United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the violence and the "alleged use of excessive force" in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. "We very much call for restraint and urge...
New Delhi: Amid the protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a delegation of 19 opposition leaders Tuesday met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to ask the Narendra Modi government roll back the legislation. Addressing the media after the meeting, Congress''...
Guwahati: The curfew imposed in Guwahati December 11 in the wake of protests against the citizenship law was lifted on Tuesday, officials said. Shops and business establishments were open in the city, and buses, cars and two-wheelers were plying. The decision to lift the curfew...
New Delhi: A Delhi court convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Monday for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017. The court convicted Sengar for rape under Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act for offence of public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear December 18 (Wednesday) a petition on the Telangana police's 'encounter' against the four accused in the case of gang-rape and murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian in Hyderabad. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde...
New Delhi: As many as 50 students, who were detained during protests at the Jamia Millia Islamia University here Sunday, were released in the early hours of Monday, police said. Of the 50 students, 35 were released from the Kalkaji police station and 15 from...
Aligarh: Hundreds of AMU students protesting against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police Sunday at a campus gate after which the university administration announced closure of the institution till January 5. Aligarh Muslim University Registrar Abdul Hamid said the police entered the campus late...
New Delhi: Four buses were set ablaze by a mob and two fire officials were injured in stone pelting as the protests against the newly enacted Citizenship Act entered the third day in the national capital Sunday. Jamia student were not involved in the brawl,...
New Delhi: If the monsoon session of Parliament created history by junking the controversial Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special powers to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir, this winter session that ended this Friday became known for another equally controversial legislation...
Kolkata: Violent agitations continued to rock parts of West Bengal for second consecutive day Saturday as people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act set several buses on fire and torched portions of a railway station complex, officials said. Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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