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

Strict decision' to neutralise Left Wing Extremism soon

General officer commanding-in-chief of the eastern command Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan indicated this on Saturday.

15 Dec 2019 12:28 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.

14 Dec 2019 6:35 PM

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

'Filed PIL against CAA, AIMIM will fight at every possible forum':...

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

14 Dec 2019 3:28 PM

$\As far as the Indian security scenerio is concerned, the current government is keen to take hard decisions which have been pending for a very long time. In the first year of its second term, we have already seen Article 370 revoked and Jammu and Kashmir state has been bifurcated into two,\ he told the 9th CII Industry Defence Linkage: \Indigenization in Defence Sector.\ (Twitter | @CIIevents)$ India

Centre may take 'hard decision' against LWE post CAB, Art 370: Eastern...

He observed that present economic scenario has been opposite to high-cost defence expenditures for modernisation of...

14 Dec 2019 3:15 PM

Rahul Gandhi and Hemant Soren say why is Kashmir issue important in Jharkhand elections?... The youth of this state are securing the borders of this country. But, Rahul Gandhi does not know history as he has Italian sunglasses in front of his eyes, Amit Shah said. (Photo: twitter | @BJP4India)

'Cong got stomach ache after amended Citizenship Act, fanning...

Shah was addressing election rallies at Giridih and Baghmara Assembly seats in J'Khand.

14 Dec 2019 1:14 PM

Ulfa Chief Paresh Baruah. (Photo: PTI/File)

Ulfa chief Baruah appeals for calm

The security agencies were tight-lipped over the Ulfa-I chief's bid to grab the limelight and make his presence felt...

14 Dec 2019 12:56 AM

Protesters clash with the police during their march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwahati. (Photo: PTI)

Parts of Assam still reel under protests over CAB

Violence continues to rock Upper Assam, protestors pelts stone on Army.

14 Dec 2019 12:12 AM

Supreme Court

Dozen anti-CAB pleas filed in Supreme Court

A petition by the leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia stated that the amended citizenship law...

13 Dec 2019 11:39 PM

A file photo of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath during a visit to Delhi.

Kamal Nath slams CAB as distraction from real issues

The CM also accused the Modi-government of not following the norms of federalism.

13 Dec 2019 11:35 PM

A senior ministry official said states do not have the power to decline to implement a Central law which is in the Union List.

States can't block CAB: Centre

West Bengal, MP, Punjab, Kerala, Chhattisgarh CMs vowed not to implement it.

13 Dec 2019 8:17 PM

Assamese film actors take part in a hungerstrike organised by the All-Assam Students Union in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwhati on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Shinzo Abe-PM Modi summit off as protests rock Northeast

Violence continues in Upper Assam, but Guwahati calmer.

13 Dec 2019 11:31 PM

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: File)

CAB: BJP sows seeds of strife across South Asia

The Indian amendment raises a number of troubling questions.

14 Dec 2019 12:36 AM