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SC refuses plea against Delhi, states imposing security law during protests

The National Security Act allows police to detain a person for 12 months without trial.

'Maharashtra bandh' over CAA, NRC: Security tightened; transport unaffected

Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting and attempt to disrupt road traffic in Mumbai, there was not much impact of the bandh in the metropolis

CAA, Article 370 factors behind India's slide democracy index: Shiv Sena

Sena said a slowdown in economy gives rise to unrest and instability, and this was getting reflected in the prevailing situation in the country

Grilled on CAA at WEF, Goyal says Muslims in India safer than anywhere else

Defending the new citizenship amendment law, Goyal also said, 'India has a duty to protect people who are sufferers of religious persecution'

Top events today: Bolsonaro's India visit, Maharashtra bandh, and more

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

Best of BS Opinion: Budget in the season of protests, new axis of infra

From Andhra Pradesh government's decision to build three capitals to how the government missed the chance to defuse the anger over CAA and focus on the economy, here's a selection of Business Standard

Budget in the season of protests

The government has missed the chance to defuse the anger over CAA and focus on the economy

Letter to BS: People await Supreme Court's final decision on CAA

How much time the Centre needs to provide for the information required by the court?

States can't say they won't implement CAA, resolutions 'political': Tharoor

Congress govt in Punjab passed resolution against the law in Assembly; party backed Left Front in Kerala.

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is back from the boondocks

Navjot Singh is on the list of star campaigners of the Congress for the Delhi Assembly elections.

BSP ready to accept Shah's challenge to debate on CAA anywhere: Mayawati

They also allege that the CAA along with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is intended to target the Muslim community in India.

NPR first step to NRC? Congress seeks to corner govt over MHA report

The Congress on Tuesday sought to corner the government on the issue of the National Population Register, claiming the annual report of the Home Ministry has said that the NPR is a first step to the National Register of Citizens. The Congress said the government cited the Home Ministry's reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha stating the same and alleged that the BJP government is now caught in a trap of its own making. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Sunday made it clear that there is no talk of NRC being implemented in the country, a stand that goes in total variance with Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that the NRC will be implemented. "Once again the BJP government is caught in a trap of their own making. 2018-19 Annual Report of the Union Home Ministry clearly states NPR is first step to NRC. Also in 2014, former MoS Home Ministry Kiren Rijiju replied to a question in Rajya Sabha, stating the same. Who's lying now," the Congress asked on its Twitter handle. Asked at the AI

Won't implement CAA if even one Jharkhandi is uprooted: Hemant Soren

Asked about his priorities as chief minister, Soren said he would focus on land rights act to give land to the landless

Let five critics of CAA-NPR debate with PM Modi, says P Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi as to why he or his government did not accept his suggestion of the PM holding an open debate with five critics of the amended Citizenship Act and let people draw their own conclusion. "I had suggested that the PM should select five of the most articulate critics and hold a Q&A session with them. Why doesn't the PM/Government accept the suggestion? "Let five critics of CAA-NPR debate the PM. Let the event be televised live. And let the people draw their own conclusions," he said on Twitter. In another tweet, he said, "HM (home minister) has dared the Opposition to debate CAA. Is that not what the Opposition, jurists, academics, writers, artists, students and youth have been doing since Dec 12?" Accusing the opposition of "misleading" people on the amended citizenship law, Amit Shah threw a challenge for the debate to Rahul Gandhi (Congress), Mamata Banerjee(Trinamool Congress), Akhilesh ...

Top events today: SC to hear CAA pleas, Rajasthan panchayat polls, and more

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

As SC starts CAA hearings, Congress looks to broad base protests to economy

It would get difficult for Congress to champion the cause of anti-CAA protesters if the apex court were to find the controversial law constitutional

Back immigration or risk missing out on tech boom: Microsoft CEO Nadella

"...people will only come when people know you're an immigrant friendly country.", Nadella said.

'Too small to fight India': Malaysia rules out action over palm oil ban

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticised India's new religion-based citizenship law.

After quitting BJP, Congress, former MP Savitri Bai Phule forms new party

While Phule was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, she joined the Congress before the 2019 general elections and was nominated to contest from Bahraich

Why Mahathir panning Indian politics may boost domestic edible oil firms

India is Malaysia's top buyer of palm oil and that country's efforts to push exports have been the cause of tension for the Indian edible oil refining industry