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TopicCommunal riots

Topic: Communal riots

Delhi riots felt in US, PM speaks up, Sudhir Chaudhary’s power trip & Greta Thunberg’s pal

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Riot-hit Northeast Delhi has 1 MP, 7 MLAs but only one has visited his constituency

Even Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has yet to pay a visit to the areas that witnessed violence, choosing instead to pray for peace at Rajghat. 

Sonia Gandhi demands Amit Shah’s resignation, BJP says she’s ‘politicising’ Delhi riots

After Congress Working Committee meeting, interim chief Sonia Gandhi raised questions against Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Prakash Singh blames Delhi police for riots and Sujan Chinoy on Trump visit success

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Amrita Shah, Prakash Singh, Sujan Chinoy, C Rangarajan, Rahul Matthan & many others.

Delhi violence updates: CM Arvind Kejriwal visits riot-hit areas as death toll reaches 25

Follow live updates on what is happening in Delhi as the government responds to violent communal riots in the northeast district.

Death toll rises to 20 in northeast Delhi clashes

The clashes between pro- and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters continue, resulting in several people sustaining grievous injuries.

S N Shrivastava appointed Delhi Police Special Commissioner after death toll rises to 11

Delhi govt's home department said IPS officer S N Shrivastava is being appointed to the Delhi Police post with 'immediate effect'.

Among Delhi riot victims, a 22-year-old auto driver, Bihar labourer, and father of six

The death toll climbed to 11 Tuesday. Some families of the victims held BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s ‘incendiary’ speech responsible for the violence.

Delhi HC asks CBSE to decide on rescheduling board exam at centre in violence-hit area

Class X and XII students of a private school said the centre allotted to them by the CBSE was situated in Chandu Nagar-Karawal Nagar road, one of the violence-hit areas.

Indian Army should be relieved from internal security in J&K. It goes against secular ethos

Indian Army must be kept insulated from prolonged exposure to internal disorder so that it doesn’t become communalised like the police forces.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

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?