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Students lay bleeding in the library and on roads and many women hid in the bushes as police stormed the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi during violent protests against the new citizenship law, which have spread to several campuses in the country.

Congress has demanded a thorough probe from the government in activities carried out by Delhi Police against students of Jamia Millia Islamia University on Sunday.

The students of Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University, who were detained by the Delhi Police after a protest march against the citizenship law ended in violence on Sunday evening, have received a strong backing from the university's Vice- Chancellor.

Jharkhand will vote today in the fourth of five rounds of polling for Assembly elections. A total of 221 candidates, including 23 women, are in the fray for the 15 seats that are up for grabs in this phase. State Labour Minister Raj Paliwar and Land and Revenue Minister Amar Kumar Bauri are among those contesting in the fourth phase.

Student staged violent protests in Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh against the amended Citizenship Act approved by the Parliament on Sunday.

A delegation of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank depositors met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at his residence Matoshree in Maharashtra capital Mumbai on Sunday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said there were no differences between the parties in his coalition government and expressed the hope that his government will be able to make the citizens proud.

Senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday night said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had "insulted" his grandmother and late prime minister Indira Gandhi by his utterances on VD Savarkar.

Police on Sunday denied permission to a group of students to hold a signature campaign in Pune on Monday against proposed implementation of the amended citizenship law and National Register of Citizens (NRC), citing "law and order".

A deputy inspector general of the CRPF and his driver were killed while his personal security officer was critically injured when their vehicle was hit by a landslide along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Sunday, officials said.

DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday expressed concern over the violence in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said the Centre should reconsider it.

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday summoned the West Bengal chief secretary and the director general of police to brief him on the situation following violent protests in the state against the amended citizenship law.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday night made an appeal to residents to maintain peace and harmony and not pay attention to rumours, after protests were held in parts of the state, including at Aligarh Muslim University, against the amended citizenship law.

As South Delhi's upscale New Friends Colony area turned into a battleground between violent protesters opposing the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the police on Sunday evening, one of the videos widely shared on social media showed law enforcement personnel emptying a jar into a vandalised bus.

They come from myriad backgrounds and faiths but at the protest venues in the city and several parts of the state, they all unite against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as they believe it''s an "assault" on Assamese culture and identity.