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First conviction in Delhi riots case: Man given 5-year jail term

Last month the court had held Dinesh Yadav guilty under sections 143 (member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting armed with a deadly weapon), 457 (house trespass), 392 (robbery), 436 (arson) of IPC read with section 149 (member of unlawful assembly guilty of a common offence) of IPC.

The message of the Kazakhstan riots

After Ukraine in 2014 and Belarus in 2020, this is the third uprising in a former USSR nation, an aspect which would worry Russia as it cannot permit another Ukraine scenario. China, despite its intentions, has never attempted to be directly involved in Kazakhstan.

Riot-hit Kasganj tense

Even as the police claimed to have arrested nine persons, the situation in the riot-hit town of Kasganj in Uttar…