Army deployed in Assam and Tripura
Dec 11, 2019, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Two columns of army have been deployed in Tripura's Manu and Kanchanpur and one column in Assam's Bongaigaon, media reported.
New Citizenship law will be written in 'golden letters', PM tells party MPs
Dec 11, 2019, at 02:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 as a historic bill and said that the new law will be written in 'golden letters' for people who are persecuted in neighbouring countries on the basis of religion.
Life affected severely in Tripura due to anti-CAB movement, tension scaled high
Dec 11, 2019, at 02:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: The agitation against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) by Joint Movement Against CAB (JMACAB), a common platform of all tribal parties and social organisations of Tripura continued for the third day across the state that disturbed normal life severely.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is an assault on Constitution: Congress' Anand Sharma
Dec 11, 2019, at 01:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Countering Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma on Wednesday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, is an assault on the Constitution.
Amit Shah tables CAB in Rajya Sabha, says Indian Muslims need not worry
Dec 11, 2019, at 12:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Tabling the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Indian Muslims need not to worry about the bill which will grant citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan on or before Dec 31, 2014.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha
Dec 11, 2019, at 12:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Scenario in Rajya Sabha completely different: Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut
Dec 11, 2019, at 11:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Keeping his cards close to his chest, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday refused to divulge his party's move in Rajya Sabha over the Citizenship (Amendment), Bill, 2019 but stated the scenario in the upper house where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is short of majority is completely different.
CAB an attempt by Modi, Shah to ethnically cleanse northeast: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 11, 2019, at 11:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the debate over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are trying to ethnically cleanse northeast through the bill.
Citizenship Amendment Bill to face Rajya Sabha Test today
Dec 11, 2019, at 08:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after its passage in the Lok Sabha, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is all set to be presented in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
CAB is political injustice to people of Northeast: North East Students’ Organization Advisor
Dec 10, 2019, at 08:58 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the BJP-led Union government has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha and now aiming to pass it Rajya Sabha amid massive protests in Assam and other parts of the North Eastern region, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and North East Students’ Organization (NESO) Advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said that, it is a political injustice to the people of North-East by the Centre.
Attack on constitution: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra slam government over CAB
Dec 10, 2019, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In their first reactions to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Lok Sabha last night, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi government calling it as an "attack on India constitution".
Lok Sabha approves Citizenship Amendment Bill by thumping majority, NE parties back govt.
Dec 10, 2019, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Lok Sabha created history on Monday mid-night as it gave the crucial nod to the much talked about Citizenship Amendment Bill by an overwhelming majority.
Dec 09, 2019, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The DMK on Monday said the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is discriminatory which could only spark off 'animosity' among communities and wondered why the BJP-led NDA regime has been giving so much importance to Pakistan. The opposition Trinamool Congress also attacked the government with TMC lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee flaying the saffron for going against the tenets of people like Swami Vivekananda.
First give Roti- Kapra- Makan: Mamata Banerjee attacks Centre on CAB and NRC
Dec 09, 2019, at 06:19 pm
Kharagpur/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at the Centre’s decision to implement CAB in the country and said first give ‘Roti Kapra Makan’ (Bread,Clothes and House).
Passing CAB will be a 'big mistake': Congress
Dec 09, 2019, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: In a heated debate in the Parliament, the Congress party on Monday strongly opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill by saying that it violates the basic features of the Constitution.
There is no political agenda behind Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Amit Shah
Dec 09, 2019, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday participated in a debate related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 and said there is no political agenda behind it.
Assam CM Sonowal criticizes anti-CAB agitations
Dec 08, 2019, at 09:32 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While various organizations, students, civil society groups of Assam have come together to the streets to stage protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill across the state, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal criticized the agitators and said they could not change the future of Assam through demonstration.
CM, AGP face ire in Assam over CAB
Dec 08, 2019, at 09:01 pm
Guwahati/UNI: On the eve of introduction of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in the Parliament, protests have erupted across Assam, with the Chief Minister and the ruling BJP's state ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) being specifically being targeted.
Congress unable to differentiate between infiltrators & refugees
Dec 08, 2019, at 08:32 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said that the Congress was unable to make out the difference between infiltrators and refugees only for the sake of its vote bank.
AAPSU backs NESO bandh against CAB, appeals for people cooperation
Dec 08, 2019, at 07:43 pm
Itanagar/UNI: Endorsing the 11-hour North East bandh call on December 10 by the North East Students' Organisation (NESO) against Citizenship Amendment Bill, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Sunday appealed people to cooperate and support this bandh call.
AGP asks Centre to ‘postpone’ CAB
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Sliding down from its previous rejection of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is an ally in the BJP-led Assam government, has asked the Centre to postpone the Bill to a later date.
BJP MLAs carry pro-CAB posters to Assam Assembly
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Guwahati/UNI: While anti-CAB protests resound across Assam, two MLAs of the ruling BJP today attended the last day of the Winter Session of the state Legislative Assembly carrying posters in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).
CAB: INPT blocks road and railways in Tripura
Dec 05, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Agartala/UNI: Road and railway traffic between Agartala and Dharmanagar have been disrupted today following a dawn to dusk blockade by Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in protest against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
Union cabinet clears Citizenship Amendment Bill, to be tabled in Parl next week
Dec 04, 2019, at 12:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The union cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill or CAB which will grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, media reports said.
Nov 30, 2019, at 08:14 pm
Itanagar, Nov 30 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a meeting with various stakeholders from Arunachal Pradesh to discuss on the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in New Delhi, and assured that the Centre will sincerely consider all the concerns raised by them in the said Bill to protect the interests of all the Arunachalees.
Tripura CM leaves for Delhi to attend CAB consultation
Nov 29, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Agartala/UNI:Leaders of all political parties including Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Leader of the opposition Manik Sarkar and social activists have been invited by Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a consultation meeting on the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at his residence tonight.
Anti-CAB stir affects life in Manipur
Nov 19, 2019, at 03:14 pm
Imphal/ UNI: Life was completely affected here in Manipur today as Manipur People Against Citizenship Bill (MANPAC) imposed an 18-hour strike against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
With CAB listed in Parliament agenda, protests resume in Assam
Nov 18, 2019, at 05:37 pm
Guwahati/UNI: As the Winter Session of Parliament got underway at New Delhi today, during which the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) is listed for approval, protests against the Bill resumed in Assam.
Congress is not one man, one voice, one view party : Jairam Ramesh
Nov 07, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the BJP accusing the Congress party that, the party is a single family party, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Congress party is not one man party.
Arunachal: Student bodies oppose CAB
Nov 06, 2019, at 11:31 pm
Itanagar/UNI: Continuing it's meeting for the third -day, the Arunachal Government constituted Consultative Committee on Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) on Wednesday held meeting with various student bodies of the state to seek their opinions and suggestions on the Bill .