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A peaceful protest turned into a violent showdown between the police and protestors who were opposing the new Citizenship Amendment Act, which left many students and cops injured. (Photo: PTI)

Jamia protesters admitted with bullet wounds, says doctor; cops deny...

One of the two protestors, Ajaz (22), a BA student from Jamia University was admitted to a general ward of the hospital.

17 Dec 2019 9:17 AM IST

In 2016, the UK dropped from the 18th position to the 20th in the World Economic Forums annual Global Gender Gap Report, due to a slight drop in female representation in politics and business. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

India slips to 112th rank on gender gap index, in bottom 5 on health,...

While Iceland remains world's most gender-neutral country, India moved down from 108th position last year on WEF's...

17 Dec 2019 8:28 AM IST

A group of another 50 women, including students and their family members, demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah resign in the wake of alleged police atrocities. (Photo: PTI)

Women take lead against cops 'excesses' at Jamia, says 'its now or...

A few women, in their 60s, almost limped to the protest site in Delhi, while some accompanied their family members and...

17 Dec 2019 8:21 AM IST

On the occasion, he also hailed Vajpayee as a consensus-builder who worked to take everyone along and noted that people may have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but over 50 per cent of them have never voted for one party. (Photo: File)

Ex-Prez bats for raising LS strength to 1,000, cautions against...

Mukherjee noted people have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but 50 pc of them never voted for...

17 Dec 2019 8:15 AM IST

Upholding a 2010 Delhi high court verdict, the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, cautioned that RTI cannot be used as a tool of surveillance and held that judicial independence and right to privacy have to be kept in mind while dealing with transparency. (Representational Image)

Supreme Court favours guidelines to check misuse of RTI

CJI Bobde wondered as to who are these people claiming to be RTI activists is it a profession, he asked.

17 Dec 2019 7:25 AM IST

Security personnel escort Aishwarya Rai, the estranged daughter-in-law of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, after her medical checkup, in Patna on Sunday night. (Photo: PTI)

Rabri Devi pulled my hair, assaulted me, claims daughter-in-law

Tej Pratap Yadav's supporters put up posters to defame my family: Aishwarya Rai complains to former CM.

17 Dec 2019 7:22 AM IST

Dilbag Singh feels that although the task is daunting he is sure that the Jammu and Kashmir police will pass all tests in flying colours. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

J&K to use Public Safety Act against cow smugglers

Under the Public Safety Act, a person can be detained for two years without seeking a trial.

17 Dec 2019 7:17 AM IST

Police personnel (top) gather outside Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama college in Lucknow as students protest against the amended Citizenship Act and indulged in stone-pelting on Monday, a day after their AMU and Jamia counterparts clashing with men in khaki. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court to hear pleas alleging police brutality today

Cops were beating students in Jamia University library, senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves tells top court.

17 Dec 2019 7:07 AM IST

Jamia Millia Islamia students called off their university lockdown against the new citizenship law on Saturday, a day after violent protests rocked the campus area, even as the varsity cancelled exams and announced vacation till January 5 in view of the tension. (Photo: File)

Jamia protest: Netizens condemn police action

Write Chetan Bhagat too expressed anguish as he in a accused the govt of using divertionary tactics to hide failures on...

17 Dec 2019 7:00 AM IST

Top court to hear petitions challenging CAA on Dec 18

The petition by Debabrata Saikia says that the amended citizenship law violated the Assam accord.

17 Dec 2019 6:58 AM IST

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, We are very close now, so we presume that all the names which we have shared with the Pakistani side, stand confirmed. (Photo: ANI)

20 Indians kidnapped by pirates off Western Africa

The incident comes 10 days after 18 Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel were kidnapped by pirates near the...

17 Dec 2019 6:56 AM IST

$Modi said, \Today people of Karnataka have proved that Congress and JD-S wont be able to betray them. (Photo: ANI)$ India

BJP blames Congress for misleading' people

The BJP asserted that violent protests against CAA were a conspiracy of the Opposition and certain other parties .

17 Dec 2019 6:45 AM IST