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Topic: Delhi riots

Rising death toll & Delhi HC’s relief to police vie for headlines in TOI, HT & Express

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

RSS sees larger design in Delhi communal riots, blames changing demographic profile

According to an informal assessment by RSS, the Delhi riots were a reaction to a series of steps taken by Modi govt, which doesn’t favour appeasement. 

Kejriwal is wrong. Delhi to Gujarat, outsiders blamed in riots, but most victims know attackers

Kejriwal, like any Indian politician, blamed the Delhi riots on faceless mobs. But from 1984 to Naroda Patiya, mob frontrunners have always known the area.

Anger towards ‘other side’ echoes in Hindu-dominated areas of riot-hit Northeast Delhi

Mobs allegedly torched shops, used a school roof to hurl stones and petrol bombs. Gunshot survivor says relationships have been ‘forever damaged’.

Two SITs set up to probe Delhi communal riots, DCP barred by poll body to head one

The SITs are combing through WhatsApp groups and video footage from residents, journalists and security cameras to find the miscreants.

If MP’s complaint ignored, no wonder Delhi is burning — SAD’s Gujral writes to police chief

Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral of SAD writes to Delhi's police commissioner, L-G and Home Minister Amit Shah, detailing how his complaint on riots wasn’t acted upon.

IB officer Ankit Sharma’s death case of ‘targeted killing’, AAP’s Tahir Hussain named in FIR

Ankit Sharma’s family claims police apathy, say they were made to do rounds of hospitals to look for his body but refused registration of a case.

Why Delhi riots are different — what ThePrint’s 13 reporters, photojournalists saw on ground

In Episode 400 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta decluttered the Delhi riots with ThePrint's team of intrepid young journalists.

What changed between Gujarat 2002 & Delhi 2020? Low trust in TV news, higher faith in phone

In 2002, public trust in TV news was high because 24x7 news was a new beast. Now every riot-witness is a self-broadcaster.

Delhi violence a riot or a clash? Only liberal intellectuals care, not the dead

To concentrate on academic jargon at a time like this in Delhi shows how removed privileged Indians are.

On Camera

Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.