The Delhi high court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of media reports about the killing of an Arunachal Pradesh student, who was allegedly beaten by some shopkeepers here, and asked the Centre to file a report on the incident.
At least 40 people, including 20 police personnel, were injured during the clashes, the police said on Saturday.
'In the 1971 War my battalion suffered 4 casualties after fighting for 14 days.' 'In Operation Blue Star, I lost 19 men in just one hour.'
Three people have been arrested in the alleged attack on a student from Arunachal Pradesh which later led to his death even as Delhi Police constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the incident.
The autopsy report of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania, whose death here sparked an outrage, has revealed that he succumbed due to injuries on his head and face caused by a blunt object.
The government on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the death of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania allegedly after an assault by a group of people.
What once used to be a hut in this village in Faltan tehsil of Satara district in western Maharashtra has been replaced by a mansion, the best in the vicinity.
A policeman has been sentenced to death and seven others have been awarded life imprisonment after they were found guilty in a fake encounter involving three students by a Central Bureau of Investigation court in Patna.
Something about the big car and its passengers, standing solemnly outside their vehicle, piqued the biker's interest.
An Arunachal Pradesh MLA's son, studying in a college in New Delhi, was allegedly thrashed by some shopkeepers in Lajpat Nagar area of south Delhi when he retaliated after they made fun of his hairstyle, which led to his death.
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Charlie Hebdo thanked 'millions' of supporters 'who are really on our side, who sincerely and deeply "are Charlie",' an invocation of the 'I am Charlie' slogan that went viral the world over after murderers killed 17 people in Paris last week.
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In another incident of attack on a person from the northeast in the national capital, a 22-year-old Manipuri youth was allegedly stabbed and robbed by some unidentified assailants in Mehrauli area in New Delhi in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Parents of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania, who died following an alleged racist attack in Delhi, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and demanded capital punishment for the perpetrators.
For the moment, Siwan is once again Shahabuddin's home.
The JNU student leader said, "There is an atmosphere of fear in the country and anybody who speaks against the government is threatened."
Syed Firdaus Ashraf walks the streets of Mahim, where Yakub Memon grew up and lived till the day before the serial blasts in 1993, on the day Yakub was hanged and discovers an undercurrent of unease and restrained anger.
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
'The Kopardi rape/murder was the immediate cause of the unrest.' 'However, there is a feeling of isolation and anger that has been simmering within the Maratha community.' 'The protests gave Marathas a sense of belonging.' 'They felt they have a stake in the protests and the issues being raised.' 'As for the future, let us see what happens.' 'All I can say is it will not stop here.'
'Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat.'
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