Congress top brass on Thursday will discuss the unrest against the Citizenship Amendment Act which the party has been opposing amid crackdown on protesters by police in different parts of the country.

The party is expected to come up with a statement on the issue after the meeting. The Congress is also on the forefront to oppose t

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta's plea claiming to be a juvenile at the time of offence.

Justice Suresh Kait also imposed Rs 25,000 fine on Gupta's advocate A.P. Singh, who didn't appear, for playing hide and seek in the court. The court also asked the Bar Council of Delhi t

Indian markets continued to log fresh highs over supportive global cues and strong inflow of foreign funds. The Sensex on Thursday added 115.35 points to end at 41,673.92.

Sensex opened at 41,571.82 and jumped to the life-time high of 41,719.29. The broader Nifty closed at 12,259.70 after hitting a high of 12,268.35.

The Uttar Pradesh capital witnessed unprecedented violence on Thursday afternoon as protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) gained ground and the situation slowly spun out of control.

Protests against CAA began in old city areas in the afternoon and by evening, trouble spread to the city centre Hazratganj.

Carrying a symbolic corpse of the Constitution of India on their shoulders, Congress workers and leaders took out a procession here on Thursday against the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens.

The Congress activists shouted slogans and displayed posters saying "No NRC, No CAA" and cried "Sh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said no democracy could work by suppressing people's voice.

"I condemn the crackdown on peaceful CAA Protests in Delhi & other cities," he said a series of tweets.

"Preventive & penal measures should be used in proportion to threat to law &

Former chief ministers Farooq and Omar Abdullah won't take the legal recourse for quashing their detention order till political workers and leaders detained since the revocation of Article 370 on August 5 are released.

The National conference MP from Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi told IANS.

"In our meeting with

Amid the crackdown in the national capital and the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states on people agitating against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Congress here on Thursday alleged that BJP had been implementing an undeclared emergency and the Kashmir model of normalcy across the country.


Congress leaders were bei

Violence erupted during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Thursday afternoon in various cities of Uttar Pradesh, including the state capital.

Roadways buses were set on fire by protesters in Sambhal district and some private vehicles were also set ablaze. Internet services have been suspended in the western UP dist

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said nothing can be achieved out of the Citizenship Amendment Act and said there is no need for it at this time.

"Nothing will be achieved out of this law (CAA). I urge the Centre that there is no need of this law at this time. The priority should be that the youth are given jo