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Won't support Citizenship Bill till we get clarity, says Uddhav...

'We need to change this notion that one who supports Bill and BJP is patriot and one who opposes is anti-national,'...

10 Dec 2019 3:24 PM IST

The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there, a little past midnight on Monday. (Photo: File)

Has no locus standi: India on US Commission's remark on Citizenship...

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom's statement on the bill is neither accurate nor warranted, MEA...

10 Dec 2019 2:43 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Supporting CAB is attempting to destroy foundation of India, says...

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

10 Dec 2019 1:17 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

'India's attempt to interfere in neighbouring nations': Pakistan,...

The Foreign Office said India's action in Kashmir has affected 8 million people and it further displayed the...

10 Dec 2019 1:12 PM IST

Taking to Twitter, Priyanka Gandhi also posted a media report that claimed that administrative officials performed Chinamayanands aarti a year ago. (Photo: File | PTI)

Passage of Citizenship bill India's tryst with bigotry, says Priyanka...

Her remarks came after the CAB was passed in the Lok Sabha with 311 members favouring it and 80 voting against it.

10 Dec 2019 12:35 PM IST

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