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875 people held across UP, govt blames ‘outsiders’ for violence

There were reports of fresh protests and crowd build-up in at least three Uttar Pradesh districts — Muzaffarnagar, Hapur and Saharanpur — on Sunday,but timely intervention by the police ensured that there was no violence, an official said. While mobile internet services were restored in Aligarh a

‘They have died for you’: PM Modi backs police amid charges of brutality, firing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the attacks on the police during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid charges its personnel have fired at agitators and have been ruthless while dealing with them. More than a dozen people have died and many have been injured during

Yogi Adityanath government starts process to seize property of rioters

Lucknow: Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath promised to take action against the violent protestors, the state administration sealed more than 60 shops in Muzaffarnagar. Following Thursday's mega protest across the country against the Centre's new citizenship law, the Lucknow

Kuldeep Sengar gets life in jail for raping teenager in Unnao, fined Rs 25 lakh

Uttar Pradesh legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar who was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl who came to him for help to get a job was sentenced to life in jail by a Delhi Court on Friday. The court also ordered him to pay a Rs 25 lakh fine. Of this amount, the judge said, the girl would get Rs 10 l

Angry over Musharraf verdict, Pak govt wants removal of ‘mentally unfit’ judge

Furious over a special court’s verdict to drag Gen (retd.) Pervez Musharraf’s corpse to the Parliament and hang it for three days, the Pakistan government on Thursday said that it will move to the Supreme Judicial Council to unseat the “mentally unfit” head of the tribunal. In its 167-page detail

Citizenship law will be implemented, so will be NRC, says J P Nadda

New Delhi: Amid protests against the amended citizenship law, BJP working president J P Nadda asserted on Thursday that the CAA will be implemented, and that the National Register of Citizens will also be brought in. Nadda made these remarks here after meeting Sikh refugees from Afghanistan, who

Gujarat: Man kills self, 3 daughters after fourth girl child is born

Rajkot: A man from Rajkot threw his three daughters into a well on Wednesday and committed suicide moments later. The incident took place in Junagadh district of Rajkot. The deceased man was a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan, he was identified as Rasik Solanki. Rasik's want for a male child allegedly p

Delhi HC refuses to protect Jamia students from arrest, lawyers shout 'shame'

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to provide any relief to student protesters from any coercive action, including arrest. As the court turned down the petition for protection, lawyers chanted "shame, shame". The court was hearing petitions requesting the formation of a judicial

AAP MLA announces Rs 5 lakh, job to Jamia student injured in eye during anti-CAA stir

New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Thursday announced Rs 5 lakh and a job at the Delhi Waqf Board to a Jamia student who suffered an eye injury during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act. The Okhla MLA, who is also the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, said he will meet Minhajuddin,

Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya among writers to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019

New Delhi: Politician-writer Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The national academy of letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday. While Tharoor won the award for his book "An Era of Darkn

Delhi HC agrees to hear PIL seeking fact-finding committee to look into violence in Jamia University

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking setting up of a fact- finding committee to look into the recent violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University. The petition was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Rekha Palli by advocate Rizwan and

Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane to be next Army Chief

New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane will be the next Chief of Army Staff helming the 1.3 million-strong force, official sources said on Monday. Lt Gen Naravane is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army. Sources said Naravane's appointment has been cleared at the highest level, adding

'Religions are Pan-India': SC junks plea seeking minority benefits for Hindus in eight states

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL, which wanted Hindus to receive benefits as ‘minority’ in eight states and Union Territories, based on their population. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde declined to entertain the petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and B

8-year-old raped by Class X boy in Amritsar school

Amristar: An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old boy inside a private school in Beas near here, police said on Monday. The accused, a Class X student, has been arrested and produced before a juvenile court in Amritsar which has sent him to a correction home, Deputy Superinten

IIT-M to Jadavpur Uni: Students protest across India after police crackdown in Jamia

Students from educational institutions across India have lent support to their counterparts in Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI, New Delhi) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU, Uttar Pradesh) following the police crackdown on protests in the campuses. Monday will witness a number of student prote

Citizenship Act: Congress inciting violence across nation, says PM Modi

Dumka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress and its allies of raising a storm over citizenship law and asserted that the opposition parties were behind the unrest and arson in parts of the country. The prime minister, addressing an election rally here, lashed out at the o

Several Twitter users change identities to claim to be Muslims who support citizenship law

Several Twitter users claiming to be Muslim took to Twitter this week to share an identical piece of text announcing their support for Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was signed into law by President Ramnath Kovind on Thursday. “I’m a Muslim. I support #CABBill,” their messages claimed. “I stro

Toddler in Delhi dies after vomiting blood as medical store owner gives wrong medicine for fever

New Delhi: A two-year-old girl died after she was allegedly given a wrong medicine by a medical store in Shahdara's GTB Enclave area, police said on Friday. The girl was declared dead on Thursday after her mother rushed her to a nearby hospital, they said. According to police, the girl was suffer