Following days of widespread unrest in Assam due to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), state Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Friday that he respected democratic rights of citizens but not the violence committed in its name.

"I and my government respect all the protesters including students, activists and media per

The National Highway Authority of India on Thursday said that over 1 crore electronic toll collection system -- FASTags -- have been issued through multiple points of sale till date.

According to NHAI, FASTag implemented by NHAI has clocked toll transaction of over 21 lakh on a daily basis.

"Over 1 crore FASTag

Ratings agency ICRA expects domestic air passenger traffic growth for the current fiscal to be 4.5 per cent, after five years of double-digit growth.

"A series of events during the current fiscal such as discontinuation of operations of Jet Airways, grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft due to technical issues with its fli

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved the revised version of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement after months of negotiation with the administration over issues including labour and environmental enforcement.

The House passed the agreement in a 385-41 bipartisan vote, sending the replacement of the 25-year-old Nort

US stocks closed higher as investors digested some key economic data and quarterly corporate earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday increased 137.68 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 28,376.96. The S&P 500 rose 14.23 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 3,205.37, Xinhua news agency reported. 

The Nasdaq

Pakistan-based terror groups plan "to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ramlila ground on December 22" where he is scheduled to address a mega rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of the Centre's move to regularise unauthorised colonies in Delhi, the Intelligence agencies have informed the Special Pro

Jharkhand recorded 12.01 per cent voting till 9 a.m. in the fifth and final phase of polling that began on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.

The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state. The highest voting has been recorded at Mahgama seat with 15.79 per cent.

At least 15 cows were run over by the New Delhi-bound Sealdah Rajdhani Express in Agra on Thursday.

The cows were grazing near the tracks near the Barhan station here and moved on to the tracks as the train approached.

The accident delayed about 13 passenger trains and two goods trains, and traffic was stopped for a

The Central government has appealed to the people not to get misled by the rumours and doubts over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act - CAA, and National Register of Citizens (NRC), as violent protests broke out across the country over the two issues.


The government, in a bid to quell and address the doubts related to CAA and

Scores of Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) students on Thursday evening protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), despite police ban and no permission from the school's administration.

M.S. Narasimhan, dean, administration of IIM-B sent a mail to the students at 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, denying permi