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The Arunachal Pradesh Police has filed a case against anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam for his alleged inflammatory speeches, a senior police officer said in Itanagar on Monday.

The Manipur police has lodged an FIR against former JNU student Sharjeel Imam for his "seditious" comment in the wake of the amended Citizenship Act.

An eighteen-year-old Mumbai footballer, who was honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about three years ago, has been living on a pavement in the city with her family after her home was razed in a demolition drive last month. In a tweet, BJP MP and Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today urged the central government to help her.

Accusing protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh of trying to suppress the views of a "peaceful majority" over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for "standing with the Tukde Tukde Gang".

Himachal Pradesh witnessed cold and dry weather today with tourist spots Kufri and Manali shivering at sub-zero temperatures.

The police here carried out a raid at the ancestral house of anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam, who has been slapped with a sedition case in the national capital for alleged inflammatory speeches he gave at Shaheen Bagh and the Jamia Milia Islamia, a senior official said on Monday.

As a precautionary measure amid coronavirus outbreak, Bhubaneshwar Airport Authority on Sunday conducted a screening for incoming passengers at Biju Patnaik International Airport.

Amit Shah's comment on "pressing the button (voting) with anger" during the Delhi election to make a point against anti-CAA protesters inspired a sharp retort from Prashant Kishor, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s election strategist and the number two leader of BJP's Bihar ally Janata Dal United (JDU).

Over 29,700 passengers have been screened at Indian airports for novel coronavirus infection that, though largely restricted to China, has triggered a global scare with cases being reported as far as the US and Europe. The Union Health Ministry, in a tweet on Sunday, said that no case of the virus affecting Indians have been reported "till date". However, suspected cases have been reported in many states, including Kerala and Maharashtra where over 100 people have been kept under observation at various hospitals. The virus has killed 80 people and infected nearly 3,000 in China. The Indian embassy in Beijing is in close touch with all Indians, including university students, in Wuhan and nearby cities in Hubei province that have been severely affected by the virus.

The petition of one of the four Nirbhaya convicts challenging rejection of mercy should be listed on "top priority" if execution is on February 1, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Monday.

Singer-musician Adnan Sami on Monday lashed out at Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill for his scathing remarks about being awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

A man in his 20s has been admitted to the SMS Hospital for suspected coronavirus infection, Medical Superintendent Dr D.S. Meena confirmed on Sunday.

The alleged theft of data from the iPhone X used by billionaire Jeff Bezos has cast an unflattering light on the swiftly growing and highly secretive cottage industry of software developers specializing in digital surveillance.

Hong Kong has banned visitors from China's Hubei province where corovirus outbreak originated as number of virus deaths in China rose to 80.

Invoking Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev's message of "na koi Hindu, na koi Musalman", Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here on Sunday vowed to protect the country''s secular fabric.