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Women, youths and senior citizens joined protest marches organised as part of 'Mass Satyagrah' by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) at several places, even as the situation remained largely peaceful.

About internet services being shut down in various states with the government claiming it was necessary to maintain law and order, HRW said India had used such measure several times in response to protests.

The demonstration held at the Arts Faculty was to highlight how misconceptions are being spread regarding the amended Citizenship Act.

Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar reserved decision on Kejriwal and deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's joint plea to quash summons against them in the complaint by Gupta.

While Iceland remains the world's most gender-neutral country, India has moved down the ladder from its 108th position last year on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report to rank below countries like China (106th), Sri Lanka (102nd), Nepal (101st),...

The chargesheet states that six of the eight accused are in police custody, while two of them are absconding.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath rejected allegations that the action against Indore strongman Jitu Soni has any connection with the fact that his newspaper is publishing articles about the honey trap case in the state.

The government's advisory, issued by the Higher Education Department, asked students to “use social media cautiously and refrain from any such activity which can disturb peace and harmony”.

The remarks by the bench came after the counsel for the media house told the court it has taken down the news reports which had revealed the victim's identity.

The biryani vendor, meanwhile, said he was asked his caste by the accused men before they assaulted him near an underpass in Rabupura. "I am satisfied with the way the action was ensured swiftly," he said.

The state governments and UT administrations have been requested to take requisite precautionary measures to maintain law and order, peace and public tranquility.

Recommending a series of key policy priorities for the government, Gita Gopinath said that politically early in the government's second term is the right time for a structural reform push.

The Police, said that the students of Islamic seminary Nadwatul Ulama hurled stones from inside the campus whose gates were shut. No one was injured in the protest.

Slogans of 'inquilab zindabad' rent the air as the group of around 10 students, accompanied by their fellow colleagues, took out a small march, demanding a CBI inquiry into the 'police brutality'.

In Delhi's south east district areas including Jamia, Okhla, New Friends Colony and Madanpur Khadar, all government and private schools will remain closed on Monday, said Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.

There was long queues of vehicles on Mathura Road, Ashram, Okhla, Sukhdev Vihar, Sarita Vihar, and road the leading to Jamia Millia Islamia.