In focus, 15th Dec 2019, News & Stories from India

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15 Dec 2019

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My name is not Savarkar: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi has been under attack from the ruling BJP over his rape remarks made at a rally in Jharkhand for which he has been asked to apologise.

15 Dec 2019 5:54 AM

Police jawans try to protect themselves as protesters throw stones on them during an agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at Santragachi in Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Citizenship Act: Violent protests rock Bengal, Mamata appeals for peace

Assam’s districts like Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Jorhat remained tense with report of some violent protests pouring in.

15 Dec 2019 5:46 AM

A man during a protest against the passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at Sanmtragachi in Howrah district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Upper Assam remains tense, Guwahati calm

Internet services suspension extended till Monday; Meghalaya CM demands ILP, to pass resolution soon.

15 Dec 2019 5:40 AM

CAA discriminatory when combined with NRC: Kishor

Kishor said that the new citizenship act and NRC could prove to be a “lethal combo” against the minority.

15 Dec 2019 5:34 AM

‘What did BJP CM Raghubar Das do for Jharkhand in the last 5 years?’

People are feeling cheated by the BJP government, says Babulal Marandi.

15 Dec 2019 5:29 AM

Huge cut-outs of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra are seen at the venue of the party’s Bharat Bachao rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Cong top guns slam Modi at rally over Citizenship Act

Both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi accused Mr Modi of self-promotion.

15 Dec 2019 1:16 AM

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah detention is extended by J&K for 3 months

Abdullah said he can’t do anything about his detention period being extended and would rather leave the matter to “Allah”.

15 Dec 2019 1:07 AM

To speak about her as on these Wikipedia’s talk pages is disrespectful to her legacy and ignorant of the issues of dalit peoples.

How Wikipedia cancels dalit icons

Engagements on the platform often seem to presume that they will automatically be the most neutral or the best judge of notability.

15 Dec 2019 12:59 AM

CAB volte-face by two notables

Akhilesh Yadav’s presence in the Lok Sabha on the day the CAB was tabled surprised many in his own party.

15 Dec 2019 12:44 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

Haryana IAS officer and whistleblower Ashok Khemka (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: J&K babus in a spot

The Narendra Modi sarkar has got the “heaven born” on the backfoot.

15 Dec 2019 12:30 AM

Tens of thousands of protesters against the CAB descended on the streets of Assam, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos of a magnitude unseen since the violent six-year movement by students that ended with the signing of the Assam accord. (Photo: PTI)

Immigration policy of BJP has unwanted side-effects

The Citizenship Amendment Bill offers these people cover and will only specifically exclude Muslims.

15 Dec 2019 12:05 AM

Police at the site of the alleged encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinary on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Anatomy of a police encounter in India

Policemen are nervously preparing to take the accused to the spot where the crime took place and recreate it.

15 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

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