Inspired by Mamata's 'spirit', former CAB joint secretary Biswarup Dey joins Trinamool Congress
Jan 20, 2021, at 06:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former cricket administrator Biswarup Dey on Wednesday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, days after ex-cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned as the state minister.
PM Modi contradicting HM on NRC: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 22, 2019, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was contradicting Union Home Minister Amit Shah publicly on the nationwide National Register of India (NRC).
Anti-CAA stir: Locals at Jama Masjid offer roses to police personnel
Dec 20, 2019, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests on Friday, the agitators showed an impressive, peaceful face of the agitation, by offering roses to Delhi Police PRO M S Randhawa and other senior police officers at Jama Masjid, here.
Anti-CAA stir: Protesters pelt stones in Vadodara
Dec 20, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Vadodara/UNI: CAA and the NRC protesters on Friday pelted stones in Hathikhana and Fetupura areas in Vadodara city in which an ACP rank officer sustained minor injury.
Anti-CAA stir hits Delhi Metro operations; entry, exit gates shut at 7 metro stations
Dec 20, 2019, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In wake of fresh protests which erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on Friday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) closed entry and exit gates of four more stations--Jamia Millia Islamia, Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur and Delhi Gate--as a precautionary measure.
Students gather to protest against CAA, NRC in Kolkata
Dec 19, 2019, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A large number of students from various universities and colleges gathered at Ramlila Maidan in Kolkata's Maula Ali on Thursday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Govt has no right to shut internet, metro services to prevent protests: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 19, 2019, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi/ IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the government's move to clamp down internet services in certain parts of Delhi and said the Centre is insulting the soul of India by suppressing the country's voice.
CAA: Farhan Akhtar broke law, alleges senior IPS officer
Dec 19, 2019, at 03:58 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Actor and director Farhan Akhtar may find himself tangled in legal trouble by urging people to join him in today's CAA and NRC protest march at August Kranti Maidan in Central Mumbai.
Countrywide protests against CAA continues
Dec 19, 2019, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Agitation against the newly amended citizenship law showed no signs of waning as countrywide protests were witnessed on Thursday with many places, including national capital of India, witnessing a partial shutdown of public transport, traffic restrictions and suspension of telecom and internet services, media reports said.
Telecom operators suspend services in many parts of Delhi
Dec 19, 2019, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Telecom operators, including Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance Jio, on Thursday, suspended services in certain parts of Delhi and NCR, following police orders, media reported
Anti-CAA stir hits Delhi Metro operations: Entry, exit gates shut at 17 stations
Dec 19, 2019, at 01:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In wake of fresh protests which erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Thursday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) closed entry and exit gates of 17 metro stations including Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan.
CAA protesters gathering at Red Fort detained
Dec 19, 2019, at 12:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the capital city of India went under a virtual shut down on Thursday, police detained Citizenship Amendment Act protesters gathered near the iconic Red Fort.
Major traffic snarls in Delhi amid planned CAA protests
Dec 19, 2019, at 11:59 am
Delhi/IBNS: Major traffic snarls gripped the city after Delhi Police barricaded roads in several places and imposed traffic restrictions in several places across the city while section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in areas near Red Fort to prevent large gathering as the administration prepared to deal with another day of Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) protests which had earlier turned violent, media reported.
India turned into a garbage dumping ground by their ideologies
Dec 18, 2019, at 06:06 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led Centre, saying that the country is transformed into a garbage dumping ground from a "Gulistan"(garden), at the Madras University where students are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), 2019.
Special Assembly Session: Meghalaya government to table ILP
Dec 18, 2019, at 03:32 pm
Shillong/UNI: A one-day special session of the Meghalaya assembly will begin on Thursday to adopt a resolution urging the central government to implement the Inner Line Permit in a bid to exempt the state from the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 .
BJP will have to implement CAA, NRC over my dead body: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 16, 2019, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Taking the country's ruling party head on, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will have to implement the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC) over her dead body holding a mega rally in central and north Kolkata on Monday.
After Pradyot, GMP to file SLP in SC against CAA
Dec 16, 2019, at 12:01 pm
Agartala/UNI: While the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the petition of Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura, seeking exclusion of the state from the purview of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the tribal wing of opposition CPI (M) - Gana Mukti Parishad (GMP) will move another petition in the apex court against CAA amid tension in the state.
Prashant Kishor calls NRC as “Demonetisation of Citizenshipâ€
Dec 15, 2019, at 08:33 pm
Patna/UNI: Inspired with the support extended to him by Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar despite his stand contrary to JD(U) on CAB, party leader and strategist Prashant Kishor today alleged that the National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) was equivalent to “demonetisation of citizenship.”
Violence in West Bengal continuing unabated under Mamata Banerjee's support: BJP
Dec 15, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal unit BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Sunday claimed that the illegal Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants have taken over the protests against the amended citizenship law in West Bengal and alleged that the state government allowed the escalation of the law and order situation.
Mamata Banerjee trying to turn West Bengal into West Bangladesh: Dilip Ghosh
Dec 15, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal unit BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the widespread violent agitation against the amended citizenship law across the state and alleged that TMC is trying to turn West Bengal into West Bangladesh.
Dec 15, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a march against the amended Citizenship Act on Monday.
Anti-citizenship act protesters set five trains on fire in West Bengal
Dec 14, 2019, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Five trains were set on fire at the Lalgola railway station of the Murshidabad District of West Bengal by anti-Citizenship Act protesters this evening, media reports said.
States have no power to deny Citizenship Amendment Act, Experts have mixed views
Dec 14, 2019, at 06:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid vehement protests against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act by the Opposition and denial by non-BJP states to recognise the newly amended law, the Home Ministry has said the states don't have any power to reject its implementation, reported Indian Express.
India's NRC, citizenship law is a threat to Bangladesh: BNP
Dec 14, 2019, at 05:16 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh's major opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday described the measures taken by the Indian government like National Register of Citizens or NRC and the newly-enacted citizenship law as a threat to the independence and sovereignty of the Muslim-majority nation.
Citizenship Act Protest: West Bengal is witnessing another day of violence
Dec 14, 2019, at 04:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal is witnessing another day of violence over the new citizenship law on Saturday even as Chief Minsiter Mamata Banerjee warned of strict action against the miscreants.
Violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act remind us of 2001 Parliament attack
Dec 14, 2019, at 04:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Saturday compared the protests against the amended Citizenship Act, which took a violent turn across the state on Friday, with the Parliament attack on Dec 13, 2001.
Violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act remind us of 2001 Parliament attack:Dilip Ghosh
Dec 14, 2019, at 03:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Saturday compared the protests against the amended Citizenship Act, which took a violent turn across the state on Friday, with the Parliament attack on Dec 13, 2001.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankar appeals for peace amid surge of violence and arson across the state
Dec 14, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed concern over the law and order situation across the state over protests against Citizen (Amendment) Act.
Citizenship(Amendment) Act protesters continue to block road and rail in West Bengal
Dec 14, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Road and rail blockades continued in different parts of West Bengal on Saturday in protest against the amended Citizenship Act.
NSF calls 6-hour Nagaland bandh to protest Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Dec 14, 2019, at 11:48 am
Kohima/UNI: Normal life came to a halt this morning throughout Nagaland following a lightening call for a six-hour state-wide total bandh by the apex student body, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) to express resentment of the Naga people against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which it said, was passed in Parliament much against the interests and the sentiments of the indigenous people in the north-eastern states.