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Many students appeared for their board exams in riot-affected northeast Delhi amid heavy security as authorities maintained that the situation continued to remain calm but tense in the area.

There was also no fresh incident of violence and there is a heavy deployment of security personnel in Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Babarpur, Chand Bagh, Shiv Vihar, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar and Mustafabad.

Authorities maintained that the death toll remains at 42, even as four bodies were fished out of drains in northeast Delhi on Sunday.

Many students appeared for their board exams in northeast Delhi.

The CBSE on Sunday said any further delay in conducting board exams in violence-affected parts of northeast Delhi might hamper chances of students in securing admission to professional courses like medical and engineering.