Citizenship Amendment Act

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Citizenship Amendment Act

Tensions escalate as PM Modi accuses TMC of hindering Ram Navami celebrations and patronizing infiltration, while CM Mamata Banerjee warns against BJP's alleged provocations and electoral strategies. (PTI)

PM Modi Accuses TMC of Opposing Ram Navami, Supporting Infiltration

Modi took Banerjee head on over the Ram Navami celebration after the TMC chief cautioned people of the possibility of a “riot”

17 Apr 2024 1:08 AM

The Centre on Monday notified the rules four years after the contentious law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship of non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India due to persecution before December 31, 2014.

Indian Union Muslim League Moves SC Against CAA

According to the CAA, Muslims cannot apply for Indian citizenship under the law

13 Mar 2024 2:04 AM

There was no eureka moment in the chapter titled “Manipur’s Princes and Rebels: Assimilating and Separating Through the Ages”. (Image: DC)

Chronicling Partition’s impact east of Bangla, N-E ‘othering’

Northeast India: Political History, the book, could not have come at a better time.

03 Sep 2023 9:04 AM

File photo of a woman protester shouting as police stop her and several others during their march against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR, near Jamia Nagar in New Delhi.(Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Spotlight on abuse of the law

More than three-fourth of people languishing in Indian jails are undertrials; several of them are people who cannot fight a failed system

07 Feb 2023 12:15 AM

File photo of BJP workers welcoming PM Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters to celebrate the party’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi (Photo: AP)

Aakar Patel | After decisive win in 2019, has govt run out of steam?

The listlessness shows in endless political campaigning conducted without much reference to performance, only to charisma

29 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

SC asks UP govt to withdraw recovery notices against anti-CAA protesters

During the hearing, the bench observed that the UP government has acted like a 'complainant, adjudicator and prosecutor' by itself

12 Feb 2022 12:18 PM

It’s not fully depleted, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021 problems?

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, on May 28, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Aakar Patel | How Jaishankar put on mat in US over Hindutva and other issues

India under Narendra Modi has spent a lot of energy in drafting laws that go after minorities

02 Jun 2021 7:20 AM

File image of a violent protest during the anti-CAA stir. (PTI)

Lucknow administration starts attaching properties of CAA protesters accused of vandalism

On Tuesday, a garment and a junk store in Hasanganj area were attached.

01 Jul 2020 3:23 PM

File image of JNU student Sharjeel Imam.

Sharjeel Imam plea: Supreme Court refuses to pass interim orders without states' replies

The apex court had on May 26 sought responses from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur on the plea

19 Jun 2020 1:38 PM

You all are citizens of India , Mamata to Bangla refugees

During her visit to a North Bengal district, she declared that no Bangladeshi would be thrown out.

04 Mar 2020 2:02 AM

During Delhi polls, Union minister Anurag Thakur and his men had raised the slogan, “Goli maro saalo ko.” “Saalo ko” has now been changed to “saron (all) ko.” (Photo: PTI)

‘Goli Maro’ slogan raised inside Rajiv Chowk station

After deboarding the train, they continued chanting pro-CAA and provocative slogans like “Shoot all the traitors”.

01 Mar 2020 7:14 AM

Maharashtra Congress leaders seek resolution against CAA

Khan also pointed out that the Bihar Assembly had unanimously passed a resolution against the CAA, NRC and NPR.

28 Feb 2020 6:29 AM

According to the volunteers, the protest titled, ‘Bengaluru Stands with Delhi’ was turned down citing security concerns.

Candlelight vigil against Delhi violence

The participants in the march demanded action against BJP leader Kapil Mishra who is accused of having inciting the mob in Delhi.

28 Feb 2020 2:25 AM

Anti-CAA, NPR yatra reaches Bengaluru

The final phase will start on October 11 from Sitabdiara and will end in Delhi on October 31.

25 Feb 2020 2:40 AM

A protester brandishes a pistol during clashes between anti-CAA protestors and supporters of the new citizenship act at Jafrabad in northeast Delhi on Monday. In a video, the 33-year-old man, identified as Shahrukh, is seen running at an unarmed Delhi police officer in Jaffrabad brandishing a gun. He approaches the cop and then forces him to back away with his hands raised before firing eight rounds in the air. (Photo: PTI)

Cars, shops, petrol pump torched in Delhi violence

3 civilians, cop killed as pro & anti CAA protesters clash in NE Delhi.

25 Feb 2020 2:19 AM

Protesters raise slogans during a demonstration against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) at Jaffrabad in East Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY)

Clashes erupt over CAA in N-E Delhi’s Jaffrabad

The police lobbed teargas shells and resorted to a mild lathicharge to bring the situation under control.

24 Feb 2020 2:27 AM

Donald Trump to flag CAA, religion

Economic and energy ties as well as cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region will also be discussed, the US said.

23 Feb 2020 2:44 AM

Giriraj Singh hits out at Muslims, again

Minister claims country paying price for not sending Muslims to Pak.

22 Feb 2020 2:48 AM

Bajrang Dal activists protest against Amulya Leona, who raised pro-Pakistan slogans, in Bengaluru.

Another student held for ‘pro-Pak’ slogans in Bengaluru

Arudra’s placard read ‘Liberation to J&K, Muslims, adivasis and dalits’.

22 Feb 2020 2:37 AM

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