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Anti-CAA protests: Hundreds detained across India; violence in UP, Bihar

There were incidents of stone pelting and arson in Bihar as well, while rail and road traffic was hit in several states

Go for UN referendum on Citizenship Act, NRC: Mamata dares Centre

Banerjee claimed that she has received inputs that the BJP is allegedly buying skull caps for its cadres who are wearing them while vandalising properties to malign a particular community

Jamia violence: Delhi HC notice to govt over judicial commission probe plea

As the bench declined to pass any interim orders and rose from the dais, the lawyers appearing in the PILs chanted "shame shame" and it was echoed by other lawyers in court

Anti-CAA protests: 19 IndiGo flights stand cancelled, 16 others delayed

Three airlines -- Vistara, Air India and IndiGo -- announced that their passengers, who are stuck in traffic due to anti-CAA protests at various parts of Delhi, will be adjusted in subsequent flights

Anti-CAA protest: Rail services affected in Bihar; Bengal, Assam peaceful

Traffic was restored after the protesters were chased away by RPF personnel

Anti-CAA protest: DMRC shuts gates of 14 Delhi Metro stations closed

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday closed gates of seven more metro stations in view of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Now, the entry and exit gates of 14 Delhi Metro stations are closed for commuters. Earlier in the morning, the DMRC had closed gates of seven metro stations, including Jamia Millia, Jama Masjid and Munirka "Entry & exit gates of Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan and Khan Market are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations," the DMRC tweeted. The gates of Central Secretariat were also closed but interchange facility was available for passengers.

'Are we a quasi-dictatorship': Ram Guha protests citizenship law, detained

Protests were held in Hubballi, Kalaburagi, Hassan, Mysuru and Ballary cities of Karnataka as Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa called for peace.

Where would Hindu immigrants be settled? Uddhav asks BJP on citizenship law

The chief minister also raised the issue of border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum

From Chile to India, a global anarchy revival could outdo the 1960s

The global wildfire of street protests, from Sudan to Chile, Lebanon to Hong Kong, has finally reached the country whose 1.3 billion population is mostly below the age of 25

Bengal peaceful, Mamata to conduct protest rally in Kolkata today over CAA

The Left parties are also scheduled to hold a protest march against the new citizenship law from Ramlila Maidan to Lady Brabourne College in the city

Top events today: IPL auction, CAA stir, HC hearing on Jamia clashes

From HC hearing on police atrocities on students protesting against CAA to IPL auction, here are the top events of the day to keep an eye on

Delhi Police denies permission to AISA, Swaraj Abhiyan for anti-CAA march

The permission for the protest march was denied due to law and order and traffic issues, the police said

'All is not well with the media', says former President Pranab Mukherjee

He said it is the responsibility of the media to ensure that ideas are debated dispassionately

Premier institutes stay away from Citizenship Act unrest 'officially'

Students and faculty at IITs and IIMs, however, come out in personal capacity against police crackdown on students

Letter to BS: Govt should engage with protesters, address real concerns

Violence has no place in a civilised society guided by liberal and democratic ethos and it needs to be condemned in the strongest terms

Letter to BS: Indian news channels are busy fostering hatred and negativity

The incidents of violence have traumatised the nation and raised a question mark over the role the news channels could have played by moderating the whole fiasco

Society gets the law it deserves

Ultimately, the law that gets upheld in a society is typically the law that resonates with it

'Visceral and pathological prejudice': India on Pak PM's refugee remark

Addressing the first Global Refugee Forum as a co-convener in Geneva, Khan on Tuesday raised the Kashmir issue and claimed that a big refugee crisis is looming in South Asia

Citizenship Act protests: 25-year-old sets himself ablaze at India Gate

The self-immolation occurred at the India Gate lawns where protesters have been demanding the rescinding of the Citizenship Amendment Act

Tarun Gogoi appears as lawyer in SC for hearing on pleas against CAA

The news that Tarun Gogoi would be appearing as a lawyer in the case pertaining to the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was shared on Twitter by his son