NRC, NPR are attacks on poor people: Rahul Gandhi

Dec 27, 2019, at 01:12 pm

Raipur/IBNS: Slamming the Narendra Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) are attacks on poor people.

BJP takes out pro-CAA rally in Puducherry

Dec 27, 2019, at 12:40 pm

Puducherry/UNI: The Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Friday took out a rally in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

BJP scared of Hindu-Muslim unity: Akhilesh Yadav

Dec 27, 2019, at 12:38 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Launching a scathing attack on the ruling dispensation, national president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the BJP was scared of the Hindu-Muslim unity and therefore, has started a campaign to divide people on the religious lines, in the garb of CAA and NRC.

I was proposing civil disobedience with smile: Arundhati Roy over Ranga-Billa row

Dec 27, 2019, at 11:03 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Clarifying her reference to murderers Ranga-Billa while asking people to fill out National Population Register (NPR) with fictitious names, writer-activist Arundhati Roy in the face of criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said she was proposing a civil disobedience with a smile.

UP has potential to become economic super power of the country: Yogi

Dec 26, 2019, at 08:51 pm

Lucknow, Dec 26 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state has the potential to become the economic superpower of the country and the success of One District One Product (ODOP) scheme is the testimony of this.

Elaborate arrangements for Amit Shah's rally: Shimla DC

Dec 26, 2019, at 08:43 pm

Shimla/UNI: Deputy Commissioner of Shimla Amit Kashyap said here on Thursday that elaborate arrangements were made for Home Minister Amit Shah's Rally at the Ridge Ground, to be held on Friday.

Properties worth several lakh of rupees gutted in fire in Guwahati

Dec 26, 2019, at 08:14 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Properties worth several lakh of rupees were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at Bhangagarh area in Guwahati on Thursday.

There is no link between NPR and NRC, clarifies MoS Kishan Reddy

Dec 26, 2019, at 07:21 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Union Minister of State of Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday strongly condemned the deliberate and baseless misinformation campaign being spread by the opposition parties and a section of media that NPR is a precursor to NRC.

Jammu based NGO launches mobile ringtones in support of CAA

Dec 26, 2019, at 07:03 pm

Jammu/UNI: A Jammu based organisation has launched different mobile ringtones to support the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Life returns to normal in Kashmir amid mobile and internet suspension and detention of leaders

Dec 26, 2019, at 06:47 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Pre-paid mobile and Internet service of all cellular companies, including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), remained suspended as a precautionary measure in the Kashmir valley since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 and division of the state into two Union Territories (UTs).

NIA raids Assam peasant leader Akhil Gogoi house in Guwahati

Dec 26, 2019, at 06:27 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided the house of Assam peasant leader Akhil Gogoi in Guwahati and seized several documents and his personnel laptop.

BJP's 'no NRC discussion' claim is a tactical retreat: Prashant Kishor

Dec 26, 2019, at 06:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) vice president and political strategist Prashant Kishor is perceiving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s claim that no discussion over the nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC) has taken place is a "tactical retreat" in the face of widespread protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and NRC.

Time has come to punish tukde-tukde gang: Amit Shah

Dec 26, 2019, at 05:54 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Slamming the Congress-led Opposition for its anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 protests, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said time has come to punish the tukde-tukde gang holding the rival parties responsible for the widespread violence that took place across the country in last couple of weeks.

Hemant decides to withdraw case filed against Raghubar Das

Dec 26, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Jamtara/Ranchi/UNI: Chief Minister (designate) Hemant Soren has decided to withdraw the case which was registered by him against Raghubar Das for making casteist remarks.

Leaders are not those who lead people in inappropriate direction: Army chief Bipin Rawat on CAA protests, stirs row

Dec 26, 2019, at 05:24 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In his first reaction to the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Army chief General Bipin Rawat stirred a row by making a political comment where he said leaders are not those who lead people in an inappropriate direction.

IIT Hyderabad researchers unravel working of a Protein that repairs damaged DNA

Dec 26, 2019, at 04:54 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Researchers have unravelled the working of a protein that repairs damaged DNA.

Andhra farmers stage dharna against shifting of capital city

Dec 26, 2019, at 04:39 pm

Amaravati/UNI: In protest against the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy headed state government’s proposal of shifting capital city from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam under the three capital cities concept, farmers in 29 villages in the capital region organised various agitations on Thursday.

Letter pledging support to NRC and CAA was 'fake': Sena MP Patil

Dec 26, 2019, at 03:38 pm

Aurangabad (Maharashtra)/UNI: Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil from Hingoli constituency of Marathwada on Thursday claimed that a letter pledging his support to the NRC and CAA was 'fake'.

Arundhati Roy eggs on people to spike NPR with Ranga-Billa names, BJP slams writer-activist

Dec 26, 2019, at 03:15 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Writer-activist Arundhati Roy is at it again as she asked people to fill out National Population Register (NPR) by fictitious names such as of murderers Ranga and Billa to defy the government's moves on NPR in tandem with CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act). The ruling BJP leaders hit back soon.

Yaba tablets and drugs worth Rs 6 Cr seized in Kolkata, 3 peddlers arrested

Dec 26, 2019, at 03:12 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The Special Task Force(STF) of Kolkata Police has seized contraband drugs, including yaba tablets and heroin worth Rs 6 crore, and arrested three peddlers from eastern part of the city, police said on Wednesday.

Do not play with fire: Mamata Banerjee attacks Centre over CAA-NRC

Dec 26, 2019, at 03:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Holding yet another protest rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned the Centre urging it not to play with fire.

Former BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule now quits Congress, to float new political party

Dec 26, 2019, at 02:13 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Former BJP MP from Bahriach Savitri Bai Phule, who left the party just before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and unsuccessfully contested the Parliament polls on Congress' ticket, resigned from the grand-old party on Thursday.

RSS PM speaks lies to country: Rahul attacks Modi over 'detention centres' claim

Dec 26, 2019, at 12:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Hitting out at Narendra Modi who claimed no detention centre has been made in any part of the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called the Prime Minister a liar citing a media report showing presence of such camps in Assam where a National Register of Citizens (NRC) has already been conducted.

We won't show papers: JU student Debsmita Chowdhury tears CAA copy at convocation ceremony

Dec 26, 2019, at 11:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the widespread students' protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Jadavpur University student Debsmita Chowdhury chose her way of agitation by tearing a copy of the Act while receiving her MA degree and medal during the convocation ceremony on Tuesday.

Raghubar Das booked for making casteist remarks against Hemant Soren

Dec 25, 2019, at 10:48 pm

Dumka/UNI: An FIR has been registered against caretaker Chief Minister Raghubar Das for making casteist remarks against JMM's acting president Hemant Soren.

State BJP chief Laxman Giluwa resigns after poll debacle

Dec 25, 2019, at 10:32 pm

Ranchi/UNI: State BJP President Laxman Giluwa on Wednesday resigned from his post following the party's ouster from power in Jharkhand.

CAA: UP Police release photos, videos of protesters firing at cops

Dec 25, 2019, at 10:26 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday released a string of photos and videos of two men firing at police during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment act in Meerut last Friday, media reports said.

Hemant Soren meets Sonia ahead of swearing-in

Dec 25, 2019, at 08:21 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Jharkhand Chief Minister-designate Hemant Soren on Wednesday met Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi here and invited her to his swearing-in ceremony on Dec 29.

People outside Jamia continue to protest against CAA, NRC

Dec 25, 2019, at 07:48 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, along with other students and locals of the adjoining areas protesting outside the Jamia campus on Wednesday were seen in the spirit of Christmas, as some of them dressed up as Santas, while the demonstration went on peacefully.

Artists, cartoonists, poet stage protest against CAA in Guwahati

Dec 25, 2019, at 07:40 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Several hundreds of artists, cartoonists and people from different parts of Assam staged against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Guwahati through paintings and by reciting poems.