The Kerala Police has stepped up the security at the Sabarimala Temple as the gates of the temple will open for devotees on November 5. The gates will remain open for 24 hours.

NRC officials declared the final draft list on July 30. While many have passed the citizenship test and have found their names in the final list, close to 40 lakh people have been kept out from the list.

The Bharat Bandh protest, today, has been called by various anti-reservation groups opposing to caste-based reservations. Section 144 has been imposed in several places in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Also, Internet services have also been temporarily suspended at some places to stop exchange of protest-related messages on social media and WhatsApp.

As many as 38 hooligans have been apprehended and eight cases registered in Haryana's Gurugram district so far in connection with the protests over the release of 'Padmaavat' movie, police said on Saturday.

Congress chief slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday after anti-Padmaavat protesters attacked a school bus carrying children.

Prohibitory orders imposed in 11 of the 13 police districts in the national capital in the wake of the violence following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Ram Rahim Singh will continue for now, police said on Saturday.