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Swaraj Abhiyan’s Yogendra Yadav detained by Police from Delhi Gate where protesters had formed a human chain against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Kerala Health Department: 1053 people are under surveillance. 15 people are in isolation wards and 1038 are under home quarantine.

United Democratic Front (UDF) workers staged a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in Trivandrum, Kerala, earlier today. Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and AK Antony were also present.

Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police: We've checked the injured & pellet has been removed from his arm. As per doctors he's stable. Police couldn't react immediately as incident happened in split second but soon police overpowered him. Case transferred to Crime Branch.

Ministry of Shipping: The Ministry is on high alert amid the Coronavirus outbreak, taking all necessary precautionary measures against it. Directives have been issued by the Ministry for thorough screening of vessels, seafarers & passengers entering all major&minor ports in India

Protests continue near Jamia Millia Islamia University against CAA and NRC. Heavy Police force deployed.

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi further remanded in custody until 27th February, 2020. Five days extradition trial to begin on 11th May.

Protests continue near Jamia Millia Islamia University against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC). Heavy Police force deployed.

Leaders of Left parties, including Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, formed a human chain in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) outside Raj Ghat today.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two persons rescued, two missing after an avalanche hit Gagangeer in Ganderbal district. Rescue operation underway. More details awaited.

Protesters breach a portion of the barricading near Jamia Millia Islamia University as the protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) continues there

A Delhi court Thursday sentenced two men to 20 years in prison for raping a five-year-old girl in east Delhi in 2013.

Additional Sessions Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra also granted compensation of Rs 11 lakh to the survivor.

Advocate HS Phoolka, appearing for the survivor, said he will appeal against the order in the high court and seek life imprisonment for the two convicts.

The court had on January 18 convicted Manoj Shah and Pradeep Kumar.

In the gruesome incident at Gandhi Nagar on April 15, 2013, the convicts had shoved objects in the victim's private parts and abandoned her in a room, believing she was dead. The child was rescued 40 hours later on April 17.

People protesting outside Raj Ghat against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have been detained by the Police.

CPI general secretary D Raja on Thursday said the incident of firing at Jamia Milia Islamia was a "direct result" of incretionary comments made by BJP leaders while campaigning for the Delhi Assembly polls.

Raja told PTI that it was unfortunate that such an incident had happened on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The govt is least bothered about the people protesting on streets over CAA-NRC. This shows their arrogance. They are not bothered about farmers too, says Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Election Commission bans MoS Finance Anurag Thakur for 72 hours from campaigning, BJP MP Parvesh Verma banned for 96 hours.

Supreme Court dismisses curative petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in Delhi 2012 gangrape case.

One positive case of Novel Coronavirus has been found, in Kerala. The student was studying at Wuhan University in China. The patient is stable and is being closely monitored.

Nathuram Godse & Narendra Modi believe in the same ideology, there is no difference except Narendra Modi does not have guts to say he believes in Godse. I don’t know if you know this, but when Nathuram Godse shot Mahatma, he did not open his eyes - he knew what he had done , says Rahul Gandhi.

Indians are being made to prove that they are Indians, who is Narendra Modi to decide if I am Indian? Who has given him the licence to decide who is Indian & who is not? I know I am an Indian & I do not have to prove it to anybody, says Rahul.

Their (BJP) idea is very simple – divide India, spread hatred in India and then steal from India. Our duty is to fight their hatred, to confront them peacefully, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Talking about Pakistan, NRC, CAA, burning Assam is not going to get jobs for our youngsters. All my young friends, you have no future in Narendra Modi's India. You will not be able to get a job, says Rahul

Bhima Koregaon case: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed an application in Pune Sessions Court seeking transfer of all records and proceedings to a Special NIA Court in Mumbai and that a fresh FIR has been registered in the case by NIA.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led a mass protest march against the amended Citizenship Act at Kalpetta in Wayanad district on Thursday.

Holding party flags, hundreds of workers are taking part in the two kilometre-long "Save the Constitution" march, which began from the SKMJ High School in Wayanad, Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency.

Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran and AICC secretary K C Venugopal were among the senior leaders who participated in the rally.

The former Congress president, who reached here on Wednesday night, would also address the party workers after the rally.

Rahul tweeted, “I cannot teach you violence, as I do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before anyone, even at the cost of your life.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, saying the Father of the Nation will continue to inspire people to build a strong, capable and prosperous country.

TMC backs AAP in Delhi polls; Derek O' Brien uploads video endorsing AAP candidates, appeals for votes for them

Manohar Untwal, BJP MLA from Agar constituency passes away after a prolonged illness

M Kamalam, senior Congress leader & former Kerala Minister passes away at the age of 94 in Kozhikode due to age-related ailments

Dr Kafeel Khan was arrested in Mumbai on Wednesday by Uttar Pradesh Police. He is accused of giving a provocative speech on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA at a talk at the Aligarh Muslim University last month.

The nationwide death toll from China's novel coronavirus epidemic has jumped to 170 with 38 more fatalities reported mainly from the worst-affected central Hubei province, the government said on Thursday, while confirming more than 1,700 new infections.

The coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province, in December and has now spread across the globe. The Chinese authorities are trying to contain the epidemic while other countries, including India, are working on plans to evacuate their citizens from Wuhan and other cities in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.