Delhi riots

Delhi Police imposes section 144 ahead of farmers’ protest

New Delhi: In anticipation of the forthcoming Farmers’ protest, the Delhi Police has taken preemptive measures by imposing Section 144 along all Delhi borders. This move comes as various farmers’ unions, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have announced plans for a ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on February 13, aiming to stage protests […]

NE Delhi Riots: Woman Accused Of Murder Of Delhi Police HC Arrested

A 27-year-old woman involved in the murder of Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal in the northeast Delhi riots has been arrested by Delhi Police.

‘Provocative’: Govt Pulls Up TV Channels Over Jahangirpuri Violence, Ukraine War Coverage

  NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on Saturday advised private television news channels to do away with “provocative”, “sensational” coverage of the Jahangirpur violence and the Ukraine war, and to avoid “socially unacceptable language”. In a fresh advisory, the ministry asked television channels to follow The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 […]

Delhi Police Write To ED To Probe Money Laundering Angle In Jahangirpuri Violence

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to investigate charges of money laundering against Ansar, the prime accused in the Jahangirpuri violence that left nine people injured on Saturday, sources said. “The Delhi police commissioner has written a letter to the ED asking it to take action under […]

In Riot-Hit Jahangirpuri, Kalibari Temple Razes Own Gate Amid Demolition, Says Harmony Same

  NEW DELHI: Two days after the Supreme Court stayed the demolition drive by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in riot-hit Jahangirpuri, a temple committee in the area has gone ahead and removed part of the shrine on alleged encroached land on their own. Shree Shree Kalibari Mandir is situated in the same neighbourhood of the […]

Congress Delegation Visits Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, Says Demolition Drive ‘Attack On Poor’

NEW DELHI: A 15-member delegation of the Congress on Thursday visited violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Thursday but was stopped by the police from meeting people in the locality where the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday. Former Union minister Ajay Maken, AICC in-charge of Delhi Congress Shaktisinh Gohil, and […]

Jahangirpuri Violence: Crime Branch Team In West Bengal To Identify Accused

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: A team of the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday reached West Bengal’s Haldia to identify one of the persons accused in the case of Saturday’s violent clashes that allegedly erupted after stone-pelting on Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra. A senior police official wishing not to be named told The New Indian that a […]

In Pictures: MCD Demolition Drive In Riot-Hit Jahangirpuri

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out a demolition drive against encroachment by removing illegal constructions in Delhi’s strife-torn Jahangirpuri area. Communal clashes had broken out in the area last week during a Hanuman Jayanti procession. However, after the Supreme Court’s order to halt the drive, the demolition was stopped. North […]

BJP-Ruled North Delhi MCD To Demolish Illegal Structures In Jahangirpuri

  DELHI: BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation is going to carry out a two-day anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri area where violent clashes broke out allegedly following stone-pelting on Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra on Saturday. The encroachment removal drive will be conducted on Wednesday and Thursday. The development was confirmed by a letter from the MCD […]

Jahangirpuri Violence: Police Arrest Arms Supplier, Slap NSA Against 5

  NEW DELHI: Moving ahead in its probe into the Jahangirpuri violence, the Delhi Police have arrested another accused who allegedly supplied firearms to accused Yunus aka Sonu Chikna, and charged five accused including him under stringent NSA, it said on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has also charged five accused arrested under the stringent national […]