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Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with senior officers of the Delhi Police to review the situation in Delhi following widespread violence over the controversial citizenship law that has left at least 38 dead. The Home Ministry in a statement said considering the improvement in the situation, the ban on large gatherings in northeast Delhi areas hit by violence will be removed for 10 hours today - 4 am to 10 am, and 4 pm to 8 pm. "No major incident has been reported in the last 36 hours in... northeast (Delhi)," it said. Clashes broke out on Sunday last between supporters and those who are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in northeast Delhi. The violence spiralled in the following days. Homes and shops were burnt, people were thrashed by mobs and vehicles were torched in the clashes.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday invoked the "spirit of Gandhi" to ask for community reconciliation in parts of Delhi which faced communal clashes, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

The United States on Thursday said it "echoes" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for "calm and normalcy" amid violence in northeast Delhi over controversial citizenship law, which killed at least 38 people and injured over 200 this week.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing an event on Thursday, said Dr BR Ambedkar too had underlined that only the citizens of the country will be responsible for whatever happens to it and that Britishers can no longer be blamed.

The BJP received Rs 742 crore in donations, while the Congress got Rs 148 crore, according to submissions made by the parties before the Election Commission for 2018-19 which was compiled by think tank the Association of Democratic Reforms.

US President Donald Trump's just-concluded India trip demonstrated the value the United Stated placed on its ties with New Delhi, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday.

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and the Congress' state unit chief Sachin Pilot submitted a report to party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday over the recent incident of torture of two Dalit men in Nagaur district.

Nearly 200 Umrah pilgrims from Kerala were deboarded from their flights to Saudi Arabia from Calicut international Airport here on Thursday after the gulf nation enforced a temporary ban on foreigners seeking to visit Makkah and Madina, following coronavirus scare.

India on Thursday "encouraged" the UN's human rights body to develop a "better understanding and appreciation" of the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed and protected in a vibrant democracy like India before coming to any conclusions on issues like the amended citizenship law and the Kashmir issue.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday told the Legislative Council that 348 cases related to the Koregaon Bhima violence have been withdrawn by the state government so far.

The March-April-May (MAM) season average temperatures are likely to get warmer than normal over most of the meteorological subdivisions of northwest, west and central India and some subdivisions from south India, said India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting on Thursday evening to review the law and order situation in Delhi after clashes in parts of the national capital over the citizenship law killed 38 people and injured over 300.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that investor sentiment has not been dampened by anti-CAA protests and the recent Delhi violence.

India's Ambassador to Qatar will attend the signing of the landmark peace deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban in Doha on Saturday, official sources said on Thursday.

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday appeared before a special NIA court in Mumbai in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in which she is one of the prime accused.