After Bihar, will Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM become a factor in West Bengal too?AIMIM is targeting the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls after a notable performance in Bihar. The party faces challenges from electoral roll...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
US mandates what it calls 'enhanced' security checks for immigration applicantsNew security checks are now mandatory for immigration applicants in the United States. USCIS officers must conduct expanded background chec...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
Voter roll deletions shift West Bengal polls from governance to identity battleWest Bengal's election focus has dramatically shifted. Massive deletions from electoral rolls have transformed the campaign. Issues of corr...
19 Apr, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Minority drift may reverse as SIR, UCC, AIMIM-AJUP collapse could strengthen TMC's Muslim fortressRecent developments, including significant voter list deletions and the BJP's UCC promise, have seemingly reversed a potential drift in the...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
Supreme Court to begin final hearing of pleas challenging legality of CAA from May 5The Supreme Court of India has scheduled the final hearing for petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) to commenc...
19 Feb, 2026, 07.01 PM IST
NEP 2020 aims to promote regional languages, not impose Hindi: MoS Home Nityanand RaiOne of the main objectives of the National Education Policy 2020 is the promotion of regional languages across the country and urged the pe...
09 Apr, 2025, 09.47 PM IST
USCIRF to hold hearing on Citizenship Amendment Act next weekThe Indian government has been emphasising that the new law will not deny citizenship rights, but has been brought to protect the oppressed...
25 Feb, 2020, 01.39 PM IST
India to cite Lautenberg if US raises CAA, religionThe Lautenberg Amendment helps certain persecuted religious minorities in the erstwhile Soviet Union get US citizenship. The amendment was ...
24 Feb, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
CAA has corollary in US’ Lautenberg AmendmentThis was spearheaded by US Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1989-90, hence came to be popularly known as the Lautenberg Amendment that gave refu...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
CAA is a humanitarian act: expat Bangladesh minorities“Through this Act, India has partially fulfilled its duty to the millions of non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had ...
27 Dec, 2019, 11.37 AM IST
OIC expresses concern over CAA; says 'closely' following developmentsThe Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday said it was "closely" following the recent developments "affecting" Muslims in Indi...
23 Dec, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
Over 1,000 academicians release statement in support of CAAIn the statement, they congratulated the Parliament for "standing up for forgotten minorities and upholding the civilizational ethos of Ind...
21 Dec, 2019, 05.35 PM IST
BJP asks Shiv Sena to choose between power and Savarkar"Just tweeting a protest against Gandhi's insult of Savarkar will not do. (Shiv Sena president) Uddhav Thackeray has to take a stand on whe...
15 Dec, 2019, 05.16 PM IST
View: India on a slippery slope towards an ethno-national stateThe Statement of Objects and Reasons justifies the amendment by reference to the religious persecution of minorities in these countries, bu...
14 Dec, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Bangladesh Foreign Minister cancels India visit over situation following passage of CABBangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen has cancelled his three-day visit to India over prevailing situation following passage of the C...
12 Dec, 2019, 08.16 PM IST
India hits back at Imran Khan for criticising Citizens (Amendment) BillExternal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the persecution of the religious minorities in Pakistan flows from the country's ...
12 Dec, 2019, 07.53 PM IST
Constitution bench to hear citizenship plea of Bangladeshi minorities: Supreme CourtThe court in December 2014 had referred to a five-judge bench the issues relating to the cut-off date for granting citizenship to illegal B...
07 Apr, 2017, 07.48 PM IST