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'No Muslim in India needs to worry,' says Shah on Citizenship Bill in...

In the 245-member Rajya Sabha, the halfway mark is currently 121 as five seats are vacant bringing down the strength of...

11 Dec 2019 12:16 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Govt's attempt to ethnically cleanse' Northeast: Rahul Gandhi on...

The CAB or Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is to be taken up for debate and passing in the Rajya Sabha after it cleared the...

11 Dec 2019 10:42 AM IST

With the support of other smaller parties, the government is confident of easy passage of the bill.

Govt confident of numbers as RS takes up CAB today

While the full strength of the Rajya Sabha is 245, its current strength is 240. This makes 121 the majority mark.

11 Dec 2019 1:37 AM 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

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

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 Lok Sabha on December 9

Its passage in the Lok Sabha is all but certain due to the massive majority the BJP and its allies have.

5 Dec 2019 2:29 PM 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)

'No plan to conduct NRC across country on religious lines,' says...

Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, gave the information in a written reply in the RS.

4 Dec 2019 6:53 PM IST

Defending the banks in this issue, a senior official, however, claimed that the quick mortality rate on Mudra loans has come down drastically after strict norms issued by the RBI and the ministry of finance.(Representational image)

Nearly 3 per cent of Mudra loans turn into bad loans: Govt

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur gave this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

3 Dec 2019 4:21 PM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu

Political will, not new bill': Naidu urges Govt to rethink on mercy...

Naidu said crime against women is a 'societal disease' and there is some sort of lacunae in systems, both legal as well...

2 Dec 2019 3:52 PM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Triple talaq bill stays stuck in Rajya Sabha as Winter session...

Rajya Sabha did not discuss the bill before being adjourned sine die after the winter session was extended by a day.

10 Jan 2019 8:45 AM IST