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IIT-Kanpur probes Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge', to decide if poem is 'anti-Hindu'

An IIT-K student sang the poem 'Hum Dekhenge' by Faiz, an eminent poet, to express solidarity with their peers at Jamia Milia Islamia

UP human rights panel issues notice to state govt over CAA protests

UP human right watchdog takes suo-motu cognisance, seeks report in 4 weeks

Top events today: Gen Rawat to take over as CDS, Railway fare hike, & more

Business Standard brings you top events that are lined up for Wednesday

The 2020 vision

Without economic growth, Mr Modi will struggle to fulfil his agenda

Without fear or favour

The exchange between Rahul Bajaj and Amit Shah is of great value to the country

Bangladesh govt shuts down mobile networks along India's borders

The operators suspended the networks on Monday within one kilometre of the country's borders with India, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

UP seeks ban on PFI for anti-CAA violence, DGP OP Singh writes to MHA

UP DGP OP Singh said on Tuesday that they had written to the Union Home Ministry, seeking a ban on the PFI

Except Parliament, no state assembly has powers on citizenship laws: Prasad

Prasad said the CAA did not relate to Indian citizens and that it neither creates nor takes away citizenship

Kerala Assembly passes resolution against CAA, says law unconstitutional

The provision to determine citizenship based on religion is against the basic structure of the Constitution of India, which puts forward a secular vision, the resolution states

Kerala CM Vijayan moves resolution in Assembly demanding scrapping of CAA

Vijayan also ensured the Assembly that there wont be any detention centres in the southern state

Who's afraid of NPR?

The strong link with NRC and other rules raises concern

Indo-US ties: Sailing into choppy waters

Questions over India's democratic stability and economic upturn will weigh on the ties between the two countries in 2020

Priyanka Gandhi dubs CAA unconstitutional, compares it with demonetisation

"CAA is similar to 'notebandi' for the harassment of public," she said

Carrying out arson, violence is not leadership: Army Chief on CAA protests

Leaders emerge from crowds but are not those who lead people in "inappropriate directions", added the Army chief while addressing a gathering at a health summit here

CAA protests: Army chief slams students, Opposition cries 'politicisation'

Opposition has accused Rawat of violating both regulations and tradition, as the army's basic rulebook disallows army personnel from commenting on a political question without govt sanction

Rehearsed in Kashmir, played out in rest of India

The script now playing out in the rest of the country, to suppress protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR, was not too long ago, rehearsed in Kashmir

Inform 24-hours before holding protest: DU issues notice amid anti-CAA stir

The Left-backed All India Students' Association condemned the move, terming it 'anti-democratic', and said it is a constitutional right of citizens to protest

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests continue unabated across Assam

The opposition Congress, which kicked off a 800-km 'Padyatra' from Sadiya to Dhubri on December 22, reached Golaghat with thousands of people participating in it.

Mayawati suspends BSP MLA in Madhya Pradesh Rama Bai for supporting CAA

The MLA later claimed that her statement had been "distorted by the media", and sought forgiveness.

Year in review: CAA, Article 370 flavoured up social media in 2019

Indians are creating and consuming content on their mobile phones -- right from TikTok videos and Netflix shows to news reports shared by friends and family members on various WhatsApp groups