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The women gathered in larger numbers as the protests gathered momentum. The women flocked from Okhla, Shaheen Baug, Jasola and neighbouring areas to support the students.

The Charge d'Affairs of Malaysian embassy was summoned to the External Affairs Ministry and he was conveyed India's anguish over Mohamad's comments.

The student was found dead at her home in Ranchi with her face and torso charred. The autopsy report revealed that she was killed after being raped.

The signatories to the statement congratulated the Parliament for 'standing up for forgotten minorities and upholding the civilisational ethos of India" and "providing a haven for those fleeing religious persecution'.

Interestingly, Jagan Reddy had spoken on similar lines in the assembly on December 17 when he indicated that the state could have three capitals.

The death in Firozabad was the second in the state in the last 24 hours, after a protester was killed in state capital Lucknow on Thursday.

In his complaint to the Goa police lodged on Thursday, Prasenjeet Prabhakar Dhage alleged threat to his life from BJP leader Sharmad Raiturkar, an official said.

At least 50 men and women who had arrived by a train from Kerala were taken into custody for trying to enter the city without identity cards.

Vehicles were set on fire and stones hurled at police personnel as protesters allegedly went on the rampage in Mangaluru.

Police said the protesters violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city against any protest or demonstration.

While the 18-year-old expressed her concern on the controversial law, the cricketing community has largely remained mute, including Virender Sehwag, who is an alumni of Jamia.

According to the police, the accused had met the victim’s husband in jail and had tried to contact him on the phone after he got out. His call was answered by the woman and he had then befriended her.

One petition was moved for setting up of a fact-finding committee to look into the violence at the university. The second one sought probe by an independent agency like CBI for a SIT.

The differently-abled people were made to work continuously without any break and were not allowed to even go to the exit gate of the hotel.

The police team couldn't recover any concrete from the scene of crime apart from a shirt button with the words 'rope last stitch' engraved on it, which it used to nab the culprits.

Discussions are on whether to organise a large farmers' convention on January 3 at Tumakuru or Bengaluru.