Morning Digest | Bulldozers came into Jahangirpuri without a warning; Protests intensify in Sri Lanka over killing of anti-government protester, and more
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Bulldozers came into Jahangirpuri without a warning
Riot hit Jahangirpuri was a scene of destruction, despair, and helplessness on Wednesday after an “anti-encroachment” drive by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) left the area’s shops in ruins, and its residents, mostly Muslims, without their source of livelihood. Apart from the shops, the area’s revered Jama Masjid’s gate and boundary walls were also destroyed during the drive.
Stage set for PM Modi’s first visit to J&K since August 2019
All eyes are on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Jammu & Kashmir on April 24, his first tour in the over two-and-a-half years after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre decided to end the erstwhile State’s special constitutional status under Articles 370 and 35(A) and split it into two Union Territories, on August 5, 2019.
Protests intensify in Sri Lanka over killing of anti-government protester
The fatal shooting of an anti-government protester by the Sri Lankan police on Tuesday has sparked wide condemnation domestically and internationally, while intensifying ongoing anti-government protests in the wake of severe food shortages and record inflation.
Boris Johnson will not ‘lecture’ India on Ukraine during visit