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The Supreme Court has ruled that no cognisable offence was made out against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speeches during the 2020 anti-CAA protests.

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Ramzan evenings in Delhi come alive with vibrant iftar walks exploring neighborhoods like Purani Dilli, Zakir Nagar, and shaheen bagh. These curated experiences offer a deep dive into the traditions, food, and community spirit of the blessed month, extending beyond just culinary exploration.

The Supreme Court-appointed mediators, who had urged the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protesters at shaheen bagh to move to an alternate site, said the country was facing a “grave pandemic”, which was a matter of everyone’s priority.

The colourful tent that once was a symbol of “resistance” against the Citizenship Amendment Act was dismantled on Tuesday, 100 days after it was set up. As police personnel cleared the shaheen bagh protest site due to Covid-19 outbreak, the women said it was a “pause” not a defeat.

Replicating the shaheen bagh model, women again took the lead in the protest against Citizenship Amendment Act in northeast Delhi’s Jafrabad that started late on Saturday and continued through Sunday.

On the last day of mediation, senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, the interlocutors appointed by Supreme Court, gave shaheen bagh a miss leaving thousands of protesters disappointed.

A porn video and a still image from it are being widely shared by social media users and WhatsApp users with a claim that it is from shaheen bagh.

The Supreme Court said it would hear on February 10 the pleas against protests at shaheen bagh as it did not want to "influence" the Delhi assembly elections by hearing the matter on Friday. "We understand there is a problem and we have to see how to resolve it. We will take it up on Monday. We will be in a better position by then," SC said.

With the Supreme Court giving four weeks to the Centre to respond to pleas challenging the CAA, protesters at shaheen bagh here on Wednesday said they too are eager to put forth before the judges their point of view on how unconstitutional the amended citizenship law is.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram hit out at Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday for his alleged remarks against shaheen bagh protesters, saying only those who despise Mahatma Gandhi would want to "get rid of shaheen bagh".

The BJP on Thursday said shaheen bagh has become "Shame Bagh" where "grand confusion" is being spread about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The BJP also hit out at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party for allegedly supporting the protesters at shaheen bagh.

It was usual business at shaheen bagh when an armed man opened fire a few metres away from the tent, which has turned home to several thousand women for the past 49 days.

Anti-CAA protesters at shaheen bagh, who have called for a march till Union Home Minister Amit Shah's residence on Sunday, have not yet received permission from the Delhi Police.

Security around the anti-CAA protest site at shaheen bagh was heightened on Sunday after a protest call by Hindu Sena to clear the road. Even though the right-wing group cancelled its plan for the gathering on Saturday evening, Delhi Police imposed Section 144 in the area to prevent any untoward incident.

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the government is ready to talk to the protesters at shaheen bagh to clear their doubts over the amended Citizenship law, but it should be in a "structured form". This is perhaps for the first time a Union minister has expressed willingness to communicate with the shaheen bagh protesters.

Just two days after a juvenile was shot at and injured a student at a Jamia University protest, three shots rang out at shaheen bagh on Saturday evening. A 25-year-old man opened fire with a countrymade weapon, leading to chaos in the area. Identified as Kapil Gurjar, the man had reached the protest site and managed to cross the first of three barricades put up behind the shamiana of the protesters.

Two days after being served a notice by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the brother of shaheen bagh shooter, Kapil Baisla, joined the probe on Friday. Sachin Baisla was questioned regarding Kapil’s associations and asked to hand over the mobile handset that Kapil regularly used.

Delhi police made a heavy deployment of security personnel in southeast Delhi's shaheen bagh area, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months, as a precautionary measure on Sunday, officials said.

Two days of incessant rain did leave a mark on shaheen bagh — the tarpaulin had blown away, the PA system became faulty and the road was wet. But the women were there, along with their resolve to stay put until CAA is rolled back.

The AAP Monday claimed the entire shaheen bagh protest was "scripted by the BJP" and its leadership dictated each & every move of the agitators for electoral benefits in Delhi polls. AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj made the claim a day after several members of the minority community from shaheen bagh area, which was the centre of the anti-CAA protests, joined the BJP.