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Will not allow implementation of CAA, NRC, Uniform Civil Code: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will not allow implementation of the CAA, NRC and the Uniform Civil Code in the state. Addressing a gathering here on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, she claimed that some people will try to "engineer riots" during elections and urged those who participated in the programme "not to fall prey to the plot". Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. "We will not accept the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and Uniform Civil Code. If we will live unitedly, nobody will be able to cause harm to us," Banerjee said while addressing the gathering at the Red Road. She asserted that her party TMC's fight is against the BJP. "We will decide about the INDIA bloc later. But in Bengal, please see that no vote goes to any other party," the TMC supremo said. She also slammed the BJP government at the Centre for "using the central probe agencies against the opposition parties". TMC nation

Will resign if anyone who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship. His comment comes after protests erupted across Assam with opposition parties flaying the BJP government at the Centre for implementing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) on Monday, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. 'I am a son of Assam and if a single person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, I will be the first to resign', the chief minister said on the sidelines of a programme at Sivasagar. The protesters are claiming that lakhs of people will enter the state after the implementation of the CAA. 'If this happens, I will be the first to protest," he said. There is nothing new about the CAA as it was enacted earlier, the chief minister said, adding that 'now the time has come for

NRC project cost escalates from Rs 288 crore to Rs 1,602 crore: CAG report

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its report pointed out that due to time over run initially conceptualised National Register of Citizens, the project cost escalated to Rs 1602.66 Crore

Ensure your name on voter list to avoid detention under garb of NRC: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked people of the state to ensure that their names are on the electoral roll to avoid getting sent to detention camps under the garb of enforcing NRC. She was addressing a programme organised by the state government to distribute land pattas' (documents) to marginalised families from all districts. Ensure your name is there on the voter list, or else, you will be sent to detention camps in the name of NRC. It's a shame, shame and shame, Banerjee said. Referring to incidents of "forcible takeover of land by the railway and airport authorities", Banerjee said, No eviction will be allowed in Bengal without proper compensation and rehabilitation. At the public function, she asked people to start protests if your land is forcibly taken and the state will be with you. She accused the Centre of not releasing funds for 100-day work. Without naming the BJP, she said the central government is running on the party's instruction. Ba

SC fast-forwards, to hear 25 cases, including note ban, starting next week

The hearing of these cases will start from August 29, two days after Justice UU Lalit will take over as the Chief Justice of India

HC issues notice to Delhi police on Sharjeel's bail plea in sedition case

The Delhi High Court issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam, accused in a case related to alleged inflammatory and instigating speeches during the protests against the CAA NRC

No decision on nationwide National Register of Citizens yet: Govt in LS

The government has not taken any decision yet to prepare a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday

Prime facie human rights violated during Darrang eviction: AHRC

AHRC has held a prima facie case exists of alleged human rights violation during the recent eviction drive at Gorukhuti in Darrang district to take cognisance of the matter for inquiry

Assam govt orders judicial probe into firing incident in Darrang district

The Assam government has ordered a judicial probe into a firing incident that took place in Dhalpur killing two policemen in Darrang district during an anti-encroachment drive

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Assam polls: Conflict of cultures likely to be BJP's political discourse

The BJP realised mid-way that the citizenship package was a double-edged sword that might alienate the Assamese Hindus and tribes

Confining dissent: Protests won't stop because of court's irritation

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As Bihar Assembly election gets nearer, Dalit politics gathers momentum

Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the Assembly

Assure if omission of 80 mn in Ayodhya speech is inadvertent: Tharoor to PM

'A correction would be reassuring,' says Congress MP about PM congratulating '1.3 billion Indians'

Here's how you can be part of YouTube's global documentary of 2020 memories

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 has not been easy for anyone. YouTube Originals' global documentary will record your day and make you part of the meory of this historic year

Joe Biden's election campaign refers to Kashmir, Indian Muslims

While criticising the CAA, Biden's Muslim agenda, however, is silent on a US legislation similar to the CAA

What became of Delhi's riot-affected in the pandemic and ensuing lockdown?

India was in the midst of its largest and longest nationwide protest, in recent memory, against the controversial CAA and NRC when the pandemic broke out.