Guwahati police chief removed, several officers transferred amid CAB protests in AssamIn a major reshuffle, the Assam government on Thursday replaced the Guwahati Police commissioner and a senior officer responsible for law a...
12 Dec, 2019, 02.49 PM IST
Congress leaders indicate party may move court against Citizenship (Amendment) BillThe Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanista...
11 Dec, 2019, 11.42 PM IST
It has no locus standi: MEA on USCIRF's citizenship bill statementIn a statement issued on Monday, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bi...
10 Dec, 2019, 02.34 PM IST
Passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill is attack on Indian Constitution, says Rahul GandhiThe Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill a little past midnight on Monday after a heated debate that lasted over seven hours. ...
10 Dec, 2019, 01.05 PM IST
Will Citizenship Amendment Bill legalise religious discrimination?The government’s logic is that these minority groups have come escaping persecution in Muslim-majority nations. However, the logic is not c...
10 Dec, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
Citizenship Amendment Bill introduced in Lok SabhaAccording to the proposed legislation, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan...
09 Dec, 2019, 02.32 PM IST
- Citizenship Amendment Bill: Arunachal govt sets up panel to safeguard rights of indigenous people
The state government stated that the consultative committee will conduct meetings with all stakeholders
15 Oct, 2019, 10.54 PM IST
Mizoram NGO withdraws protest, to sit for discussion with union home minister Amit ShahNGO co-ordination committee in Mizoram had asked the people to wear black shawls to register their protest against the Citizenship Amendmen...
05 Oct, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Mizoram NGO to protest on October 5, the day Union Home minister will visit the stateShah’s first visit after he assumed the charge of Home minister is being seen as an attempt to reach out on proposed Citizenship Amendment ...
29 Sep, 2019, 08.01 PM IST
RSS to ask for reintroduction of Citizenship Amendment Bill‘We have been saying NRC will not bear results and Assam will not be free of foreigners’
04 Sep, 2019, 07.00 AM IST
NRC, Citizenship Bill to decide fortunes in North BengalIn the 2014 elections, BJP, TMC and CPM got one seat each in the region.
15 Apr, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) BillHome Minister Rajnath Singh said it will pave way for the religious minorities--the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis.
08 Jan, 2019, 05.48 PM IST
- Citizenship Bill JPC did not keep promise of visiting Assam again: AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya
"BJP is going to make a draft report. without a consensus and this is not acceptable to us,” Aasu chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya said.
02 Jan, 2019, 05.20 PM IST
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016: Joint Parliamentary Committee fails to reach consensusThe panel, which has already been given six extensions and is now in the process of discussing its report clause by clause, failed to reach...
28 Nov, 2018, 08.12 AM IST
Majority in North East against citizenship to minorities from Bangladesh, PakistanThe bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...
24 May, 2018, 11.34 PM IST
Anti-talk ULFA warns against the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016Anti-talk ULFA’s publicity secretary, Arunodoi Asom stated, Ulfa will never be a mute spectator to these kinds of ‘evil designs’.
25 Oct, 2016, 09.14 PM IST
AASU threatens mass stir to protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016AASU on Saturday organised public consultation with prominent citizens and intellectuals on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
22 Oct, 2016, 09.28 PM IST