Violence in the name of protests weakens the country: President Kovind
Jan 31, 2020, at 12:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Addressing a joint session of Parliament on the first day of budget session, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said violence in the name of protests weakens the country in an oblique reference to several anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests which had turned violent in last one month.
Curfew lifted for six hours in Lohardaga in two shifts
Jan 30, 2020, at 06:18 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Life is slowly limping back to normalcy in Lohardaga as the administration was trying its best to normalise the situation as a part of which curfew was relaxed in the city for six hours in two shifts.
Man with gun fires at anti-CAA protests outside Jamia Millia University, one student injured
Jan 30, 2020, at 02:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: One student was injured after a man carrying a gun opened fire at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests outside Delhi's Jamia Millia University on Thursday, media reports said.
CAA protests: Dr Kafeel arrested from Mumbai for giving inflammatory speech in AMU
Jan 30, 2020, at 11:50 am
Lucknow/UNI: Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan, a former paediatrician at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur, was arrested from Mumbai late Wednesday night for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in December last year.
Jan 30, 2020, at 11:11 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Embarrassing his ally Congress which is a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad has criticised former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi accusing her of "strangulating the democracy", media reports said.
West Bengal: Two people killed in anti-CAA protests in Murshidabad
Jan 29, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two persons were killed when some locals opened fire and hurled crude bombs on a group of people who were protesting against the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Wednesday, media reports said.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who gave call to sever Assam from India, arrested
Jan 28, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Patna/IBNS: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Ahmed, who earlier gave a call to sever Assam from India during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests, was on Tuesday arrested in Bihar over sedition charges, media reports said.
Delhi CEO seeks report over BJP leader Anurag Thakur's 'shoot the traitors' comment
Jan 28, 2020, at 11:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi on Tuesday sought a report from the returning officer in Rithala constituency over Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur's sloganeering where he gave a call to shoot the "traitors" while lashing out at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protestors, media reports said.
Left-ruled Kerala government decides not to remove anti-CAA remarks from Governor's policy speech
Jan 28, 2020, at 10:50 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The CPI(M)-led Left Government in Kerala has decided not to remove the remarks on anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) from the policy speech to be delivered by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the State Legislative Assembly on the beginning of the budget session on January 29.
Congress is the reason for amending citizenship act: Rajnath Singh
Jan 27, 2020, at 11:19 pm
Mangaluru/UNI: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that the Congress was the reason behind bringing an amendment to the Citizenship Act.
Jan 27, 2020, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate report that revealed the link between CAA violence in Uttar Pradesh and Popular Front of India(PFI), an extremist and militant Islamic fundamentalist organisation in India, has said Congress leader and noted lawyer Kapil Sibal, Indira Jaisingh, Dushyant A Dave and Abdul Samad also received funds from PFI, a DNA report said. However, two of them mentioned in the news story have already denied it, including one with an official statement posted on Twitter.
Anti-CAA resolution passed in West Bengal Assembly
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Anti-CAA resolution was passed in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday.
CAA has been brought in to divide nation on communal lines, says Yashwant Sinha
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) 'totally anti- Constitution', former Union minister and a strong critic of the BJP government Yashwant Sinha on Monday said that the law was brought in to divide the society in the names of Hindu and Muslim.
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A report by Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed a direct link between the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in Uttar Pradesh and the Popular Front of India (PFI), identied as an alleged resurrected offshoot of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Islamic fundamentalist organisation.
Jan 27, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi/Mumbai/IBNS: After a man was beaten up following his anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act slogan at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Delhi rally a day ago, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap went to the extent of calling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader an "animal" while attacking the politician.
CAA brought in to divide country on communal lines: Yashwant Sinha
Jan 27, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) 'totally anti-Constitution', former Union minister and a strong critic of the BJP government Yashwant Sinha on Monday said that the law was brought in to divide the society in the names of Hindu and Muslim.
We are not bonded labours: Mamata Banerjee hits out at BJP over CAA-NRC
Jan 27, 2020, at 02:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining her firm stand against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying no one was the ruling party's "bonded labour".
Entirely internal matter: India reacts to EU resolutions on CAA, Kashmir
Jan 27, 2020, at 01:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rebuffing European Union (EU)'s six resolutions on Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir, India on Monday termed the issues as completely "internal", media reports said.
West Bengal set to pass anti-CAA resolution today
Jan 27, 2020, at 11:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal is set to become the fourth state to pass an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) resolution in its state assembly on Monday.
Republic Day celebrated in mosques across Kerala, pledge to protect Constitution taken
Jan 26, 2020, at 06:43 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: In a first, all mosques in Kerala hoisted the tricolour and decorated their premises with saffron white and green festoons on the occasion of Republic Day today, media reports said.
Rajasthan Assembly passes anti-CAA, NRC and NPR resolution
Jan 25, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Jaipur/UNI: A resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register, was carried in the Rajasthan Assembly by a voice vote on Saturday, amidst strong opposition from the BJP.
Anti-CAA demonstration: Several detained in Lucknow
Jan 25, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Several people, including Samajwadi Party leader Pooja Shukla, protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), were taken into custody from the Hussainabad area of the state capital on Saturday.
Rajasthan becomes third state to pass anti-CAA resolution
Jan 25, 2020, at 02:51 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Despite stiff opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress government in Rajasthan on Saturday passed an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) resolution in the state assembly.
Journalist Deepak Chaurasia heckled by Shaheen Bagh protesters, his colleagues condemn the act
Jan 25, 2020, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an incident which evoked widespread condemnation, journalist Deepak Chaurasia, who went to cover the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, was heckled by few of the agitators.
Supreme Court dismisses petition against imposition of NSA
Jan 24, 2020, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the imposition of the National Security Act or NSA in some states and the national capital amid anti-CAA protests.
Will continue to fight till CAA is revoked: Kolkata's 'Shaheen Bagh' challenges Modi-Shah
Jan 24, 2020, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Even after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out rolling back the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) despite nationwide protests, agitating women camping at Kolkata's Park Circus Maidan-now dubbed as the eastern metropolis's Shaheen Bagh- too refused to budge down.
Jan 24, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: Curfew was imposed in Jharkhand's Lohardaga on Friday after the eruption of violence and stone pelting from inside a mosque at a pro-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rally which was brought out by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) a day ago, media reports said.
Maharashtra Bandh against CAA: Over 3,000 detained
Jan 24, 2020, at 02:22 pm
Pune/UNI: More than 3,000 people were detained across Maharashtra on Friday for participating in a bandh called by Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and "wrong" economic policies of the Centre.
BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya suspects workers at his home to be 'Bangladeshis' as they eat 'only poha'
Jan 24, 2020, at 11:59 am
Indore/IBNS: In a bizarre comment, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has recently said he suspected that some of the construction workers at his home to be "Bangladeshis" as they used to eat "only Poha", media reports said.
AAP, Congress created Shaheen Bagh-like Mini Pakistans: BJP's Kapil Mishra
Jan 23, 2020, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Stoking controversy amid the poll fever in the national capital, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from north Delhi's Model Town, Kapil Mishra, on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress created Mini Pakistans like Shaheen Bagh, the site in New Delhi where several Muslim women are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) for over a month.