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Banerjee further attacked the current government by saying that BJP says 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' when in reality they bring 'disaster' for everyone. (Photo: File)

'Why link Aadhar to everything when it can't prove citizenship?' asks Mamata

The questions were directed at the Home Minister with reference to Citizenship Act.

18 Dec 2019 3:12 PM

Let Muslims be like Franciscans, espousing faith

A totalitarian system would reduce the possibility of a confederation of peoples.

18 Dec 2019 2:46 AM

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah: Govt to go ahead with CAA despite protests

Earlier during the day, Shah challenged people who are against the new law to oppose it as much as they can.

18 Dec 2019 1:45 AM

Notwithstanding opposition to the amended Citizenship Act, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted the Modi government will ensure that non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan get Indian nationality and live in the country with honour. (Photo: ANI)

'Non-Muslim refugees will live with honour,' assures Shah amid CAB protest

Shah also challenged the people, who are against the new law, to oppose the legislation as much as they can.

17 Dec 2019 5:24 PM

A group of another 50 women, including students and their family members, demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah resign in the wake of alleged police atrocities. (Photo: PTI)

Women take lead against cops 'excesses' at Jamia, says 'its now or never situation'

A few women, in their 60s, almost limped to the protest site in Delhi, while some accompanied their family members and classmates.

17 Dec 2019 8:21 AM

'Not long ago, the Supreme Court gave its ruling on Ayodhya, there was a demand of Indians from all over the world for 100 years that a grand Ram temple should be built at Ram Janmabhoomi,' he said. (Photo: File)

'Sky-touching temple in Ayodhya to come up within 4 months': Amit Shah

The BJP president was addressing an election rally in Pakur in favour of the party candidate.

16 Dec 2019 5:59 PM

"This message should go to the entire world. The rapists should know that in India, a woman can execute them. I have sent the letter through registered post and also tweeted it," the shooter added. (Photo: ANI)

In letter, shooter writes to Amit Shah in blood asking to let her hang Nirbhaya convicts

She hoped there would be a transformation with a 'different kind of society' where women need not live in an atmosphere of fear.

15 Dec 2019 7:01 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that he will be meeting Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma later in the month to find a way to resolve issues of the state over The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from three countries in India's neighbourhood. (Photo: File)

Will meet CM Sangma to resolve issues of Meghalaya on Citizenship Act: Shah

Meghalaya CM had met Shah late on Friday urging the Centre to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.

15 Dec 2019 12:22 PM

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will lead a team to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah very soon to discuss the ongoing protests in the state against the amended Citizenship Act. (Photo: File)

Assam CM to meet PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah over amended Citizenship Act

The team will meet two leaders 'very soon' to apprise them of the present situation in the state, Patowary said in a statement.

15 Dec 2019 10:29 AM

College students burn tyres during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

The dangerous unilateralism of the BJP

The CAB must rank as one of the most unnecessary pieces of divisive legislations passed by Parliament.

15 Dec 2019 12:31 AM

'Rahul Gandhi and Hemant Soren say why is Kashmir issue important in Jharkhand elections?... The youth of this state are securing the borders of this country. But, Rahul Gandhi does not know history as he has Italian sunglasses in front of his eyes,' Amit Shah said. (Photo: twitter | @BJP4India)

'Cong got stomach ache after amended Citizenship Act, fanning violence': Amit Shah

Shah was addressing election rallies at Giridih and Baghmara Assembly seats in J'Khand.

14 Dec 2019 6:44 PM

Protesters from the Muslim community burn tyres during a demonstration against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head

The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.

14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: File)

CAB: BJP sows seeds of strife across South Asia

The Indian amendment raises a number of troubling questions.

14 Dec 2019 6:06 AM

According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 due to religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants and given Indian citizenship. (Photo: File | ANI)

Amit Shah’s Northeast visit cancelled amidst Citizenship Act protests

Shah was to take part in the passing out parade at the North Eastern Police Academy near Shillong and a festival in Tawang.

13 Dec 2019 6:43 PM

It was the Shah's first visit to the headquarters of the country's largest border guarding force after becoming home minister in the Modi government's second term. (Photo: File | ANI)

Shah visits BSF headquarters in Delhi; reviews ops along Pak, Bangla borders

The force guards over 2,290-km of the India-Pakistan border and 4,096-km Indo-Bangla front.

13 Dec 2019 5:03 PM

'We will never allow NRC exercise and Citizenship Act in Bengal. We will not implement the amended Act, even though it has been passed in Parliament. The BJP can't just bulldoze the states to implement it,' Banerjee said. (Photo: PTI)

'Can't bulldoze states': Mamata announces mega rallies to protest Citizenship Act

The WB CM said that she has also cancelled her visit to Delhi to attend a meeting on Mahatma Gandhi's anniversary.

13 Dec 2019 3:38 PM

Hitting back at Home Minister Amit Shah for holding the Congress responsible for India's partition on religious lines, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the BJP president was "not paying attention" in history classes as the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League were the only ones espousing the two-nation theory. (Photo: File)

Was not paying attention in history classes: Tharoor's dig at Shah over partition remark

The Congress was fundamentally opposed to religion being determining factor of nationhood, he asserted.

13 Dec 2019 9:23 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: ANI)

On CAB, govt out of sync with mood of the nation

This part of the country has not seen such comprehensive people’s protests since the Assam agitation of the early eighties.

12 Dec 2019 1:23 AM

He said that the Bill has been brought to rectify a historic blunder -- the partition -- and give a dignified life to non-Muslims of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who fled religious persecution and settled in India before December 31, 2014. (Photo: ANI)

After 8-hour debate, Rajya Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

Shah said that neither citizenship bill, nor triple talaq bill nor bill scrapping Article 370 are anti-Muslim.

11 Dec 2019 8:47 PM

'We should discuss this Bill based on humanity not on religion. There is a difference between intruders and refugees,' said Raut, whose party is a former ally of the BJP. (Photo: ANI)

'Don't need to prove how staunch Hindu we are': Shiv Sena opposes CAB in RS

The Sena does not need to prove how 'staunch Hindu' and 'patriotic' the party is, Sanjay Raut said.

11 Dec 2019 7:16 PM

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