from their political masters

The Indian police is governed by the archaic, colonial-era Police Act of...

India slams US body for politicising Delhi violence

Though MEA did not clarify the individuals being referred to, it is being...

'Home minister is solely responsible': Ex-Delhi cop

'The Delhi police is not acting only at the behest of the home minister;...

Judge Muralidhar transferred to save BJP leaders: Cong

'Judge Muralidhar was under transfer to Chandigarh for entirely opaque...

Justice Muralidhar hearing Delhi violence case shifted

Delhi high court judge Justice S Muralidhar was on Wednesday transferred to...

'Home ministry interference crippled Delhi police'

We are becoming more cruel and less civilised

He took his dad to hospital on bike, sporting 'tilak'

Sahil, 26, a resident of north Gonda area, says his father, Parvez Alam, 50,...

'What's making you scared?' Residents ask Delhi police

The colonies of Bhajanpura and Chand Bagh, which are divided by just a main...

Resign if you can't crush violence: Rajini to govt

In a rare sharp attack on the BJP-led Centre, Rajinikanth also asked those in...

Kejriwal visits riot-hit areas, blame outsiders

Speaking in the Delhi Assembly, the chief minister appealed to Union Home...

Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Situation in riot-hit NE Delhi 'under control': Doval

Doval said he was there as per the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra...

IB staffer found dead in Delhi's riot-hit area

Ankit Sharma, 26, had been missing since Tuesday and might have been killed...

27 dead in 2 days, 106 arrested; Delhi remains tense

Hospital authorities said of the deceased at the GTB, at least nine received...

Cop killed in Delhi violence consigned to flames

The funeral was conducted with state honour at Tiyawali village in the...

Thursday's Class 12 CBSE exam postponed in NE Delhi

"Considering request of Delhi government and to avoid inconvenience to...

Delhi violence: Amit Shah should resign, says Sonia

The Congress president also hit out at BJP leader Kapil Mishra for making a...

Prices of milk, veggies up in violence-hit NE Delhi

The Delhi police had on Tuesday clamped restrictions on the gathering of four...

Security forces conduct flag marches in riot-hit areas

Shops and schools remained closed and streets wore a deserted look as...

UN chief following Delhi situation, says spokesperson

UN chief Antonio Guterres is closely following the situation in New Delhi and...

NSA Doval tasked to bring Delhi under control

The NSA visited the affected northeastern parts of Delhi, including Jaffrabad...

Lack of professionalism: SC pulls up Delhi cops

The apex court lashed out at the law enforcing agencies for allowing the...

Delhi violence: Modi appeals for peace, brotherhood

He also said it was important that calm and normalcy was restored at the...

Violence in Delhi failure of police: Chidambaram

At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in communal clashes...

Delhi: Lawyer who asked court for help at midnight

'The most important thing is that medical aid reaches people whenever required.'

Complaint against Rana Ayyub for 'Delhi violence' clip

A 45-second video clip posted on the Twitter handle @RanaAyyub on February 25...

Ensure safe passage of wounded: Delhi HC to cops

The Bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Anup J Bhambhani directed the Delhi...

'We will be paying the cost for decades'

'It is not just the police, but all agencies of governance that are...

Leadership failure at all levels: Former Delhi top cop

'For dealing with rioters no political orders are required.'

Cops are there but not doing anything: Delhi residents

At least 13 people, including a police head constable, have died and over 200...

New special CP brought in to control Delhi violence

An order issued by the Home Department of the Delhi government said the...

Sudden rush of victims causes panic at Delhi hospital

The injured, who were severely wounded, were brought in on motorbikes,...

Tue, Feb 25, 2020
13 killed, 200 injured as NE Delhi continues to burn

A Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among the nine killed in the...

CBSE defers board exams in northeast Delhi

There are a total of 86 centres in northeast Delhi. While Class 10 students...

Stop this madness, says Kejri after visiting injured

"I have met the people who were injured, also met some people who sustained...

1 scribe shot at, 2 others attacked in Delhi clashes

Akash sustained a bullet injury while covering the communal clashes in...

1,000 armed policemen being deployed in Delhi

It was also decided in the meeting to enhance police-MLA coordination in the...

Violence in Delhi: SC to hear plea by ex-CIC

In the application, Habibullah, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and...

Delhi violence perpetrated 'intentionally': Minister

Investigations are on and it will reveal whoever is behind it, G Kishan Reddy...

Gambhir calls for strict action against Kapil Mishra

On Sunday, Mishra had issued an ultimatum to the Delhi Police to clear the...

Kejriwal appeals for calm, asks for sealing borders

The chief minister also asked all hospital authorities to give best possible...

Man who opened fire during Delhi clashes detained

Seven people have lost their lives in the clashes between pro and...

Delhi 'very tense', fresh stone pelting reported

'We are continuously receiving calls related to incidents of violence from...

Delhi violence: HM reviews situation, CM calls meeting

A head constable was among four people killed and at least 50 others,...

Political leaders condemn violence in Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that violence will not be tolerated.

Mon, Feb 24, 2020
Delhi cop among 4 killed in violent clashes over CAA

The violence-affected areas witnessed several rounds of stone-pelting from...

Sun, Feb 23, 2020
2 metro stations shut as pro, anti-CAA groups clash

Police fired tear gas shells as members of the two groups pelted stones at...