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Chidambaram told a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court that the high court rejected his bail on the ground that the offence he has been accused of is serious in nature. (Photo: File)

Price of giving one party brute majority': Chidambaram on Citizenship...

The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it, 80 voting against it and zero abstentions, after a...

10 Dec 2019 11:32 AM IST

The Upper House of the Parliament availed 25 hours 54 minutes of the available time while 2 hours 43 minutes were lost due to forced adjournments. (Photo: Representational)

Citizenship Bill to be introduced in RS today, BJP confident of its...

Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Bill with a majority of 311 votes against 80 votes where 391 members were present and...

10 Dec 2019 11:14 AM IST

Owaisi said the Bill was not only the part of a conspiracy to make Indian Muslims stateless but would also lead to pose a risk to the national security. (Photo: ANI)

Asaduddin Owaisi tears up copy of Citizenship bill during siscussion...

'I oppose this Bill as it is against the Constitution and an insult to our freedom fighters,' Owaisi said.

10 Dec 2019 9:29 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

'Consider sanctions against Amit Shah': US commission on Citizenship...

US Commission for International Religious Freedom or USCIRF said that it was deeply troubled over the passage of the...

10 Dec 2019 9:15 AM IST

Security was beefed up in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. Nagaland has been exempted from the purview of the bandh in view of the ongoing Hornbill Festival there. (Photo: ANI)

Northeast begins 11-hour bandh against Citizenship bill, security...

The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the...

10 Dec 2019 8:56 AM IST

Prashant Kishor (Photo: PTI)

'Disappointed': Prashant Kishor on JD(U)'s support to discriminatory'...

Kishor sought to underscore that the Bill was 'incongruous' with the constitution of the party, headed by Nitish Kumar.

10 Dec 2019 8:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Citizenship bill in line with India's century-old ethos of...

The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it a little past midnight.

10 Dec 2019 8:41 AM IST

Activists of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti take part in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Amid protests, Lok Sabha clears Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

311 MPs vote in favour while 80 vote against it; Rajya Sabha likely to take up CAB today.

10 Dec 2019 4:48 AM IST

This is an insult to Indias freedom fighters, Owaisi retorted, accusing the BJP-led government of working to marginalize Muslims in the country. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Owaisi says CAB seeks to make Muslims stateless, rips copy of proposed...

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Owaisi said he was called Mahatma after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South...

9 Dec 2019 9:04 PM IST

The Citizenship Amendment Bill is needed because the Sikh, Hindus in the neighbouring countries are troubled. But Amit Shah had said that all infiltrators will be thrown out from the country, we want the number of immigrants removed in the last six months, Raut said. (Photo: File)

'Give citizenship to immigrants, but no voting rights for 25 years':...

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was introduced in LS on December 9 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

9 Dec 2019 2:53 PM IST

It is important to note that the Bill was passed by the Lower House of the Parliament earlier this year but lapsed with the term of the previous Lok Sabha during the first term of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in the Centre. (Photo: ANI)

Citizenship bill not even .001 per cent against minorities, says Amit...

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan,...

9 Dec 2019 12:41 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: ANI)

Amit Shah tables Citizenship Amendment bill in Lok Sabha

Meanwhile, BJP's former ally, Shiv Sena, is yet to clear its stand on the CAB.

9 Dec 2019 10:27 AM IST