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The MEA on Thursday rejected comments by a US body, USCIRF and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Delhi violence, terming them “factually inaccurate, misleading and an attempt to politicise the issue." The MEA further said, “Our law enforcement agencies are working on the ground to prevent violence & ensure restoration of confidence and normalcy."

The death toll in the north-east Delhi communal riots rose to 38 on Thursday. However, no incident of violence has been reported since Tuesday night. Delhi Police has arrested over 130 people, detained over 400 & registered 48 FIRs. It has booked AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and his associates in the case of murder of IB official Ankit Sharma.

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders attacked President Trump for failure on human rights leadership, saying Trump’s comment that handling the unrest over the CAA was up to India was inadequate. "Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more. Trump responds by saying, ‘That’s up to India," Sanders tweeted.

The telecom department is working on at least three options to defer the Rs 1.47 lakh crore adjusted gross revenue (AGR) liability of telcos - Vodafone Idea and Airtel, including proposals to let the operators pay around 20% of the outstanding amount upfront. "There is a need to see that the industry doesn’t end up as a monopoly, or even a duopoly,” a source told TOI.

The SC said it would expedite hearing on a pending petition seeking revisiting the court’s definition of ‘Hindutva’ as a way of life & hear arguments for & against the plea from certain quarters to disqualify candidates if they made use of ‘Hindutva’ to seek votes. SC will hear the petition after completion of arguments in the faith versus fundamental rights case.

The body of Ankit Sharma was recovered on Wednesday from a drain in north-east Delhi’s riot-hit Chand Bagh area,

BJP got ₹742 crore out of ₹951 crore, says ADR analysis of contributions of over ₹20,000 in 2018-19

A Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar led BJP-JJP government in Haryana on Thursday said riots keep happening and are a “part of life”. State Power M

Aim is to create hospitable conditions for the return of Rohingya community

A resolution could be brought in this session itself, says a senior Sena leader

Visva-Bharati student had shared photos on Facebook of anti-CAA protests on campus

V. Muraleedharan opens 29th Swadeshi Science Congress in Kasaragod

348 cases related to Bhima-Koregaon violence have been withdrawn so far: Anil Deshmukh

Delhi HC had denied him custody of daughter

State council has appointed eight doctors to take action against bogus occupational therapists, physiotherapists

3 security personnel arrested with heroinThree security personnel, including a personal guard of State Social Welfare Minister Santana Chakma, were ar

Chief Minister Yediyurappa to inaugurate it today

In case of failed biometric fingerprint authentication of BPL card holders there is a provision for distributing foodgrains after documenting it in th

‘Youth should be prepared with skills such as artificial intelligence and machine learning’

Firm plans to invest up to $100 million and induct more than 2,000 technologists