Sakshi Dayal

While police termed this a “routine security measure” in anticipation of Republic Day and said it is carried out every year, residents raised apprehensions against the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Apart from a wallpaper adorned with cartoons of different animals, and a ‘Baby Day Care Centre’ board opposite the entrance, there is little else to indicate the room’s purpose.

Commuters at the plaza, who found themselves stuck for “20-30 minutes”, expressed disappointment with the implementation. “The point of getting FASTag was that we would be able to quickly pass through the plaza. But have seen no benefit so far,” said Dhaan Singh, a taxi driver traveling to Manesar.

Police Tuesday arrested one of the men, Jainarayan (28) from Sector 22. “The accused is a history-sheeter and was involved in several cases of loot. He was arrested on four occasions earlier,” said Gurgaon Police PRO Subhash Boken.

After shooting at the party, the five-men gang drove towards another Lohri function organised in the area. Finding their way blocked, they made a U-turn and rammed into a reversing car, in which the complainant was taking his brother to the hospital.

She condemned them for supporting “anti-national elements”, repeating the rhetoric of Pakistani officials and spreading fear about the new law.

Drawing a parallel between the Independence struggle and the current scenario, Azad pointed that the slogan chanted during then — “Desh bachao, Samvidhaan bachao” — is being chanted again, and the same demands — “freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to organise processions” — are being made again.

What does the Constitution mean in their lives, in letter and spirit? Which rights matter to them the most, at home and beyond, as they enter 2020, the 70th year of the Republic.

Local lore suggests that on December 19, 1947, Gandhi made his way to Ghasera, where members of the Muslim community from Alwar and Bharatpur had halted on their way to Pakistan.

The sentiment is echoed among residents across the district, located less than 40 km away from the capital. As per the 2011 census, 79.20% of the population in Mewat practices Islam.

While most of the protesters were from the neighbouring localities of Jamia Nagar, Zakir Nagar and Okhla, many had also travelled from as far as Malviya Nagar, Sangam Vihar, New Ashok Nagar and Noida.

As many as 16 flights from IGI Airport were delayed and at least 19 were cancelled as flight crew were delayed due to barricading at the Delhi-Gurgaon border on NH 48 Thursday.

Caught up in the congestion, several people complained of having missed flights and important meetings.

Residents of Alipur village in Gurgaon, both the accused Narendra and Rohit, revealed that they held a grudge against the gangster because of a property dispute and family friction, and so they plotted his murder.

Built at a cost of Rs 38 crore, the centre— located at the IRCTC building Gurgaon’s Sector 44 — aims to integrate “smart services” in the future.

The councillors sought their removal under Section 75 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (Election Rules), claiming to be “grieved” by “the way the corporation is being run without taking councillors into confidence”.

In an order passed on that date, the Commission stated that the case file had been “perused” and the SPIO had “neither furnished any information to the appellant nor has he replied to the showcause notice”.

Officials said a decision to shut schools will be taken later. “Since weekends are holidays, we will review the air quality on Sunday and take a decision,” said B N Singh, district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar.

Former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav alleged that JJP leader Dushyant Chautala had “cheated” people of the state by taking the decision “when the people showed the BJP the road out”.