CAA

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2023 | Last Update : 02:47 PM IST

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks as Indian Foreign Minister SubrahmanyamÂ Jaishankar listens during a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi. (Photo:AP)

At Delhi talks: US, India spar over human rights

'We talk about challenges we are both facing in renewing and strengthening our democracies and I think humbly we can learn from each other'

29 Jul 2021 7:23 AM

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo:PTI)

Muslims will face no loss due to CAA: RSS chief

Bhagwat says two frameworks do not create any Hindu-Muslim divide

22 Jul 2021 12:55 AM

Aakar Patel | As world changes rapidly, Indians stuck in the past, not eyeing future

Newspaper column writers are not experts in any particular subject or field

06 Jul 2021 7:04 AM

The top court was hearing a PIL filed by an NGO challenging legislative competence of different State Assemblies in passing resolutions against central laws like the Citizenship Amendments Act (CAA) and the three farm laws saying it falls under the Union List of the Seventh Schedule. (Photo: PTI)

Can states criticise Central law?

SC on Friday sought to know from a petitioner whether the state legislatures have the right to express their opinion or not on central laws

20 Mar 2021 4:09 AM

Citizens who gave up the solace of their homes to sit outdoors on protest through the harshest Delhi winter in decades were, in fact, undertaking an extraordinary act on Gandhian lines, and this was noted around the world. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Dissent circumscribed

The CAA is a law that strikes at the root of the basic precepts of citizenship as per the Constitution

15 Feb 2021 4:42 AM

Shah said the Modi government had in 2018 promised it will bring in a new citizenship law and kept it when the BJP was voted to power in 2019. (PTI)

CAA will be implemented after COVID vaccination ends: Amit Shah

He also said its implementation will not impact the citizenship status of Indian minorities

11 Feb 2021 7:04 PM

Owaisi said NPR is the first step towards NRC and would put Indians at risk of being marked as doubtful citizens (PTI)

NPR first step towards NRC: Owaisi

Owaisi reacts to Census India’s directive

24 Dec 2020 4:48 AM

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to families who have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act during an event at the Lancaster Recreation Center on June 25, 2020 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Biden seeks restoration of peoples' rights in Kashmir; disappointed with NRC, CAA

A group of Hindu Americans have reached out to Biden's campaign expressing resentment to the language used against India

26 Jun 2020 9:32 AM

An accidental CM turns aspirational

The “farmer” image, Mr Palanisamy hopes, would help in the 2021 Assembly elections.

27 Feb 2020 1:36 AM

Protesters can’t block road indefinitely: Supreme Court

The court observations came in the course of the hearing of two petitions - one by Amit Sahni and other by BJP leader Nand Kishore Garg.

11 Feb 2020 3:21 AM

Sumaiya Rana speaking at an event in AMU on Sunday. ANI photo

Sumaiya Rana free to go to Pakistan if she feels suffocated in India: Aligarh BJP MP

If Sumaiya Rana feels suffocated in the country, then there are a lot of paths open for her to go to Pakistan

10 Feb 2020 11:08 AM

Rajini backs CAA, NPR, says law will not affect Muslims

Asked about his views on CAA and NPR, he said that he would be the first person to come out to the streets and fight if the CAA affected Muslims.

06 Feb 2020 1:38 AM

With the European Parliament having postponed until March a vote on a joint motion criticising the CAA, India on Thursday said it has noted a clarification put out by the European Commission that “the opinion expressed by the European Parliament and its members do not represent the official position of the European Union (EU)”.

‘CAA internal matter, talks with EU members will go on’

The European Parliament on Wednesday decided to take up the voting against the CAA during its new session beginning March 2.

31 Jan 2020 1:55 AM

For the three days that I spent in the City of (limited) Joy, I passed the venue of the ongoing protests against the CAA and NRC.

Conversations by women, about women

Delhi’s “Shaheen Bagh model” is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM

Protestors during a rally against CAA. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Why is there so much mistrust?

The police’s entry in JMI without permission and using tear gas shells inside students’ rooms was inexcusable.

24 Jan 2020 1:58 AM

Donald Trump impeachment hope for democracy

Mini-dictators might not have dared if it weren’t for the atmosphere created nationally.

24 Jan 2020 1:40 AM

Be it Shaheen Bagh or other places, till the government withdraws CAA, NRC and NPR, these demonstrations cannot technically be hailed as a success. At the same time, their continuity with increasing fervour and the participation of people from all religions as well as age groups signals a strong message. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Social verdict poses constitutional dilemma

Significantly, these demonstrations have succeeded in puncturing the basic foundation on which rested CAA-NRC-NPR’s promotion.

23 Jan 2020 1:44 AM

Akali-BJP CAA rift: SAD not to fight Delhi polls

There are approximately 10 lakh Sikh voters in the national capital who impact the outcome in 10 Assembly seats.

21 Jan 2020 3:02 AM

Naveen Patnaik maintaining a studied silence on CAA

The regional party has not failed to extend its support to the BJP when it comes to passing controversial bills in Parliament.

17 Jan 2020 6:33 AM

Mayawati accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre of not taking others into confidence before bringing in the CAB. (Photo: File)

'Withdraw CAA, bring new law after consensus': BSP Chief Mayawati

She called the BSP a disciplined party which holds peaceful protests only after taking permission from the authorities.

15 Jan 2020 3:41 PM

1 of 6

Columns

Mohan Guruswamy

CAA