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A section of the students of the Madras Universtiy continued their protest for the second day on Tuesday against the amendment to the Citizenship Act by staying put inside the Marina campus here, as police entered the premises. (Photo: ANI)

Police enter Madras varsity as students continue protest against...

The Madras University is one of the oldest in India and students of the varsity are among others who have been...

17 Dec 2019 8:47 PM IST

Gautam Gambhir also said that the Fast Track Courts (FTC) verdict should be taken as the final verdict in rape cases. (Photo: ANI)

'Protest at Jamia University politicised by AAP': BJP's Gautam Gambhir

'It is not about taking citizenship from any Indian but it is about giving citizenship,' added BJP leader Gautam...

17 Dec 2019 8:16 PM IST

Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans speech at the United Nation General Assembly, India on Saturday said his speech qualifies as brinkmanship and not statesmanship. (Photo: PTI)

India rejects Pak assembly motion on Citizenship Act, says 'poorly...

Pakistan's Parliament on Monday unanimously passed a resolution terming India's citizenship amendment law against the...

17 Dec 2019 7:17 PM IST

Notwithstanding opposition to the amended Citizenship Act, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted the Modi government will ensure that non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan get Indian nationality and live in the country with honour. (Photo: ANI)

'Non-Muslim refugees will live with honour,' assures Shah amid CAB...

Shah also challenged the people, who are against the new law, to oppose the legislation as much as they can.

17 Dec 2019 5:24 PM IST

Leaders of some opposition parties led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met President Ram Nath Kovind over the police action in Jamia Millia Islamia here. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

'Modi govt implements legislations not acceptable': Sonia on Jamia...

The opposition has demanded a judicial probe into Sunday's police action against Jamia students.

17 Dec 2019 5:06 PM IST

Angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended citizenship law torched several motor bikes, pelted stones at police and damaged public buses in Northeast Delhis Seelampur area on Tuesday, in fresh violence in the national capital. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

CAB protesters pelted stones, police fired tear gas in Delhi's...

Police said two bikes of traffic cops were burnt by the demonstrators, adding a police booth in the area was damaged.

17 Dec 2019 4:36 PM IST

Without naming All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has warned against the rise of extremism among minorities who has a base in Hyderabad. (Photo: File)

'No CAB, no NRC in Bengal,' says Mamata Banerjee

On Monday, the Chief Minister had spearheaded a protest march in Kolkata against the CAA and the NRC.

17 Dec 2019 3:44 PM IST

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

CAA 'miserably fails' on touchstone of Article 14: Owaisi in his...

Any classification based on a religious identity ipso facto violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, Owaisi in...

15 Dec 2019 12:50 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that he will be meeting Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma later in the month to find a way to resolve issues of the state over The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from three countries in Indias neighbourhood. (Photo: File)

Will meet CM Sangma to resolve issues of Meghalaya on Citizenship Act:...

Meghalaya CM had met Shah late on Friday urging the Centre to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.

15 Dec 2019 12:22 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah with Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Assam CM to meet PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah over amended...

The team will meet two leaders 'very soon' to apprise them of the present situation in the state, Patowary said in a...

15 Dec 2019 10:29 AM IST

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has high hopes from Prashant Kishor.

Peeved over JDU's support to CAB, Prashant Kishor offers to resign;...

Undeterred by the state ministers' criticism, Kishor continued to publicly oppose the citizenship law.

15 Dec 2019 9:32 AM IST

One who doesnt fight injustice in the country will be judged as a coward, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said at a party rally here. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

'You'll be judged as coward if...,' says Priyanka Gandhi at Bharat...

According to sources, Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and other senior leaders would address the...

14 Dec 2019 12:46 PM IST