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Cong bigwigs on 'satyagraha' against CAA, Jagan says won't implement NRC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticised by several opposition leaders on claim at a public rally in the national capital on Sunday that his government never discussed a nationwide NRC

CAA, NRC protests Highlights: Rahul hits out at PM over clothes remark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells Delhi rally Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are not agains Muslims.

'Democracy under threat': Mamata writes to Oppn party CMs to unite

Sources in the ruling TMC, of which Banerjee is the supremo, said that the letter was sent to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah among

Priyanka recites Premable, says we resolve to protect Constitution

Suleiman's mother "told me with tear-filled eyes" on Sunday evening that her son has been "martyred" for his country, according to the Congress leader

Daryaganj violence: Bail plea of 15 dismissed, two sent to judicial custody

The court passed the order after they were produced before it on expiry of their two-day judicial custody (JC)

Amid nationwide protests, PM hints BJP's intent to put NRC on hold for now

Nadda had last week struck a hardline tone amid protests in different parts of the country, saying the CAA will be implemented across the country and so will the NRC

Tamil Nadu CM says CAA not against citizens as DMK holds protest rally

Palaniswami says rumours that Act is anti-Muslim are totally wrong; reiterates call for dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils; cops use drones to monitor DMK protests

BJP claimed NRC will be implemented, they are fooling the country: Congress

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming his government never discussed the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP is trying to fool the country. The BJP in its Jharkhand assembly election manifesto has claimed it will implement the NRC and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said it will be implemented across the country, but the prime minister is now claiming just the opposite, the Congress said. "Welcome to the conversation PM Modi, the country has been waiting for you. It's sad that the first time you've addressed the growing unrest in our nation you do so with hate & lies, but alas, what more can we expect from the Divider in Chief," the opposition party said on Twitter. In a rally here on Sunday, Modi sought to allay apprehensions, especially among Muslims, on the NRC, saying his government has never discussed it since coming to power for the first time in 2014. It has been discussed neither in Parliament nor in the ...

Best of BS Opinion: Accountability of executive and need for more voices

Here's a collection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Anti-Citizenship Act protest: Internet services restored in Meerut

Meanwhile, all schools in the district will remain closed due to cold weather conditions

OIC voice concern over Citizenship Act, says closely following developments

The OIC is a 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations, including Pakistan. The body has usually been supportive of Pakistan and often sided with Islamabad in its disputes with India

Citizenship Act or NRC has nothing to do with Indian Muslims, says PM Modi

Act about giving rights to persecuted minorities from neighbours, says Modi

Governance by diktat, in an echo chamber

Is the current mood of the nation turning in the direction similar to the days of Congress-led government in 2011-13?

Protecting a people's democracy

The executive branch should not have the power to appoint public officials whose role is to protect the Constitution and prevent executive overreach

Citizenship Act: Mayawati emerges as a peacenik amid violent protests

The Dalit czarina stressed that being "a disciplined party that espoused constitutional values" BSP workers would not hit the road against the CAA

Citizenship Act Highlights: 'Tukde tukde' gang behind protests, says Prasad

There are no detention centres in India, says PM

Not just Citizenship Act, blame the state of economy too for protests

'The economy is lost. Please help us find it,' stated a placard at the Jantar Mantar demonstration last week, held aloft by a young man

Anti-CAA protests: UP govt starts identifying, sealing assets of vandals

The Gorakhpur police had on Saturday released photographs of around 50 people allegedly involved in protests against the amended citizenship law here after the Friday prayers

CAA and NRC uncertainty could affect neighbours; it's worrisome: Bangladesh

Amid raging protests over the controversial citizenship law across India, Momen hoped that the situation "cools down" and the neighbouring country "can get out of it"

Economy 'virtually destroyed', CAA is to divert attention: Akhilesh Yadav

Yadav said people were made to stand in line to withdraw cash during the demonetisation exercise and now they will have to stand in queue for their rights due to NRC