Old Delhi Clashes

Unprecedented chaos was unleashed upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day as the tractor rally by protesting farmers went off the designated course and rolled into the Iconic Mughal-era Red Fort in the Old City. A protester died on the way, the police said it was an accident. The farmers entered the forecourt of the fort, climbed its ramparts, and hois...

Delhi police filed a charge sheet before a city court on Sunday against six persons in a case of alleged murder of an 85-year old woman, who died of asphyxiation when her house was torched during the violence in northeast Delhi in February.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was sent to 14 days' judicial custody on Saturday, a day after he led a massive protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Old Delhi.

Fifteen protesters arrested during violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Old Delhi's Daryaganj were today sent to two days' judicial custody by a Tis Hazari court.

Protesters clashed with the police again on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh, where 15 people have died during protests over the contentious citizenship law over the last two days. In Kanpur, protesters set fire to a police post. In Rampur, protesters broke barricades and threw stones at the police, who responded with batons and tear gas. In Delhi, prohib...

At least six people have died in violence across Uttar Pradesh as thousands took to the streets protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Internet services continue to be blocked in several parts of the country and Section 144 -- a law that bans gatherings of four or more people, effectively making protests illegal -- was imposed in cities...

Several people were injured as lawyers and police personnel clashed over a parking dispute at the Tis Hazari Court complex in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon. While a police car was set ablaze in the violence, sending a column of thick smoke into the city's already hazy sky, at least 20 more vehicles were vandalised.

BJP lawmaker Hans Raj Hans, who was attending the "Shobha Yatra" on Tuesday in Delhi days after communal clashes in the city's old quarters, reported the theft of his phone during the procession.

Does the BJP not care about the sentiments of the majority community, the Congress asked on Wednesday, alleging that Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Police had taken no action even two days after a temple in the capital was vandalised.

Home Minister Amit Shah today summoned Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and reportedly discussed the communal clashes in the city's old quarters on Sunday.

A part of Central Delhi has remained tense after last evening's clash between Hindus and Muslims and vandalism at a temple. Three people have been arrested since last night over the violence in Old Delhi's Hauz Qazi, which started as an altercation over parking space.

Tension prevailed on Monday in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazaar after a fight over parking a scooter took a communal turn and a temple was vandalised in the locality, the police said on Monday. Security has been tightened at Lal Kuan to prevent any flare-up, they said.

The young lovers met at a secluded spot next to a field of wheat at the edge of this sprawling suburb of New Delhi, where the timeless India of mustard fields and bullock carts abuts the frantically rising apartment towers of the budding middle class. They went seeking solitude, but instead found themselves at the violent cusp of old India and new....

Unprecedented chaos was unleashed upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day as the tractor rally by protesting farmers went off the designated course and rolled into the Iconic Mughal-era Red Fort in the Old City. A protester died on the way, the police said it was an accident. The farmers entered the forecourt of the fort, climbed its ramparts, and hois...

Delhi police filed a charge sheet before a city court on Sunday against six persons in a case of alleged murder of an 85-year old woman, who died of asphyxiation when her house was torched during the violence in northeast Delhi in February.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was sent to 14 days' judicial custody on Saturday, a day after he led a massive protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Old Delhi.

Fifteen protesters arrested during violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Old Delhi's Daryaganj were today sent to two days' judicial custody by a Tis Hazari court.

Protesters clashed with the police again on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh, where 15 people have died during protests over the contentious citizenship law over the last two days. In Kanpur, protesters set fire to a police post. In Rampur, protesters broke barricades and threw stones at the police, who responded with batons and tear gas. In Delhi, prohib...

At least six people have died in violence across Uttar Pradesh as thousands took to the streets protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Internet services continue to be blocked in several parts of the country and Section 144 -- a law that bans gatherings of four or more people, effectively making protests illegal -- was imposed in cities...

Several people were injured as lawyers and police personnel clashed over a parking dispute at the Tis Hazari Court complex in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon. While a police car was set ablaze in the violence, sending a column of thick smoke into the city's already hazy sky, at least 20 more vehicles were vandalised.

BJP lawmaker Hans Raj Hans, who was attending the "Shobha Yatra" on Tuesday in Delhi days after communal clashes in the city's old quarters, reported the theft of his phone during the procession.

Does the BJP not care about the sentiments of the majority community, the Congress asked on Wednesday, alleging that Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Police had taken no action even two days after a temple in the capital was vandalised.

Home Minister Amit Shah today summoned Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and reportedly discussed the communal clashes in the city's old quarters on Sunday.

A part of Central Delhi has remained tense after last evening's clash between Hindus and Muslims and vandalism at a temple. Three people have been arrested since last night over the violence in Old Delhi's Hauz Qazi, which started as an altercation over parking space.

Tension prevailed on Monday in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazaar after a fight over parking a scooter took a communal turn and a temple was vandalised in the locality, the police said on Monday. Security has been tightened at Lal Kuan to prevent any flare-up, they said.

The young lovers met at a secluded spot next to a field of wheat at the edge of this sprawling suburb of New Delhi, where the timeless India of mustard fields and bullock carts abuts the frantically rising apartment towers of the budding middle class. They went seeking solitude, but instead found themselves at the violent cusp of old India and new....