​Opposition MPs argued that minors were among those injured in the lathi charge and that the matter therefore fell within the committee’s remit. A BJP MP immediately opposed this, leading to a heated exchange. 

​The change follows two notifications issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on August 19, signalling what officials describe as a move to simplify and accelerate the processing of citizenship applications from eligible migrants covered under the CAA. 

Veteran filmmaker Kuku Kohli passed away on Tuesday, August 25, after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 77. Kohli breathed his last at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he had been admitted a few days earlier after feeling unwell. According to reports, he had suffered a blockage and undergone a procedure to have a stent fitted a day before his death.