After ''Ramayan'', Doordarshan is set to bring Shaktimaan back on television during the 21-day lockdown in India to combat coronavirus. It has also been announced that Chanakya will also return.

Several meetings were held at Congress and BJP camps after 17 Congress legislators loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia flew out to Bengaluru, leaving the ruling party in state in deep crisis.

India had offered to bring back people of neighbourhood countries from the coronavirus epicenter Wuhan during its drive to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in the China's city, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

Amid reports of massive protests against the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people Assam that there is nothing to worry as their rights will not be hampered with the move.

For the past seven years, a Hindu migrant family is waiting to get Indian citizenship. Moments after Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, their hope turned into the end of the long wait. Being optimistic about the fact that they will soon get the citizenship of India, the family from Delhi named their newborn baby 'Nagrikta'.

An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the North-Eastern states of India with a suspension of mobile services in 10 districts of Assam as reports of people getting violent on the streets, burning effigies and public properties started pouring in to oppose the passage of Citizenship Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid violent protests in the North Eastern region of India. The mandate came with 125 voting for it and 99 against.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday acknowledged that the India is growing at a slower pace but she also ensured that there will not be a recession in India.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday told the Parliament that India is continuously trying to convince the US that tapping into the Indian talent is in the mutual benefit of both the nations.

Congress has been protesting against Centre's move to downgrade SPG Security cover to Z-Plus for Gandhi Family and Manmohan Singh. Responding to it, the Home Ministry has reportedly said, "the matter is closed."