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Unrest over citizenship law and 43 dead in fire at Delhi’s Anaj Mandi: India this week
Updated On Dec 15, 2019 12:03 pm IST
Forty three people died in a devastating fire that ripped through an illegal factory in north Delhi’s congested Anaj Mandi, the worst blaze in 20 years to the nationwide protests against the newly-enacted citizenship law.
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Demonstrators against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) during a strike called by the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), in Agartala. The United Nations human rights office described the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” and called for it to be reviewed even as a US panel that monitors religious freedom again expressed concern about the law. (PTI)
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Students take part in a self defence training camp organized by the Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gol Market, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)
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Devotees react while praying as a priest displays the relic of Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani, at his shrine, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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A view of the city enveloped in dense fog in the morning, in Noida. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)
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A woman is seen walking against the snow covered Jakhoo Hill, at Sanjauli, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The heavy snowfall led to 200 vehicles being stranded at various places between Dhalli and Kufri. The Shimla district administration and police launched a joint operation to rescue 300 tourists stuck in the vehicles. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)
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People seen at Bandra sea shore with dramatic evening light in Mumbai. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and other party leaders wave at people during Bharat Bachao rally, at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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A woman clicks a picture of a Christmas tree ahead of Christmas at Bandra, in Mumbai. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)
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Birds fly next to electricity pylons on a smoggy morning in the old quarters of Delhi. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)
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Police detain a protester outside Jamia Millia Islamia University during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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Workers take part in the construction of the world’s largest cricket stadium at Motera, some 11 km from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The cricket stadium will have a seating capacity of 110,000 people with specialised PTFE roof to protect spectators during rains. Gujarat Cricket Association is planning to inaugurate Motera Stadium during the first half of 2020. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)
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A family member of a worker mourns after the fire at a factory at Anaj Mandi took at least 43 lives, at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, in New Delhi. The five-storey building that caught fire on December 8, leaving 43 workers dead, was not just an illegal factory without requisite clearances; a series of violations made the establishment a dangerous fire hazard, according to the initial findings of the Delhi Police crime branch. (Amal KS / HT Photo)
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah pay floral tributes to martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the 2001 terrorist attack on the Parliament in New Delhi. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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PSLV-C48 seen lifting off at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched RISAT-2BR1 along with nine commercial satellites, according to a press release. RISAT-2BR1 is a radar imaging earth observation satellite weighing about 628 kg, it said. (Indian Space Research Organization / AP)
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