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Weather today: In Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, heavy rain and snow is very likely, the Met Office said, adding thunderstorm, hailstorm accompanied by lightning in many parts.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trolled by the Congress today over his tweets to reassure Assam amid violent protests in the state over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). PM Modi posted this morning that the people of Assam "have nothing to worry about" and "no one can take away" their rights. Soon after, the Congress sought to remind him that there is no internet.

With December 16 drawing close, the day when one of the most brutal rapes rocked the country's conscience, an air of finality has descended on the Nirbhaya convicts. The Tihar jail officials have sought the services of two hangmen from Uttar Pradesh.

Nirbhaya rape and murder case: Pawan Jallad, the executioner from Meerut jail said, "I am prepared to carry out the execution if I am asked to by the administration (Tihar jail), I will go to Delhi and carry out my duty."

Amid protests in Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday appealed the people of the state to maintain peace.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address public rallies in Jharkhand today for the ongoing assembly elections in the state.

RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament and described it as a "courageous step".

The mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and UN-designated global terrorist Hafiz Saeed should be tried in the international court and not Pakistan, a BJP MP suggested in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who left Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and entered India before 2015, has passed the test in the lower and the upper houses of the parliament. It will now go to the President for his assent. With the passing of the Bill, lakhs of immigrants from religious minorities - Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians - will get Indian citizenship, even if they do not have any document to prove their residency. The opposition parties have also been criticising the government for excluding the Muslims from the countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The United States reprimanded Pakistan Air Force chief in August for misusing F-16 fighter jets by undermining their shared security platforms and infrastructures, a media report in Washington has said, months after the Indian Air Force shot down an F-16 jet of the Pakistan Air Force during an aerial combat over Jammu and Kashmir.

The Supreme Court has ordered an independent commission to inquire into the killing of the four men accused of the rape and murder of a 26-year-old woman in Telangana last week

The BJP's Kiren Rijiju took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi this morning, a day after the Congress leader called the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill "an attempt by the Modi-Shah government to ethnically cleanse the North East"

The five-day science festival is expected to attract 15,000 delegates from the scientific and academic fraternity, and multifarious disciplines such as defence, government, corporates and others.

A three-year-old child in Rajasthan, whose head got stuck in a steel vessel, was rescued by villagers who cut open the utensil.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which is set to become law after it was cleared by both houses of parliament amid opposition protests, will now face the Supreme Court test.