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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

'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 12:10 PM

$\On the recommendation of group of ministers, constituted to review the national security system, section 14A prescribing compulsory registration of every citizen of India was inserted in the Citizenship Act, 1955,\ the ministry stated in a reply. (Photo: ANI)$ India

MHA inserts section 14A -- prescribing compulsory registration of...

The Bill is aimed at granting Indian citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian refugees.

20 Nov 2019 1:29 PM

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

3 N-E inner line' states may be out of CAB purview

Pleading anonymity, a BJP MP from the region said they had met the home minister to apprise him about the anguish of...

19 Nov 2019 8:12 PM

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee

Citizenship Amendment Bill a trap like NRC, says Mamata Banerjee

Ms Banerjee elaborated, But we never enforced any condition that they would have to be in this country for six years.

18 Nov 2019 10:48 PM

Top of the list of legislation in the Winter Session will be further changes to the essential structure of the Indian State.

27 bills listed in session, 2 to replace ordinances

The Bill is being brought by BJP to neutralize the impact of National Register of Citizens exercise that saw several...

18 Nov 2019 1:55 AM

The contract has been awarded at a cost of Rs 229.7 crore much below the estimated Rs 448 crore, Urban Development Minister, Hardeep Puri said. (Photo: File)

Winter Session: Reworked Citizenship Bill may set off Northeast stir

Winter Session is going to start from November 18.

16 Nov 2019 12:41 AM

Jairam Ramesh

BJP using CAB to polarise people in N-E, says Jairam Ramesh

Congress to oppose Citizenship Amendment Bill in Winter Session.

7 Nov 2019 9:42 PM

My speech on divine justice and Karmic deficiency is being quoted out of context, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. (Photo: PTI File)

Neso warns of agitation against passage of CAB

Neso has also demanded Inner Line Permit (ILP) in all states of the region to safeguard the interests of the indigenous...

2 Nov 2019 1:48 AM

Students of Nizamia Tibbi (Unani) College boycott classes in protest against putting effect the controversial amendments in the Citizenship Act in the city on Wednesday.

New law on citizenship is legally quite sound

Illegal immigration into Assam has been a continuing tragedy for a long time.

18 Dec 2019 11:21 PM

Mahesh Bhatt. (Photo: Twitter)

Director Mahesh Bhatt joins protest against Citizenship Amendment Act

As a part of the protest meeting, the Preamble of the Indian Constitution was read out by those present.

16 Dec 2019 4:34 AM

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

Jamia violence: Some political leaders demand probe, others call...

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury condemned the police action against the students and termed the force's entry...

15 Dec 2019 6:36 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

The curious case of Modi's absence from CAB debate

Though the BJP has named Narayan Lal Panchariya as its chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, he has virtually no role during...

15 Dec 2019 6:35 PM