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 ...
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 ...
‘Busy with Beed rally preparation’: Pankaja Munde skips core Maharastra BJP meet
Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde on Tuesday remained absent from the party’s state unit core committee meeting in Mumbai, claiming she needed time to oversee ...
No proposal for reservation in private sector is under consideration: Centre tells LS
No proposal for reservation in private sector is under consideration, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
More anti-Romeo squads, voice loggers in UP after Unnao case
After facing criticism on the increasing number of crimes against women in the state, the Uttar Pradesh police is taking up steps to overhaul its policing.
CAB aims at 'ethnic cleansing' of North East, says Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 "an attempt by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah government to "ethnically cleanse the Northeast", calling ...
NRC, CAB are unconstitutional, inhumane: Kannan Gopinathan
National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) not only pose a big challenge to democracy but are also unconstitutional and inhumane, said Kannan Gopinathan, former IAS ...
Citizenship Amendment Bill : Former IAS Officer Calls For Civil Disobedience Against Centre
Sashikanth Senthil, former IAS officer, wrote to Amit Shah, calling for a civil disobedience movement against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019 and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The CAB ...
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 ...
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. ...
LS passes bill to extend SC-ST quota in legislatures
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed a Constitution amendment bill to extend reservation to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another 10 years even though the ...
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 ...
