Category: India News

Death toll rises to 32 in religious violence in New Delhi

NEW DELHI – At least 32 people have been killed in the deadliest violence to engulf India’s capital New Delhi in decades as a heavy deployment of security forces brought an uneasy calm on Thursday, a police official said. The violence began over a disputed new citizenship law […]

Sporadic violence in Delhi as death toll hits 32

Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streets littered with the debris of days of sectarian riots that have killed 32 people, police said Thursday. Thousands of riot police and paramilitaries patrolled the affected northeast fringes of the Indian capital of 20 million people, preventing […]

India says US politicizing religious riots in which 30 died

NEW DELHI — India accused a U.S. government commission of politicizing communal violence in New Delhi that killed at least 30 people and injured more than 200 as President Donald Trump was visiting the country. The violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim mobs were the capital’s worst communal […]

PM Modi appeals for calm as riot toll rises to 20

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for calm on Wednesday after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violence in the capital in decades. Twenty people were killed and nearly 200 wounded in the […]

Modi calls for calm as Delhi riots toll rises to 27

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for calm Wednesday after Delhi’s worst sectarian violence in decades left at least 27 people dead and prompted demands for a military curfew. This week’s battles between Hindus and Muslims have seen mobs armed with swords, guns and acid raze parts of […]

Death toll rises to 24 from Delhi riots during Trump trip

NEW DELHI — At least 24 people were killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump’s first state visit to India, with the death toll expected to rise as hospitals continue to take in the wounded, authorities […]

Seven killed, 150 injured as riots in New Delhi overshadow Trump visit

NEW DELHI – At least seven people have been killed and around 150 injured in clashes between opposing groups in New Delhi, a police official told Reuters on Tuesday, as riots in parts of the city overshadowed U.S. President Donald Trump’s first visit to India. The clashes, the […]

One killed, dozens injured in Delhi clashes as Trump visits

NEW DELHI – A policeman was killed and dozens of people injured amid clashes in New Delhi on Monday as thousands demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law rioted for several hours before U.S. President Donald Trump’s maiden visit to the city. Police used tear gas and […]

India looks forward to welcoming US President Trump: PM Modi

New Delhi, Feb 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India looks forward to welcoming US President Donald Trump, who will arrive on his maiden visit to the country beginning February 24. The US president will be on a two-day visit to India. “India looks forward to welcoming […]

Clashes break out at anti-CAA protest in Jaffrabad

New Delhi, Feb 23: Clashes broke out between two groups of people near Jaffrabad in northeast Delhi on Sunday evening where a large number of people had gathered to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Police fired tear gas shells as members of the two groups pelted stones at […]

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