Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was unable to hold Christmas Eve Mass for the first time …

On December 22, prime minister Narendra Modi kicked off Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) election campaign in the national capital. Adressing a gathering at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the PM claimed that there are no detention centres in the country. He accused rivals and “urban naxals” of stoking fears among the people and misleading Muslims about the Citizenship Amendment Act even as protests …

The Uttar Pradesh police has booked 21,500 people in 15 FIRs lodged at different police stations across the city for the violence that erupted over the weekend. The violence happened during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanpur Anant Deo said: “At least 15 FIRs have been lodged against 21,500 people in various …