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Bangladesh on Thursday asked India to enhance security for its Guwahati mission after a mob defaced two signposts near the chancery, as protests against the citizenship bill rocked Assam, plunging the state into total chaos.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo has been missing from Maharashtra government advertisements since the Maha Vikas Aghadi came to power, state BJP alleged on Thursday and demanded to "maintain balance".

Terming the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) passed by Parliament unconstitutional, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday that the entire northeast is "burning" in protest against the legislation, and what is happening in the region is a repeat of what happened in Jammu and Kashmir.

The counsel for the convicts of the gang-rape, torture and killing of a young girl in Delhi seven years ago has said that until all the legal remedies are exhausted, the execution cannot take place.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday assured a delegation of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a BJP ally, that the Modi government would try to address their concerns over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

The police in Maharashtra's Jalna district arrested a man for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The girl alleged that her father had raped her on many occasions. She had also staged a protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai seeking justice.

BJP MP Ganesh Singh on Thursday said that according to a research done by a US-based academic institution, speaking Sanskrit language on a daily basis boosts the nervous system and keeps diabetes and cholesterol at bay.

The Department of Information and Public Relations of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said about 25,000 people have availed the internet facility at the Deputy Commissioner's Office in Baramulla.

An alleged member of the banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), wanted in a 2006 case of arms seizure in Maharashtra, was arrested from Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, the police said.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into an Act. The contentious law promises citizenship to migrants from three neighbouring countries but not if they are Muslims.

Three persons were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a 59-year-old Air India engineer over non-payment of loan, police said.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that there is no update to share on the reports that the venue of the India-Japan summit is likely to be shifted out of Guwahati.

In a widely-praised gesture from the Sikh community, Gurdwara Damdama Sahib, established in 1947 and located along the Srinagar-Baramulla road, is going to be shifted for the construction of a national highway following an understanding on Thursday between the gurdwara management and the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday said 178 passengers stranded at Dibrugarh in Assam have been flown to Kolkata in an IndiGo flight.

In order to maintain law and order in the north-east, 12 additional companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were moved from Kashmir on Thursday, sources told IANS.