After seeking a factual report, the Election Commission has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speech in Maharashtra’s Wardha.  Congress leaders had filed a complaint with the poll panel alleging PM’s speech was ‘hateful and divisive’ Reportedly, PM Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Wardha on April 1, said the opposition party was ‘scared’ to field its leaders from constituencies where majority dominates. He made the remark in reference to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from second Lok Sabha seat Wayanad in Kerala.  

After seeking a factual report, the Election Commission has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speech in Maharashtra’s Wardha. Congress leaders had filed a complaint with the poll panel alleging PM’s speech was ‘hateful and divisive’ Reportedly, PM Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Wardha on April 1, said the opposition party was ‘scared’ to field its leaders from constituencies where majority dominates. He made the remark in reference to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from second Lok Sabha seat Wayanad in Kerala.

The table is set for a lavish state dinner for US President Donald Trump and the delegation accompanying him at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Reports say the menu on offer will represent culinary fusion, a taste of India, but with the American palate in mind. President Trump is known for his love for meatloaf, steak with ketchup, even McDonald&rsquo;s burgers. Since beef is out of the question, Rashtrapati Bhavan chefs are offering him an alternative: raan ali-shan - goat legs marinated for 12 hours and grilled. Wild Atlantic salmon will be on the plate but as fish tikkas. Dal Raisina, a signature dish of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, will also be served. Around 100 guests, including the US President&rsquo;s entourage, will sit for the lavish dinner. Of these, about 85-88 people will be from the Indian side.

Northeast Delhi remained on edge on Tuesday, a day after a policeman&nbsp;and at least 4 civilians were killed,&nbsp;as violence flared up over the Citizenship Amendment Act on Monday. Several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured in Monday's&nbsp; violence between pro and anti-CAA protesters. With heavy stone pelting and arson, protesters torched houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump. Those who died&nbsp;had suffered bullet injuries, while the police head constable had suffered severe head injuries due to stone pelting.&nbsp;The Delhi police have imposed prohibitory&nbsp;orders, in northeast Delhi.&nbsp;Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said&nbsp;all private and government schools&nbsp;in Northeast Delhi district will remain closed on Tuesday in the wake of the violence.&nbsp;The Centre, meanwhile,&nbsp;warned of stern action&nbsp;against those involved in the violence.

As part of their maiden two-day visit to India, the Trumps on Monday visited the Taj Mahal in Agra. The 17th century monument had been refurbished for the Presidential&nbsp;visit. The POTUS, along with his wife Melania Trump, daughter and senior adviser&nbsp;Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner spent an hour at the monument and even witnessed the sunset&nbsp;from the famed mausoleum&nbsp;built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Writing in the visitor's book of the monument, Donald Trump said that the Taj Mahal inspires awe and is a timeless testament to the rich and diverse beauty&nbsp;of Indian culture.&nbsp;

Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta has said if attempts are made to quell dissent, then it will have a chilling effect on democracy, as 'governments are not always right' and that opposing government can't be labelled as anti-national. Speaking at the lecture hosted by Supreme Court Bar Association on democracy and dissent, Justice Gupta emphasized the essence of democracy by stating that majoritarianism is antithesis to democracy. He said there have been many recent incidents where people have been called anti-national because they dissented from the government.

Former prime minister&nbsp;Manmohan Singh&nbsp;will not be attending Tuesday&rsquo;s banquet for US President Donald Trump at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, news agency PTI reported. Singh had initially accepted the invite but later, expressed his inability to attend the dinner, sources closed to him told the news agency.&nbsp;Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is also skipping the banquet hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind in protest over the party&rsquo;s top leaders not being extended an invitation.&nbsp;Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma too had criticised the Government for ignoring the opposition leaders.

A policeman and 2 civilians were killed as clashes continued in parts of northeast Delhi for the second straight day on Monday. Pro and anti-Citizenship protesters pelted stones at each other at different localities of the district in which scores of people including over 30 policemen were injured. The clashes had erupted on Saturday near a protest site of women dissenters in Jafarabad but on Sunday the violence spread to many adjoining areas. As&nbsp;police imposed&nbsp;restrictions under Section 144, protesters set&nbsp;vehicles, a fire tender and a petrol pump on fire in Jaffrabad, Maujpur and Bhajanpura. Police used teargas to curbs the protesters and deployed 8 companies of security personnel to bring situation under control. 5 metro stations on the Pink line have been shut.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Delhi&nbsp;BJP&nbsp;leader Kapil Mishra has appealed to pro and anti-CAA groups clashing in northeast Delhi to exercise&nbsp;restraint, and&nbsp;added that violence is not the solution to anything. Mishra&rsquo;s reply comes a day after he led a pro-CAA protest in Maujpur&nbsp;area of northeast Delhi, shortly after which&nbsp;violence broke out&nbsp;in the area.&nbsp;However, Mishra reiterated his demand asking the police to remove anti-CAA protesters blocking the road in Jaffrabad and Chand Bagh. He asked police to forcefully remove&nbsp;the&nbsp;dissenters from the roads of Chand Bagh and Jaffrabad.&nbsp;&nbsp;

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will aim to expand India-US global partnership in their extensive talks on Tuesday. On Monday in an address at a massive &lsquo;Namaste Trump&rsquo; rally at Motera stadium in Ahmedabad, the US president announced that deals to sell state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment worth over 3 billion USD will be sealed on Tuesday. Talks between Modi and Trump are likely to send across a clear message of growing congruence of interests between India and the US on major geopolitical developments in the region and beyond, particularly when China has been expanding its military and economic clout.&nbsp;However, the talks between the two leaders are unlikely to produce tangible outcome in resolving thorny issues like trade tariffs.&nbsp;

After remaining closed for over six months, the schools in Kashmir opened on Monday. The educational institutes had closed after restrictions and shutdown following the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 and in between the customary three-month winter break was also announced by the government. After the abrogation of Article 370 government ordered the opening of the schools in a phased manner in Kashmir as a step towards restoring normalcy, but the move was a nonstarter with students not turning up in the schools. On Monday, most schools in Srinagar were buzzing with students and parents were seen accompanying students to their schools.

As US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania touched down in Ahmedabad, it seems the meme folk of the internet were watching their every move like hawks. From POTUS forgetting to mention Gandhi in his note in Sabarmati Ashram, to the wall built for hiding slums, the internet is having a field day with this one!

The Sunni Central Waqf Board has accepted the 5-acres of land allotted to it&nbsp;for the construction of a mosque near Ayodhya, in compliance with the Supreme Court&rsquo;s verdict last year, in the disputed&nbsp;Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid&nbsp;land case.&nbsp;The Board,&nbsp;decided to constitute a trust to build the mosque in Dhannipur, which is at a distance of about 30 km from&nbsp;Ayodhya on the Lucknow-Gorakhpur highway. It will also construct an Indo-Islamic research center, a hospital, and a library on the allotted five-acre land.&nbsp;In November last year, the top Court had passed the judgement paving way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya.

Amid clashes in neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi, a video of a man waving a gun and firing while walking up to a policeman has gone viral on social media. The video which is yet to be verified has been picked up by various media houses. Group clashes between pro and anti citizenship law groups&nbsp;in northeast Delhi have snowballed since Sunday evening.&nbsp;

Clashes broke out between pro and anti-CAA groups in Delhi's Maujpur for the second consecutive day on Monday with agitators pelting stones at each other. Police fired tear gas shells&nbsp;and also&nbsp;resorted to&nbsp;lathicharge&nbsp;to disperse the protesters. Clashes broke out Sunday evening between pro and anti-CAA groups near Jaffrabad after people who have been protesting the Citizenship law blocked a road. Police had to fire tear gas shells as members of the two groups pelted stones at each other in Maujpur, soon after a gathering, called by BJP leader Kapil Mishra, demanded that the police remove anti-CAA protestors within three days. The Delhi Metro also closed entry and exit at Jaffrabad and&nbsp;Maujpur-Babarpur&nbsp;stations as an uneasy calm prevailed in the area. Curbs under section 144 have been imposed in the north-East district.

A head constable of the Delhi Police was killed, and a Deputy Commissioner of Police was injured during clashes over the contentious citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday. The death occurred in Gokulpuri, which is a little over 2&nbsp;kilometres&nbsp;from Moujpur where pro and anti-citizenship law groups clashed for second day. As the district continues to be on the boil,&nbsp;Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal instructed the Commissioner of Police to ensure that law and order is maintained in North East Delhi. He urged people to exercise&nbsp;restraint. His appeal came after&nbsp;Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged Baijal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to restore law and order in the wake of violence.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Addressing a massive crowd at Ahmedabad's&nbsp;Motera&nbsp;cricket stadium, US President Donald Trump said that US 'good relation with Pakistan has ensured that firm action is taken against terrorism in the country.&nbsp;President Trump also said that the US and India are dealing with the threat of terrorism with iron clad resolve.
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The three interlocutors on Monday filed their report on the ongoing anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh to the Apex Court. Advocate Sadhna Ramachandran and Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde submitted their report in a sealed cover to the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SK Kaul and KM Joseph. The Supreme Court appointed mediators were told that their&nbsp;report would be pursued&nbsp;and the matter would be heard on February 26th. Women in Shaheen Bagh have been protesting against the new citizenship law since December 15th, and have faced opposition on account of causing public inconvenience.

"Melania Trump, your presence here is an honour for us. Your efforts for a happy and healthy America bears positive results.....Ivanka came to India two years ago and said she would like to visit again. I am happy you have come today and I welcome you....Jared, you stay away from the limelight but your work is also impactful with far reaching effects", said PM Modi.&nbsp;

Despite the much-anticipated trade deal being off the table on this visit, US President Trump assured at the Motera&nbsp;stadium, the two leaders will ink a strong trade deal to boost the economies of India and the US.
"PM Modi and I will be making some very big trade deal to boost our countries economy. I am sure that we can reach a good trade. But PM Modi is a tough negotiator. A booming America is great for India and the world. PM Modi has made some significant reforms in India. The world wants to see more reforms," Trump said.
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"I have come to India to expand our relations. PM and I will continue our dialogue to deepen the relation between our countries. Our relations took a new turn when the Indian and US military has a joint exercise - Tiger Triumph. We make the best military hardware and we now deal with India. Tomorrow we will sign a three billion dollar defence deal. We want India to become our premier defence partner."

"I express my profound gratitude to an exceptional leader, a great champion of India, a man who works night and day for his country and a man whom I'm proud to call my true friend, Prime Minister Modi"
"PM Modi started as a 'Chaiwala', but he won a big election with a landslide. PM Modi is a hardworking man and he has shown that anything is possible. He is friendly, but is tough."
"PM Modi, you are not just the pride of Gujarat, you are living proof that with hard work and devotion, Indians can accomplish anything at all, anything they want. The Prime Minister is a moving story of an incredible rise."

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