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Outrage over RSS event for IT firms, Accenture exec denies attending

Online outrage as top execs of the two companies decide to attend RSS event in Feb

Pavan Varma asks Nitish Kumar to reject 'divisive CAA-NPR-NRC' scheme

The JD(U) leader has been critical of his party's decision to support the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, and it has now become a law following its passage in both Houses

Yashwant Sinha announces nationwide 'Yatra' against CAA, NRC and NPR

The campaign, organised under the banner of his organisation Rashtra Manch, will be called 'Gandhi Shanti Yatra', Sinha told reporters here

Need a more mature response to citizenship protests

Central ministers have been less than candid about NRC, NRIC and NPR, encouraging suspicion about their motives

CAA row: States have Constitutional duty to implement Acts, says Prasad

He said it was surprising that those who have come to power by taking oath under the Constitution are making "unconstitutional" statements

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

Who's afraid of NPR?

The strong link with NRC and other rules raises concern

Best of BS Opinion: Restore data credibility, Indo-US ties, and more

From Indo-China economic gap, Trump's game plan for Indo-Pacific to unemployment in India, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

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

NRC an internal affair of Indian govt, says Bangladesh Border Guards chief

The BGB will continue to work to prevent illegal crossings into India, its Director General Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam said at a press conference here.

From NRC exercise to violent protests over CAA, 2019 kept Assam on the edge

More than 1.9 million people, a sizeable number of them Hindus, were excluded from the final NRC list that was published on August 31

NPR and NRC like a tax on poor people of India, says Rahul Gandhi

He was responding to a query on the Centre's claim that the NPR has no link with NRC

With focus on NRC, CAA, govt wants to implement Hindu Rashtra: Chidambaram

Chidambaram said that countrywide protests against the CAA should not be portrayed as an issue between the government and Muslims

NPR will be buried if 10 more states oppose it like Kerala, Bengal: Karat

Karat said even those political parties which supported the CAA inside the Parliament have opted out of it saying they would not implement the NRC.

Best of BS Opinion: Year of gig workers, US-China trade deal, and more

Gig workers, National Register of Citizens and the conundrum with Muslims, US-China Trade War are some of the issues opinion writers tackle

State battles no indicator of national politics

It would be wrong to assume Modi government can be defeated after BJP's performance in Jharkhand

CAA stir: Protests continue unabated in Assam; won't relent, say agitators

Congress has kickstarted an 800-km 'padyatra' from Sadiya in eastern Assam to Dhubri in the western end of the state, reached Demow in Sivasagar district with thousands of participants

Congress is creating confusion over Citizenship Act in Delhi: Amit Shah

He aslo exuded confidence about the BJP's performance in the national capital, he said time is up for the Kejriwal government in Delhi and "lotus will bloom."

Best of BS Opinion: Does IBC work for financial companies?

From the manner in which dormant sub-nationalism is coming to the surface to all that could possibly go wrong if the resolution of financial service providers happens under the IBC, here's a selection