Amidst countrywide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Congress, which has not been directly involved in the agitation, on Friday attacked the Modi government for using "brute force to suppress dissent" and said that it stood by the students and protesting citizens.

In a video message, party's i

Despite large scale destruction of railway property in three divisions, West Bengal government was hesitant to rope in Central paramilitary forces, resulting in maximum damage of state assets in the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

At several troubled sites, including Malda, the District Magistrate (DM

In a significant announcement, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday that the rights of followers of all religions in the state would be protected under the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

"There should be no misconceptions about the amended citizenship rules in the peoples'

Jharkhand recorded around 71 per cent voting in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.

According to election commission data, 70.83 per cent voting took place in the final phase of polling. The highest voting was recorded at Nala assembly with 78.01 per cent and lowest at D

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday assured that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented smoothly and not a single Indian citizen will be deprived of his or her citizenship rights in the process.

Speaking with the media, he also said that the people coming to India were part of it before Bangladesh and P

The representatives of nearly 1,500 refugee families of Punjab, who have been residing in the state for over decades appreciated the Centre's efforts to bring in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The group of families was invited here on Froday by BJP leaders -- former Union Minister Vijay Sampla and former media advisor to

Allaying fears that over one crore Hindus from Bangladesh would come to Assam as a fallout of the Citizenship Amendment Act, state chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said he has invited the leaders of the protest for discussions.

Sonowal said his government would identify the "unholy forces" which fomented the t

The experts' panel constituted by Andhra Pradesh government has recommended moving some of the state capital functions from Amaravati to other locations, suggesting the Secretariat at Visakhapatnam and the High Court at Kurnool.

As indicated by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the state Assembly a few days ago, the six

A massive earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale, was recorded in Afghanistan on Friday evening, the IMD said.

Tremors of the quake, which occurred at 5.09 p.m. and whose epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountains 246 km north by northeast of Kabul, were also felt across north India as far as the Delhi-NCR region.