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Northeast Delhi is seeing violent communal clashes over the new citizenship law, with the death toll rising to 13. The Police struggled to check the agitators who ran amok on streets, pelting stones, thrashing people and burning and looting shops.
Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia interact with the local residents in the sensitive areas in North East Delhi, to take stock of the situation there.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, after visiting sensitive areas of North East Delhi, has reached Home Ministry to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in UP Assembly: If people have misunderstood that they can arson and damage property then we know how to find a solution for that misunderstanding too. That is why protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act is unnecessary.
CBSE postpones the following subject exams scheduled for tomorrow in North East Part of Delhi. Exams in rest of Delhi shall be conducted as scheduled. The next date of exam for affected students will be notified shortly.
#WATCH Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval interacts with the local residents of #NortheastDelhi. While speaking to a woman resident he says, "Prem ki bhaavna bana kar rakhiye. Hamara ek desh hai, hum sab ko milkar rehna hai. Desh ko mil kar aage badhana hai."
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval: Situation is totally under control. People are satisfied. I have confidence in law enforcement agencies. Police is doing its work.
Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval are monitoring the situation.
Delhi violence matter in Delhi High Court: High Court directs to set up helplines for immediate help for victims, private ambulances to be provided for safe passage of victims. Court also directs set up of shelters for rehabilitation along with basic facilities.
Delhi violence matter: Delhi High Court expresses concern over body an IB officer found in north-east Delhi. Court says it is "very unfortunate". Court also asks the highest functionaries in state and central government to personally meet the victims and their families.
Delhi: Five IPS officers of Delhi Police transferred. SD Mishra ACP Rohini now posted as ACP Traffic, MS Randhawa ACP (Central District) posted as ACP (Crime), Pramod Mishra DCP (EOW) posted as DCP (Rohini), S Bhatia DCP IGI Airport posted as DCP (Central District), Rajeev Ranjan, Staff Officer to Commissioner of Police (CP) posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IGI Airport.
Mumbai: Police have arrested 5 people allegedly for beating a 68-year-old auto-rickshaw driver to death after he asked for his due money, Rs 5 in Borivali. FIR registered and further investigation is underway.
Union Minister & BJP leader Prakash Javadekar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's statement is unfortunate and condemnable. At such times all parties should ensure that peace is maintained, blaming the government instead is dirty politics. Politicising this violence is wrong.
New Delhi, February 26: Northeast Delhi is seeing violent communal clashes over the new citizenship law, with the death toll rising to 13. The Police struggled to check the agitators who ran amok on streets, pelting stones, thrashing people and burning and looting shops. Locations including Bhajanpura, Chand Bagh, Maujpur, Gokulpuri, Jaffrabad and Kardampuri saw overnight incidents.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated the Kashmir mediation pitch while addressing the media on the second day of his two-day India visit. While stressing that the Kashmir issue is to be largely settled under a bilateral framework between India and Pakistan, Trump said that he is there to help in "whatever way I could" to diffuse the tensions between the New Delhi and Islamabad.
Exactly a year back on February 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out blows on the training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a terror outfit, in Pakistan’s Balakot area to avenge the February 14, 2019, Pulwama attack, which claimed lives of 40 CRPF jawans. In the early morning hours of February 26, 2019, 12 Mirage 2000 jets dropped 1,000-kg bombs on the terror camps.
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