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Congress president Sonia Gandhi with senior party leaders and other Opposition leaders after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Opposition leaders ask President to intervene

The parties that met the President included the Congress, Trinamul Congress, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), CPI and RJD.

18 Dec 2019 1:49 AM IST

PM dares Congress to make Pakistanis Indian citizens, overturn Article...

PM Modi said no citizen would be affected by amended Citizenship Act.

17 Dec 2019 3:04 PM IST

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...

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

17 Dec 2019 8:21 AM IST

On the occasion, he also hailed Vajpayee as a consensus-builder who worked to take everyone along and noted that people may have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but over 50 per cent of them have never voted for one party. (Photo: File)

Ex-Prez bats for raising LS strength to 1,000, cautions against...

Mukherjee noted people have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but 50 pc of them never voted for...

17 Dec 2019 8:15 AM IST

The National Register of Citizenship phenomena, therefore, looks different, smells different and feels different.

Assam protests due to politics of xenophobia

The protests in Assam and Meghalaya were against the Citizenship Amendment Act alone.

17 Dec 2019 7:45 AM IST

Firefighters are seen near a bus that was set ablaze by protesters at Mathura Road in South Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Students the real hope of India's democracy

Videos exist to show uniformed personnel emptying jerry cans of petrol on the buses.

17 Dec 2019 7:30 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with party leaders A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel and others holds a sit-in at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday in a show of solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia students. (Photo; Asian Age)

Opposition unites, takes on BJP govt

Former President Pranab Mukherjee too joined the rising chorus against the amended Citizenship Act on Monday.

17 Dec 2019 6:40 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally in Kolkata on Monday along with thousands of supporters and vowed not to allow the proposed country-wide NRC and the amended Citizenship Act in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Campuses, towns rise in protest

IIT, IIM students join chorus against crackdown; Protest march at BHU.

17 Dec 2019 6:32 AM IST

General Officer commanding-in-Chief of the eastern command Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan informed this at the Vijay Diwas Celebr-ations at the Eastern Command Headquarters, Fort William on Monday. (Twitter | @CIIevents)

Army: Situation in Assam, Tripura improving quickly

Noting the improvement in the situation, he also indicated of withdrawal of the Army from Assam within next two days as...

17 Dec 2019 8:02 AM IST

Top court to hear petitions challenging CAA on Dec 18

The petition by Debabrata Saikia says that the amended citizenship law violated the Assam accord.

17 Dec 2019 6:58 AM IST

Anurag Kashyap was also trolled previously for a post where he spoke about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Anurag Kashyap calls govt 'fascist' after Jamia Milia students'...

The police entered Jamia Millia Islamia University after a protest against amended Citizenship Act spiralled out of...

16 Dec 2019 5:57 PM IST

She requested people to join the movement in a peaceful manner within the ambit of the law. (Photo: File)

Mamata claims people took money from BJP for perpetrating violence...

'We will never allow NRC and CAA in Bengal,' Banerjee said as she read out an 'oath' for her party workers.

16 Dec 2019 12:23 PM IST