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State's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that incumbent Sanjay Barve will not get a third extension. Deshmukh made the brief announcement to the media on Friday evening, but did not indicate the name of the next city police chief.

Ali was taken to the court along with 11 other undertrials for a court hearing on Friday. After the hearing got over, one of Ali's relatives tried to give him home-cooked food outside the court.

According to the school's owners, the rioters mixed toothpaste with petrol in alcohol bottles and threw them inside the school.

Seven persons were injured in the knife attack in the heart of the city and two of them suffered stab wounds, Superintendent of Police Claudia Lyngwa told PTI.

Many were trapped when the boiler burst and a huge ball of fire rose, making the rescue operations difficult. The blast victims, suffering extensive burns, in the accident were admitted to nearby hospitals.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the direction on the pleas by the Centre and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) challenging the single judge's order of February 11.

Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Shanta Kumar said that although people have the right to hold dharna and protests, nobody has the right to cause inconvenience to others.

The girl, a Class 8 student, had gone to take an examination at her school in the Khajuri Khas area, some 4.5 km from her residence in Sonia Vihar, on Monday.

Democratic Party leader Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, termed the violence as shocking and urged the Indian government to do more to defend all of its citizens' rights, including the right to peaceful protest.

A group of volunteers from Old Seelmapur area said that people from both the communities have been affected by the riots.

Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General YK Joshi said the Army is playing its role in ensuring peace and normalcy in the Valley.

The development coincided with `Marathi Bhasha Din' (Marathi language day) which is celebrated on February 27. The state Legislative Council had passed the bill on Wednesday.

Sepoy Karnail Singh, 22, had joined the Army in 2018. He belonged to Changer Tarsooh village in Himachal Pradesh and is survived by his parents.

Azad, who was highly passionate about independence, participated in the Mahatma Gandhi-led Non-co-operation Movement of 1920. Born on July 23, 1906, he was just 14 at that time.

Students appearing for the Accountancy paper still have some time in their hands to prepare as the exam has been scheduled to be held on March 5, 2020.

On February 22, Justice Mishra was all praise for Modi and termed him as an "internationally acclaimed visionary" and a "versatile genius, who thinks globally and acts locally".