Newspaper Headlines: Protests Over Citizenship (Amendment) Act Spread Across India, Other Top Stories

The Times Of India: The government has begun consultations with country's top 25 corporate houses and lenders to assess their investment plan and also try and resolve issues that they may be facing in their bid to expand operations. Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University-and the violent clashes with police on Sunday-resonated on campuses across the country on Monday as demonstrations, big and small, were held in 36 other educational institutions.

Hindustan Times: The difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi narrowed to less than three degrees Celsius on Monday, which IMD classified as a "severe cold day" and the coldest December day in the last 16 years. A wave of protests swept college and university campuses across India as thousands of students from Mumbai to Guwahati and Chandigarh to Kerala came together against alleged police violence in Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia the previous day.

The Hindu: Stung by the brutal police action at Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday, students took to the streets in Chennai, Puducherry, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata and Guwahati in solidarity, even as political leaders held rallies and dharnas against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Monday. As violence and unrest spread across various States against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), PM Modi termed the protests "unfortunate and deeply distressing" and appealed to people to stay away from rumour-mongers and not let "vested interests" divide society.

The Asian Age: Anger over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and Sunday's brutal police action on students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University who were protesting against the divisive nature of the legislation spread to various campuses and towns across India on Monday. BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said a sky-touching Ram temple would come up in Ayodhya within four months which Indians from all over the world have been demanding for 100 years.

The Telegraph: Scenes from the wave of protests that unfolded in several places in the country on Monday. Most of the protests combined outrage against the amended citizenship act and the attack on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia. An image of the Prime Minister stares out of the cover of Narendra Modi: A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman, straight through the broken glass of the new-arrivals display at the Dr Zakir Husain Library.