Page 19 - Citizenship Bill

TMC, CPM activists protest against CAA, NRC ahead of PM's visit to Kolkata

Modi will attend sesquicentenary celebrations of Kolkata Port Trust and hold a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Modi govt is fighting with voters who backed him with passion: youth

Six months after returning to power with a huge mandate, Modi government is stuck fighting students - its most ardent voters who are now pessimistic, hopeless and even angry

Railways claims it lost Rs 84 cr due to anti-CAA protests in West Bengal

The matter will be taken up for hearing again four weeks hence, the court directed.

Remember Safdar

n recent times, it has also become very fashionable to call people "anti-national" if they are critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government or its policies

Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 comes into effect from January 10

The CAA was passed by parliament on December 11

Young and angry

The most tyrannical among rulers is considered to be Roman emperor Caligula. A historical figure, he fits the mythical archetype of arrogant and cruel rulers whose end is foretold by their actions

The politics of cool

However much the government and its outreach community might insist it is merely an enabling act, it is hard to see it as anything but the first step towards a constitutionally Hindu nation

How internet shutdowns cost India more than $1.3 billion in 2019

Government-led internet shutdowns cost the global economy $8 billion in 2019. India lost $1.3 billion due to 4,196 hours of no internet. 122 major shutdowns took place in 21 countries during the year

Police baton-charge JNU students, HRD ministry refuses removal of V-C

SC refuses urgent hearing on plea to declare CAA constitutional

Difficult times in country: SC rejects urgent hearing on plea to uphold CAA

A bench headed by CJI Bobde expressed surprise over the petition and said this is the first time that someone is seeking that an Act be declared as constitutional

India Inc: Seen but not heard

Over the past few days, there has been a clamour for Bollywood celebrities to speak out against the violence at JNU

Don't fear anybody: Mamata Banerjee to students protesting against CAA, NRC

Lashing out at the BJP, the chief minister said that the party does not keep its promises

HC directs Mamata govt to suspend Citizenship Act related media campaigns

The court also sought a detailed response from the state government about the petitioners' claim that campaign against the CAA was carried out using public money

Mamata voices concern over probe into IIT Kanpur students' anti-CAA rally

Banerjee voiced the concern while expressing "solidarity" with students protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed creation of a National Register fo Citizens

Cannot be bullied, violence must stop: Supreme Court on CAA, NRC protests

Citizenship Law and NRC can be enforced in West Bengal only over my dead body: Mamata

Will never allow NRC, CAB in Bengal; no one will lose citizenship: Mamata

Her comments come on a day when Shah after introducing the bill in Lok Sabha said it is not against minorities but against infiltrators

Citizenship Act: TMC leads stir in Bengal, Mamata to hit street on Dec 16

TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets from Monday in protest the law.

Jharkhand govt to drop sedition charges against 3,000 anti-CAA protesters

The cases against 7 named and 3,000 unnamed accused were registered in Wasseypur, Dhanbad for taking out an anti-CAA protest march on Tuesday night without permission.

Modi may not inaugurate Khelo India in Assam; reports link it to CAA stir

Various organisations have threatened to intensify their stir if the prime minister came for the inaugural ceremony.

Ayodhya verdict: Shia Board objects to allotment of 5-acre land to Sunnis

Yesterday also Rizmi urged Centre to include his community in Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 claiming that the Shia Muslim community has been facing religious discrimination in several countries.