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The Home Minister told the Prime Minister that most of the blocked roads had been reopened and water supply to Delhi had resumed after intervention by the security forces, the sources said.

Both Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Delhi Police chief BS Bassi engaged in conversations with fake Twitter handles inviting a barrage of ridicule.

The Home Minister was given a detailed presentation by senior officials on the violence during the agitation and blockades put up by the Jats, who have been demanding quota, official sources said.

Justifying the ban for minor girls, village sarpanch Devshi Vankar stated that the rule was necessary to 'save' girls from this technology.

Traffic was also affected in other parts of city, specially in south west and outer Delhi due to demonstrations and road blocks by protesters joining ranks with their Haryana counterparts on the boil.

It is falsely reported that there will be hike in drug prices in India due to hike in import taxes: Nadda

Ahmedabad Rajdhani, Jammu Rajdhani, Shatabdi Express for Amritsar, Kalka, Chandigarh, Bhatinda, and Jaipur AC double-decker services are among 213 trains cancelled due to the Jat agitation.

"The investigation team’s visit is expected,” a senior diplomat told Dawn on Friday, adding that dates for the visit were yet to be finalised.

Report by NHRC probe team said there was serious dereliction of duty by Delhi Police the day Kanhaiya Kumar was attacked inside Patiala House Court.

Speaking to CNN-IBN, Chauhan said that people from JNU initiated the violence at Patiala House court and the lawyers just acted in defence.

JNU teachers have questioned the "scope" of the university probe panel inquiring into the raising of alleged anti-national slogans on campus.

The 5-member panel said there was an atmosphere of "fear and terror" that prevailed at the court complex and the police did not act.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has shared the performance data for July-September quarter of 2015 and compared it with preceding quarter of April-June.

Kejriwal said politicians go to the poor for their votes during elections but remember only the rich after winning.