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TopicCommunal riots

Topic: Communal riots

When Delhi rioted, Sardar Patel busted fake news and wanted a Hindu newspaper banned

During the post-Partition communal riots in Delhi, it became Sardar Patel's job to quell rumours and take the Delhi Police to task.

Are communal riots a new thing in India? Yes, and it started with the British

Delhi riots have brought back the 200-year old debate – did Hindus and Muslims live peacefully in India before British or was there always communal violence?

After week-long terror & dread, children bring the smiles back in riot-hit Northeast Delhi

Children from different parts of riot-hit areas, who stayed within the confines of their homes, finally came out — they played games and enjoyed the company of their friends.

ABP’s Liyaquat shoots ‘seedha’ questions on riots, Aaj Tak’s Sardana takes on BJP’s Patra

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Misplaced anger: How media became punching bag for doing its duty — reporting Delhi riots

If someone was killed while being forced to chant slogans, it is the media’s job to report it and not sanitise it to suit someone’s sense of political correctness.

Hardest journey Babu Khan ever made, carrying bodies of his two sons killed in Delhi riots

The bodies of Amir Khan (30) and Hashim Ali (19), who were killed during the riots in Northeast Delhi, were released by Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Saturday after a postmortem. Photographs by Praveen Jain.

BSF’s wedding gift to constable Anees: His home destroyed in Delhi riots will be rebuilt

Riots in Northeast Delhi have left more than 40 people dead and over 200 injured, besides damaging property.

Schools in Northeast Delhi to remain shut till 7 March

Annual exams have been postponed since the situation is not conducive in the violence-affected areas of Northeast Delhi, say officials.

Days after riots, Northeast Delhi peaceful amid flag marches by security personnel

The security personnel are holding regular consultations with local residents, who are gradually coming to terms with the damage caused by the communal riots.

Rajdeep Sardesai to Tavleen Singh, one dilemma during riots: preserve harmony or report hate

Be it Gujarat 2002, Hashimpura massacre or Delhi riots, journalists on the frontline of communal hate have had to fight time, rumours and the police.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?