CAB protest: Curfew relaxed in Assam's Dibrugarh, AASU calls for hunger strike
Dec 13, 2019, at 11:34 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The indefinite curfew, which was imposed in Assam's Dibrugarh over the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was relaxed for five hours on Friday.
Speculation that Bangladesh FM cancelled trip to country over CAB unwarranted: India
Dec 13, 2019, at 01:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday rubbished the speculation that Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen cancelled his trip to the country over the passage of controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Parliament calling it "unwarranted".
CAB gets President's assent, becomes law
Dec 13, 2019, at 01:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was passed by Parliament earlier, became a law after getting President Ram Nath Kovind's assent on Thursday.
Congress acted like Pakistan in ignoring non-Muslim refugees: PM Modi in Jharkhand
Dec 12, 2019, at 06:23 pm
Dhanbad/IBNS: Training his guns against the oldest party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jharkhand on Thursday said the Congress acted like Pakistan in ignoring the non-Muslim refugees who will now be granted citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
India under Modi moving with Hindu Supremacist agenda, says Imran Khan; New Delhi hits back
Dec 12, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Islamabad/New Delhi/IBNS: A day after New Delhi passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Parliament, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday intruded into India's internal policy slamming the country for moving with a "Hindu Supremacist agenda" under the Narendra Modi regime.
Fresh protest erupts in Assam over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Dec 12, 2019, at 02:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Despite the imposition of curfew and the deployment of Army, fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, erupted here on Thursday.
Assam brothers and sisters have nothing to worry about CAB: PM Modi
Dec 12, 2019, at 11:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the violent protests gripped Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reached out to the people of the northeastern state assuring them that they have nothing to worry about the bill which will grant citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India before 2015.
Court will strike down 'unconstitutional' CAB: P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha
Dec 11, 2019, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time the Centre is looking to pass the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the upper house, Congress Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the bill will ultimately be struck down by the judiciary terming it as "unconstitutional".
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.
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".
Northeast observes 11-hour bandh as protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensifies
Dec 10, 2019, at 12:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 11-hour bandh (strike) called by the umbrella organisation of the students' bodies is underway in northeast on Tuesday to mark the protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 which was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably in Lok Sabha last night, media reports said.
BJP trying to establish racial democracy through Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: CPI-M's Md. Salim
Dec 09, 2019, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: On a day the Opposition locked horns with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha, CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim lashed out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging that it is trying to establish "racial democracy".
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill needed because Congress divided India: Amit Shah
Dec 09, 2019, at 01:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a sharp attack on the country's oldest political party, Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on Monday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 is needed because Congress divided the nation on the basis of religion.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill against minorities, says Congress; Amit Shah denies
Dec 09, 2019, at 01:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Launching a fierce attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his government, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, introduced in Parliament's lower house on Monday, is against the minority community.