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DEL224 LDALL CITIZENSHIP Protests erupt across India over CAA, police action against Jamia students

New Delhi: Several protests - some peaceful, some violent- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia here and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.

DEL217 DL-CITIZENSHIP-3RDLD JAMIA Day after Jamia clashes: Anger spills on streets against police action, Crime branch to probe Sunday incident, 50 students released

New Delhi: Thousands of students took to the streets in the national capital on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia with demonstrations at JMI and Delhi University campuses as well as the India Gate amid heavy police deployment.

DEL212 CITIZENSHIP-2NDLD OPPOSITION Opposition parties demand judicial probe into police action against Jamia students

New Delhi: Congress and other opposition parties on Monday condemned the police "brutality" against students of Jamia Millia Islamia and demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into incidents of students being thrashed in the campus.

DEL225 CITIZENSHIP-LD JNU-PROTEST Students from varsities across Delhi protest at India Gate against police crackdown at Jamia, AMU

New Delhi: Scores of students from different universities across Delhi gathered at India Gate on Monday to demonstrate against the police crackdown on students at the Jamia Millia Islamia here and Aligarh Muslim University in UP.

DEL201 DL-CITIZENSHIP-LD JAMIA SITUATION Situation tense in Jamia Millia Islamia, many students decide to leave for home

New Delhi: 'I feel unsafe in my campus and want to head home', said Umar Ashraf, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia, as he stood outside one of the gates of the varsity holding a banner, 'Not safe in my university'.

DEL227 UP-CITIZENSHIP-LD-MAU Anti-CAA protest: Police fire in air, vehicles torched by protesters in UP's Mau

Mau (UP): Protesters torched vehicles as a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act and police action at Jamia Millia Islamia University turned violent here on Monday, prompting police to fire in the air.

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New Citizenship Act won't take away anyone's Indian nationality: Shah Poreyahat (Jharkhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, which was recently passed by the Parliament, will give Indian nationality to refugees facing religious persecution in three neighbouring countries and not take away anyone's citizenship in India.

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Modi govt has become creator of violence, divisiveness; has declared war on own people: Sonia Gandhi New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of being the "creator of violence and divisiveness" which has declared a war against its own people and said the writers of this script of polarisation are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

DEL206 CITIZENSHIP-MHA-LD ADVISORY MHA asks States, UTs to check violence, circulation of fake news

New Delhi: Asking states and union territories to check violence and ensure safety of life and property, the Union Home Ministry on Monday said strict action should be taken against those spreading fake news on social media.

DEL197 DL-JAMIA-TIWARI-LD SISODIA BJP lodges police complaint against Deputy CM Sisodia, AAP MLA Khan in Jamia violence

New Delhi: The BJP's Delhi unit filed a complaint with police against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other AAP leaders on Monday accusing them of "inciting" Sunday's violence during a protest against the amended citizenship law near Jamia Millia Islamia.

DEL203 EC-JH-LD RAHUL EC seeks transcript of Rahul Gandhi's speech that had 'rape in India' remark from Jharkhand poll authorities

New Delhi: The Election Commission has asked poll authorities in Jharkhand to submit a certified copy of the speech of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in which he had made the "rape in India" remark at an election rally in the state last week.

DEL207 CITIZENSHIP-BENGAL-2NDLD RAILWAY Train services between West Bengal and Northeast suspended

New Delhi: Trains between West Bengal and the Northeast have come to a complete halt with the Eastern Railway suspending all its services to the northern region of the state due to protests over the amended citizenship law, officials said on Monday.

LGD66 DL-COURT-5TH LD UNNAO Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar convicted by Delhi court in Unnao rape case

New Delhi: A Delhi court convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Monday for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017 saying the victim's testimony was "truthful and unblemished" against a "powerful person". By Usha Rani Das & Udayan Kishor

FGN18 PAK-SC-ARMY-BAJWA Unbridled power, like unstructured discretion, is dangerous: Pak SC on Gen. Bajwa's extension case

Islamabad: Pakistan's top judge cautioned the government that "unbridled power or position, like unstructured discretion, is dangerous" before a bench headed by him gave a six-month conditional extension to the powerful Army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa last month, according to the detailed verdict in the case published on Monday.