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In India, the CAB and the talks of NRC coupled with continuous mob lynching and violence against Muslims are literally taking the country to such a dangerous juncture.

Power to regulate citizenship can’t be exercised arbitrarily

Part II of the Indian Constitution and Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, lay down various provisions relating to citizenship.

01 Dec 2019 7:52 AM

A delegation of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Muslim league discusses Ayodhya verdict, NRC issue with Sonia Gandhi

The delegation, led by party's national president KM Kader Mohideen, also took up the abrogation of Article 370.

21 Nov 2019 6:46 PM

'Khoda pahaad, nikla chooha. Now BJP wants to disown it, but find one all over India,' the AIMIM chief tweeted. (Photo: File | PTI)

'Countrywide NRC will only put people through hardship': Owaisi

The AIMIM chief asserted that the exercise will especially cause hardship to minorities.

21 Nov 2019 5:40 PM

Ramdev said, "Even if a single person is staying in India illegally it is dangerous for the national security and the unity of the country. We must protect our country. This (NRC) will be beneficial for maintaining national security. NRC is not a social and a political issue and hence should not be politicised." (Photo: File | PTI)

'NRC beneficial for national security, don't politicise it': Baba Ramdev

Ramdev said, 'Even if a single person is staying in India illegally, it is dangerous for national security and the unity of the country.'

21 Nov 2019 2:58 PM

The question is whether, for the BJP, the communal trick will continue to trump, as before, the frustrations people face in their everyday lives, although the discontent is more widespread than previously, and its causes more easily traceable to faulty policy. (Photo: File)

It’s time for tactics, not ideological idolatry

The calculation has generally been around short and medium term objectives, and gains and losses.

05 Nov 2019 1:47 AM

The CJI said that prior to NRC enormous amount of guesswork was there regarding number of illegal immigrants which 'in turn fuelled panic, fear and vicious cycle of lawlessness and violence.' (Photo: File | PTI)

'Base document for future': CJI Gogoi defends exercise of NRC in Assam

The updated final NRC in Assam was released on Aug 31, this year excluding names of over 19 lakh applicants in the state.

03 Nov 2019 6:21 PM

India has voiced disappointment that the NRC in Assam is being "wrongly linked with the minority rights issue and asserted that one should not jump to conclusions based on "incomplete understanding" after a UN expert raised alarm over a potential "humanitarian crisis" due to the exercise. (Photo: File)

Disappointed over NRC being wrongly linked with issue of minority rights: India at UN

First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripath said updating National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) is a statutory.

24 Oct 2019 12:16 PM

Government of India's Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)

Centre determined to conclude Naga peace process: Nagaland Governor

The government has been trying to sort out the matter and is in talks for the last 22 years.

19 Oct 2019 1:28 PM

“If you remember, five years back corruption used to be in full swing. Fragile governments were unable to control the situation,” he said. (Photo: File)

No infiltrator will remain in India, it’s a country, not an inn: J P Nadda

Nadda also touched on several other issues like abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Houston visit and corruption.

05 Oct 2019 11:31 AM

They will inaugrate three projects, including one for the cross-border supply of LPG to the northeast and give a boost to trade and connectivity. (Photo: ANI)

Modi-Hasina meeting today, NRC to take centre stage

On Thursday, Hasina said she was satisfied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance on NRC.

05 Oct 2019 9:23 AM

It will also have a hospital, an auditorium, a common kitchen and 180 toilets and washrooms.

Assam’s 15-storey detention centre to house 3,000 people

The construction project for the detention centre, that will cost Rs 46 crore, had started in 2018.

05 Oct 2019 2:04 AM

‘I today want to assure Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Christian refugees, you will not be forced to leave India by the Centre. Don't believe rumours. Before NRC, we will bring Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will ensure these people get Indian citizenship,’ Shah said. (Photo: ANI)

‘NRC to ensure country’s safety, Mamata spreading lies’: Amit Shah in West Bengal

‘We had got just 2 seats in 2014, but today, we have 18 seats. Almost 2.5 cr Bengalis have voted for us,’ he said.

01 Oct 2019 4:26 PM

BJP protests outside Kejriwal's residence over his NRC dig at Manoj Tiwari

Kejriwal had on Wednesday said Tiwari would have to leave Delhi if the NRC was implemented.

26 Sep 2019 1:27 PM

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya

NRC will be implemented, no Hindu will leave country: BJP

The attempt by “some political parties” to create a “fear psychosis” among the people will not yield any results, he said at a programme here.

26 Sep 2019 3:05 AM

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said, “If NRC is implemented in Delhi, Manoj Tiwari will have to first leave Delhi." (Photo: ANI)

‘Think Kejriwal has lost his mental stability’: Manoj Tiwari on Delhi CM’s NRC jibe

Delhi CM was speaking at launch of AAP govt’s new scheme under which people residing as tenants in Delhi will be able to avail subsidy.

25 Sep 2019 1:45 PM

Ghosh added, ‘The TMC is creating fear among the people, they want those who have joined the BJP to come back to their party and that is why they are creating an atmosphere of fear. But people of Bengal are not foolish to believe in the TMC.’ (Photo: ANI)

Mamata should take responsibility over NRC 'panic' deaths: WB BJP prez Dilip Ghosh

BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha also said, ‘Six people who died, did not die due to NRC. They died due to their family reasons.’

24 Sep 2019 3:27 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to speak on National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Bill at Netaji Indoor Stadium here on October 1. (Photo: File)

Amit Shah to speak on NRC, Citizenship Amendment Bill on Oct 1 in WB

This comes after the meeting between the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah on September 18 in Delhi over NRC.

24 Sep 2019 11:58 AM

This comes barely five days after Mamata Banerjee went to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: ANI)

Have faith in me, will never ever allow NRC in Bengal: WB CM Mamata

Criticizing BJP’s moves to implement the NRC in WB she said, ‘Democracy exists in Bengal but it is under threat in other parts of India.’

23 Sep 2019 2:08 PM

Urging the people to make sure that their names are in the voters' list, Banerjee accused 'local leaders' of the BJP of spreading canards about the possibility of implementing the National Register of Citizens in the state. (Photo: File)

Don't worry about NRC, BJP has to get past me to touch you: Mamata Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress supremo stressed that the NRC was meant for Assam.

21 Sep 2019 11:35 AM

This comes after Mamata’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

‘Genuine voters left out’: Mamata on Assam Citizen’s list after meeting Amit Shah

‘He did not say anything about NRC in West Bengal. I have clarified its not needed in WB,’ she also said.

19 Sep 2019 2:23 PM

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