<p>Tensions flared on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi&nbsp;after a clash broke out during Diwali celebrations&nbsp;on Tuesday night. The incident led to police being deployed&nbsp;outside the campus as a precautionary measure, reported news agency PTI. The video footage of the ruckus is circulating on social media.</p>

<p>In a video, a group can be seen chanting slogans during the rangoli event on the Jamia campus. Some students claimed that a group also chanted ‘Palestine Zindabad’ and disrupted the Diwali festivities, reported Hindustan Times. However, these claims could not be verified.</p>

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<p>While the altercation created chaos on the university campus, authorities have confirmed that the situation was de-escalated and both groups left peacefully.</p>

<p>The incident occurred during the annual Diwali celebrations organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student body of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</p>

<p>The conflict happened after people from a certain group allegedly disrupted the festivities and ruined the rangolis prepared by students. They also allegedly kicked diyas with their feet, which led to the clash between the two groups, The Indian Express reported.</p>

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<h2>Police deployed outside Jamia campus</h2>

<p>“The incident occurred around 7:30-8 pm near gate 7. A group of students affiliated with the ABVP were putting up diyas and making rangolis for Diwali, which displeased another group of students. The other group wrecked the decorations, which led to a scuffle. Both sides engaged in sloganeering,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Southeast Ravi Kumar told The Indian Express.</p>

<p>“Police were deployed to maintain the peace; they are stationed there for the night as a precautionary measure. Students were ordered to disperse and the crowd left by 9 pm.”</p>

<p>Officials said the situation on Jamia campus is still being monitored though there have been no&nbsp;reports of any further disturbance.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Videos of the ruckus being shared on social media show&nbsp;people chanting slogans during the event.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Tensions flared on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi after a clash broke out during Diwali celebrations on Tuesday night. The incident led to police being deployed outside the campus as a precautionary measure, reported news agency PTI.

Tensions flared on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi after a clash broke out during Diwali celebrations on Tuesday night. The incident led to police being deployed outside the campus as a precautionary measure, reported news agency PTI. The video footage of the ruckus is circulating on social media. In a video, a group can be seen chanting slogans during the rangoli event on the Jamia campus. Some students claimed that a group also chanted ‘Palestine Zindabad’ and disrupted the Diwali festivities, reported Hindustan Times. However, these claims could not be verified. Also read | 'X abetting crime': Indian govt blasts social media platforms over hoax flight bomb threats While the altercation created chaos on the university campus, authorities have confirmed that the situation was de-escalated and both groups left peacefully. The incident occurred during the annual Diwali celebrations organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student body of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The conflict happened after people from a certain group allegedly disrupted the festivities and ruined the rangolis prepared by students. They also allegedly kicked diyas with their feet, which led to the clash between the two groups, The Indian Express reported. Also read | Cyclone Dana to make landfall in Odisha, Bengal on Oct 25 | Check updates Police deployed outside Jamia campus “The incident occurred around 7:30-8 pm near gate 7. A group of students affiliated with the ABVP were putting up diyas and making rangolis for Diwali, which displeased another group of students. The other group wrecked the decorations, which led to a scuffle. Both sides engaged in sloganeering,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Southeast Ravi Kumar told The Indian Express. “Police were deployed to maintain the peace; they are stationed there for the night as a precautionary measure. Students were ordered to disperse and the crowd left by 9 pm.” Officials said the situation on Jamia campus is still being monitored though there have been no reports of any further disturbance. Videos of the ruckus being shared on social media show people chanting slogans during the event. (With inputs from agencies)

Clash breaks out on Jamia campus during Diwali celebration, police deployed

<p>Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks!</p>
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<p>While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe&#39;s stay, the president is using&nbsp;his position&nbsp;to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Mar-a-Lago-Membership-Fee-Doubles-to-200000-411792155.html" target="_blank">NBC </a>reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency.</p>

<p>Mentions of &quot;Mar a-Lago&quot; are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications&nbsp;are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now&nbsp;generating personal income for Trump.</p>

<p>Anybody who pays the&nbsp;$200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event.&nbsp;And even if there&#39;s no exchange with him, paying&nbsp;$200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular.</p>

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<p><strong>Recent background</strong></p>

<p>Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month.</p>

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<p>The Mar-a-Lago&nbsp;accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote&nbsp;Ivanka Trump&#39;s clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling&nbsp;it.</p>

<p>Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish&nbsp;a public company for making a&nbsp;business decision that was well within their rights.</p>

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<p>Top Trump aide&nbsp;Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen,&nbsp;explicitly encouraging&nbsp;the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: &quot;Go buy Ivanka&#39;s stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I&#39;m going to buy stuff today.&quot; Later in the show she said, &quot;It&#39;s a wonderful line. I own some of it...I&#39;m going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.&quot;</p>

<p>Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, &quot;She has been counselled on that subject, and that&#39;s it&quot;.</p>

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<p><b>Only divesting is enough</b></p>

<p>Ethics experts have&nbsp;said that Trump&#39;s actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to&nbsp;profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the&nbsp;decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The &quot;Winter White House&quot; is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/">The Atlantic</a> catalogued no less than 31 &quot;clear-cut examples&quot; of other conflicts of interest.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Whether or not he will escape&nbsp;legal consequences is&nbsp;unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to&nbsp;impeach Trump&nbsp;for violating the US constitution, particularly the &quot;<a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13715150/donald-trump-emoluments-clause-constitution" target="_blank">emoluments clause</a>&quot;. In&nbsp;the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House&nbsp;to generate&nbsp;personal income.</p>

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Gurmehar Kaur's Facebook profile pic had her holding a placard that read: 'I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP'

Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago. A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2017 × While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe's stay, the president is using his position to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. NBC reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency. Mentions of "Mar a-Lago" are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now generating personal income for Trump. Anybody who pays the $200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event. And even if there's no exchange with him, paying $200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular. Recent background Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month. V subtle view out the window here in this new Trump Hotels marketing email... pic.twitter.com/ZtKmXDvPRq — Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) February 1, 2017 × The Mar-a-Lago accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote Ivanka Trump's clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling it. Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish a public company for making a business decision that was well within their rights. My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017 × Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen, explicitly encouraging the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I'm going to buy stuff today." Later in the show she said, "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it...I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online." Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "She has been counselled on that subject, and that's it". Only divesting is enough Ethics experts have said that Trump's actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders. The "Winter White House" is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income. The Atlantic catalogued no less than 31 "clear-cut examples" of other conflicts of interest. Whether or not he will escape legal consequences is unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to impeach Trump for violating the US constitution, particularly the "emoluments clause". In the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House to generate personal income. (WION)

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Clash breaks out on Jamia campus during Diwali celebration, police deployed

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