Delhi Riots

A woman sitting with her husband and their child reacts next to damaged property after their house was burnt by a mob on Tuesday in a riot affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2020/ Reuters
South Asia

India court grants bail to activists held over citizenship law protests in Delhi

The two-judge bench criticised the government for confusing the right to protest with terrorist activity

Rioters set ablaze a shop during clashes between those against and those supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in at Gokulpuri in northeast Delhi on 25 February | PTI
South Asia

Former student arrested over Delhi riots, to activists' fury

FILE PHOTO: India's flag is seen through a 3D printed Facebook logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Tech

Delhi city lawmakers summon Facebook India chief over February riots

‘The police told us to throw stones at Muslims’
South Asia

‘The police told us to throw stones at Muslims’

Security personnel patrol a street following sectarian riots over India's new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo: Foreign Policy
Thoughts

Why India’s Muslims are in grave danger

Bollywood Khans silent as Delhi violence death toll mounts
Glitz

Bollywood Khans silent as Delhi violence death toll mounts

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

Mamata terms Delhi violence 'a planned genocide'

A woman sitting with her husband and their child reacts next to damaged property after their house was burnt by a mob on Tuesday in a riot affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2020/ Reuters
Thoughts

'Riots happen because we tend to romanticize chaos'

Stray cows feed on oranges lying outside a vandalised shop, Delhi, February 27, 2020(AP) via Hindustan Times
Thoughts

Delhi riots were waiting to happen

Don’t turn campus into shelter for victims of Delhi riots: JNU to students
World+Biz

Don’t turn campus into shelter for victims of Delhi riots: JNU to students

FIRs filed in Delhi riot cases double in last twenty-four hours
World+Biz

FIRs filed in Delhi riot cases double in last twenty-four hours

A woman walks along security personnel patrolling a street, at Khajuri Khas area of northeast Delhi on Friday. (PTI Photo)
South Asia

Terror organisation Islamic State turns photo of Delhi's violence into poster

On Sunday evening, there were reports of stone-pelting and firing from Kardampuri and Brahmpuri areas. By Monday, the communal riot was on in full-swing.(PTI)
World+Biz

Delhi violence: Anatomy of a riot, and its escalation