"If such blurring gains traction, democracy would be in peril," a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani said in its 83-page judgement while deliberating with the case and imposition of anti-terror law against Kalita.
The magazine alleged that the mob physically assaulted the staffers, threatened to kill them and also used communal slurs.
The Delhi police had on Tuesday clamped restrictions on the gathering of four or more people under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure in a bid to check violent clashes which has also left more than 200 injured.
'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'
A suspected Pakistani spy, who was arrested in the national capital, worked as a technician in a mobile phone repair shop in north-east Delhi for the past three years, police sources said on Monday. Jabbar alias Syed Amir Ali, who was caught by Immigration officials at Delhi airport last Saturday, lived in Shahdara area. "He was working in a mobile repair shop on Loni Road in Mansarovar Park for the past three years as a technician," the official said.
It has also been decided to suspend the interstate bus services till March 31, the officials said. The decisions have been taken at a high-level meeting attended by chief secretaries of all states and the cabinet secretary and the principal secretary to the prime minister.
The BJP polled over 56 per cent of votes, more than the combined vote share of the Congress (22.5 per cent) and the AAP (18.1 per cent).
At least 13 people, including a police head constable, have died and over 200 were injured since Monday as mobs went on a rampage in Maujpur, Jaffrabad, Babarpur, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar, Chandbagh areas in northeast Delhi.
A teenaged son of a head constable allegedly opened fire at his neighbours, injuring four of them, following an altercation in Delhi, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday night in Meeta Nagar of north-east Delhi.
At least 7 people were killed and several others injured when a multi-storey under-construction building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday in north east Delhi, police said. More than 20 people were critically injured when the building in New Usmanpur locality collapsed and shifted to GTB hospital. Six of the injured succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, sources said, adding the figure may go up.
Asked about the report, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "The political judgements of Freedom House are as inaccurate and distorted as their maps."
A group of Shiv Sena activists on Tuesday set on fire the office of Rashtravadi Shiv Sena in the national capital in 'retaliation' to Monday's attack on the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.Owning responsibility for the attack, Shiv Sena North India in-charge Sandeep Kulkarni said the attack was mainly against 'tarnishing' the image of his party and its leaders.
Shah said opposition parties led by the Cong misled people on CAA and disturbed the atmosphere of Delhi. Delhi will go to polls next year and HM exuded confidence that 'lotus will bloom'.
According to officials, the board will inform students about the schedule 10 days in advance.
'You realised there was a struggle outside and now your struggle is to survive, live in prison, to retain your feelings, your humanity, and collectively continue doing inside what you were doing outside.'
Three persons were killed in Wednesday in protests against the sealing drive.
The four assailants allegedly killed the children and dumped their bodies in a wood land.
Violence erupted in several parts of Delhi on Wednesday as traders protesting the MCD's sealing drive clashed with police killing 2 and injuring nearly 100 people, including 30 securitymen and a deputy commissioner of police.
The arrest comes at a time when the capital is on a high alert in the wake of intelligence inputs warning of possible suicide attacks around Republic Day.
Following the order, the Peace and Harmony Committee of the Delhi Assembly deferred its proceedings, and said it would notify the further course of action and the next date of sitting in due course of time.
Hundreds of people are still seen attending the rallies without wearing face masks and pushing and shoving each other for space.
India did not create the problem. But if it had a better functioning government system, it would have been able to deal with it at lower cost to its citizens, explains T N Ninan.
The woman, a resident of Sunder Nagri, was abducted by Sanjiv, Manoj and Mota on February 22 on an autorickshaw at about 7 pm, according to a police official.
The colonies of Bhajanpura and Chand Bagh, which are divided by just a main road, are now standing divided on views of each other after the violence in northeast Delhi over the past three days that has claimed over 24 lives so far.
She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago.
NIA had sought 15-day custodial interrogation of the accused who were arrested from various parts of the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.
It's impossible to get the actual number of people dying and not getting compensation but the number is obviously much more than stingy official estimates. In any case, nowhere in the world are people sent inside gas chambers without oxygen cylinders and masks. Unofficial estimates suggest that on an average, one sanitation worker dies every five days all over the country, writes Shyamal Majumdar.
'There appears to be no end to the errors that our leaders are willing to commit and no risk they are unwilling to run,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
'There are many people languishing in jail under these draconian laws, where it takes them 10 years, 15 years, to finally be acquitted.' 'And, who is going to account for those years?' 'The home ministry's statistics says that between 2016 and 2019, the conviction rate (under UAPA) is only 2 per cent and the use of UAPA has increased by more than 70 per cent.' 'There are many people languishing in jail under these draconian laws, where it takes them 10 years, 15 years, to finally be acquitted.'
'Who is going to account for those years?'
'The home ministry's statistics says that between 2016 and 2019, the conviction rate (under UAPA) is only 2 per cent and the use of UAPA has increased by more than 70 per cent.' 'The government statistics itself is so revealing what the purpose of this law (UAPA) is.'
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Residents said that the Congress leader was a spitting image of her grand mother and her entrance into politics had lent fresh energy to the party.
He also dismissed the charge that the attacker was an AAP supporter as claimed by the police.
Following are their brief profiles and roles as alleged by the NIA.
The judge asked the concerned deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to monitor the probe to ensure fair investigation as police have failed to point out what investigation has been carried out so far regarding the involvement of the rival faction.
The Delhi Police has asked commuters to avoid Rajpath and its connecting roads on Friday morning as nearly 30,000 people are expected to throng the Red Fort on the occasion of International Day of Yoga, traffic officials said.
The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.
'Tragically, compassion is in short supply in our ancient capital city, as the horrific violence in recent weeks testified,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Only when they are in a group or in mobs, then they attack.'
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