Guwahati under indefinite curfew amid protests against CAB
Curfew was imposed in Guwahati in Assam on Wednesday to control deteriorating law and order situation, amid massive protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, officials said. ...
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'Don't need to prove how staunch Hindu we are': Shiv Sena opposes CAB in RS
New Delhi: The Shiv Sena, which voted in favour of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha, opposed it in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, saying the draft law should have been debated on ...
Declare me non-citizen, happy to fill detention Centre: Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru: Defining an all-India NRC as ‘demonetisation of people,’ and ‘dehumanising,’ effort by the Union government and equating it to the Asiatic Registration Act in South Africa and ...
5,000 paramilitary personnel sent to NE in wake of protests over CAB
The Centre on Wednesday airlifted 5,000 paramilitary personnel to Northeastern states, including Assam, for maintenance of law and order duties in the wake protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) ...
Citizenship Bill hurts soul of India, assault on Constitution: Anand Sharma
New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday attacked the BJP, saying that the Citizenship Amendment Bill was an "assault" on the foundations of the Constitution and failed the morality test ...
We don't divide people in Bengal: Mamata
Digha (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said unity in diversity is the ethos of the state and people here are not divided on the basis of caste, creed and religion. ...
Shah moves Citizenship Bill in RS, says Indian Muslims 'were, are and will remain' Indians
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha, saying Indian Muslims "were, are and will remain Indian citizens" ...
2002 Gujarat riots: Nanavati panel gives clean chit to Modi-led govt
Gandhinagar : The Nanavati Commission has given a clean chit to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi-led government in the 2002 riots in the state where over 1,000 people, mostly of the ...
Citizenship Bill: Federal US commission seeks sanctions against Amit Shah
Washington: A federal US commission on international religious freedom has said that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is a "dangerous turn in wrong direction" and sought American sanctions against ...
GCC summit calls for greater economic integration among Gulf countries
RIYADH: The GCC summit called for greater regional economic integration as the meeting chaired by King Salman came to a close in Riyadh on Tuesday. ...
Pressured at home, Ethiopia PM picks up Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo(AFP) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will collect his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Tuesday, but as ethnic violence rises at home he has kept festivities to a minimum and refused media ...
Muslims are bigger patriots: Azam Khan
Samajwadi Party (SP) and Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan has said that Muslims had the choice to go to Pakistan following partition in 1947, but opted not to do so, and are therefore bigger "patriots" ...
Govt bringing Jinnah alive with Citizenship Bill: Owaisi
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed that the government is bringing Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah alive with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. ...
Delhi court reserves verdict for Dec 16 in Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved verdict for next week in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017. ...
DRI seizes 42 kgs of smuggled gold, arrests ten persons
Kolkata, Dec 10 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday said it has seized 42 kilograms of smuggled gold and more than 500 grams of jewellery, cumulatively valued at Rs 16.5 ...
Citizenship bill patently unconstitutional, battleground to shift to SC: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram described the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as "patently unconstitutional" on Tuesday and said with its passage in Parliament, the ...
One of 4 convicts moves SC seeking review of death penalty in Nirbhaya gang rape, murder case
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) One of the four convicts, Akshya Kumar Singh, moved the Supreme Court Tuesday seeking review of its 2017 judgement handing down death penalty to all of them in the 2012 ...
Yechury slams Centre over Citizenship Bill
Kochi, Dec 10 (PTI) CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, alleging that the BJP-led government brought in the ...
Bandh affects normal life in Meghalaya
Shillong, Dec 10 (PTI) Normal life was affected in Meghalaya on Tuesday due a statewide called by the Khasi Students Union (KSU), a constituent of the NESO, to protest against the Citizenship ...
Anti-CAB protests rock Northeast
Guwahati/Agartala/Itanagar, Dec 9 (PTI) Large parts of the northeast on Tuesday simmered over protests by students' unions and Left-democratic organisations against the contentious Citizenship ...
