New Citizenship law will be written in 'golden letters', PM tells party MPs
Dec 11, 2019, at 02:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 as a historic bill and said that the new law will be written in 'golden letters' for people who are persecuted in neighbouring countries on the basis of religion.
Life affected severely in Tripura due to anti-CAB movement, tension scaled high
Dec 11, 2019, at 02:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: The agitation against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) by Joint Movement Against CAB (JMACAB), a common platform of all tribal parties and social organisations of Tripura continued for the third day across the state that disturbed normal life severely.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is an assault on Constitution: Congress' Anand Sharma
Dec 11, 2019, at 01:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Countering Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma on Wednesday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, is an assault on the Constitution.
Amit Shah tables CAB in Rajya Sabha, says Indian Muslims need not worry
Dec 11, 2019, at 12:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Tabling the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Indian Muslims need not to worry about the bill which will grant citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan on or before Dec 31, 2014.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha
Dec 11, 2019, at 12:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Scenario in Rajya Sabha completely different: Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut
Dec 11, 2019, at 11:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Keeping his cards close to his chest, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday refused to divulge his party's move in Rajya Sabha over the Citizenship (Amendment), Bill, 2019 but stated the scenario in the upper house where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is short of majority is completely different.
CAB an attempt by Modi, Shah to ethnically cleanse northeast: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 11, 2019, at 11:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the debate over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are trying to ethnically cleanse northeast through the bill.
Citizenship Amendment Bill to face Rajya Sabha Test today
Dec 11, 2019, at 08:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after its passage in the Lok Sabha, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is all set to be presented in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Dressed in Bengali attire, Abhijit Banerjee along with wife Esther Duflo receives Nobel Prize
Dec 10, 2019, at 11:39 pm
Stockholm/IBNS: Dressed in authentic Bengali attire, Indian-American Economist Abhijit Banerjee, along with his wife Esther Duflo, received the Nobel Prize in Economics here in Sweden for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
15th Indo-Myanmar Regional Border Committee Meet held in Imphal
Dec 10, 2019, at 10:20 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The bilateral 15th Indo-Myanmar Regional Border Committee meet was held in Manipur's capital city Imphal on Tuesday.
CAB is political injustice to people of Northeast: North East Students’ Organization Advisor
Dec 10, 2019, at 08:58 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the BJP-led Union government has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha and now aiming to pass it Rajya Sabha amid massive protests in Assam and other parts of the North Eastern region, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and North East Students’ Organization (NESO) Advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said that, it is a political injustice to the people of North-East by the Centre.
Assam: Anti-CAB protests turn violent, vehicles, shops vandalized
Dec 10, 2019, at 08:24 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The anti-CAB (Citizenship (Amendment) Bill) protests in Assam turned violent on Tuesday with protesters damaging several vehicles and vandalizing shops, restaurants in different parts of the state.
17 injured in road mishap on Shehzadpur-Saha road in Chandigarh
Dec 10, 2019, at 07:47 pm
Ambala/UNI: At least 17 persons, including women and children, travelling in tempo traveller from Chandigarh to Haridar were injured when the vehicle overturned after it was hit by a tractor-trailer near village Ghadoli on National Highway 344 Shehzadpur-Saha road last night.
Sexual assault cases: Kerala HC warns officials
Dec 10, 2019, at 07:02 pm
Kochi/UNI: In a recent judgement, Kerala High Court has directed officials to be more cautious while taking up sexual assault cases.
Bihar: Youth burns woman alive after exploiting her
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:57 pm
Bettiah/UNI: A young man after exploiting a woman burnt her alive when she was on family way and was pressuring him to marry her at village Mahmadpur under Shikarpur police station area of Bettiah in West Champaran district today.
Odisha government to set up 45 fast track courts for speedy disposal of rape, sexual assault case
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:51 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Odisha government today announced to set up 45 Fast Track courts in the state for speedy disposal of rape and sexual assault cases against women and children.
Maharashtra Cirme: Couple held for killing senior citizen in Thane
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:48 pm
Thane, Dec 10 (UNI) A couple has been handcuffed for killing a senior citizen and dumping her body in a lake at Bhiwandi taluka, the district police said.
Veterinary doctor gang-rape case: Telangana police submits report to NHRC
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:36 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: The police on Tuesday submitted a report to the National Human Rights Commission on the gruesome-murder and rape of young veterinarian Disha which provoked country-wide outrage.
USCIRF's comment on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is neither accurate nor warranted: MEA
Dec 10, 2019, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of External Affairs strongly reacted against the US Commission for International Religious Freedom's observation against Indian government's move of passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and said the remarks were neither 'accurate nor warranted'.
Attack on constitution: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra slam government over CAB
Dec 10, 2019, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In their first reactions to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Lok Sabha last night, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi government calling it as an "attack on India constitution".
After Prashant Kishor, JDU's Pavan Varma opposes Nitish Kumar's decision to support CAB
Dec 10, 2019, at 01:50 pm
Patna/IBNS: After party vice president Prashant Kishor, Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Pavan Varma has openly contradicted with his chief Nitish Kumar's decision to support the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was passed by Lok Sabha at midnight on Monday.
Adhir Chowdhury, Amit Shah lock horns in Parliament over Kashmiri leaders' detention
Dec 10, 2019, at 12:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after raising his voice over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Chowdhury on Tuesday locked horns with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the detention of Jammu and Kashmir political leaders since Aug 5 when the Centre scrapped Article 370.
Northeast observes 11-hour bandh as protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensifies
Dec 10, 2019, at 12:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 11-hour bandh (strike) called by the umbrella organisation of the students' bodies is underway in northeast on Tuesday to mark the protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 which was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably in Lok Sabha last night, media reports said.
Indefinite strike continues against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Tripura govt warns action
Dec 10, 2019, at 11:27 am
Agartala/UNI: Amid agitation and indefinite strike in protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), Tripura government warned the protesters to stop all sorts of movement immediately, which affects commoners life severely and the administration would not sit idle to restore normalcy.
#BoycottTitan: New Titan ad irks activists for glorifying Tamil-Hindu culture, many feel otherwise
Dec 10, 2019, at 11:04 am
Chennai/IBNS: #BoycottTitan has been trending on micro-blogging site Twitter for few days as several activists are angry upon leading watchmaker Titan's new advertisement which showcases the Tamil-Hindu culture.
Citizenship Amendment Bill undermines basic tenet of democracy, says United States
Dec 10, 2019, at 09:37 am
Washington/IBNS: The United States House Foreign Affairs Committee expressed its apprehensions over the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and said any religious test for citizenship 'undermines the most basic democratic tenet'.
Lok Sabha approves Citizenship Amendment Bill by thumping majority, NE parties back govt.
Dec 10, 2019, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Lok Sabha created history on Monday mid-night as it gave the crucial nod to the much talked about Citizenship Amendment Bill by an overwhelming majority.
Amid heated debate Asaduddin Owaisi tears Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha
Dec 09, 2019, at 10:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid chaos over the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday tore up a copy of the legislation and wrapped up the heated debate.
Amid turmoil in Maharashtra BJP, senior leader Eknath Khadse meets Pawar
Dec 09, 2019, at 09:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the brewing tension within the Maharashtra BJP, former Minister and senior leader Eknath Khadse on Monday met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
People trust only BJP to provide stable govt: Modi in Bokaro
Dec 09, 2019, at 07:55 pm
Bokaro/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that people trust only BJP to provide stable and permanent government.