CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT

View: Why Indians shouldn’t gloat over US disarray

The Indian police have been accused often of watching passively when people were being beaten up by goons. The United States will have to l...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi should quit if he can't repeal farm laws, says Congress

"People have elected this government and not the Supreme Court. Then why does the government want people to go to elsewhere?" Surjewala ask...

Tenders received for international flights from Guwahati, formalities to begin soon: Chandra Mohan Patowary

Under international Udan scheme government planned to operate flight between Guwahati Singapore, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Malays...

Assembly election: BJP gears up for upcoming Assam polls

Talking to media persons on Friday in Guwahati, Assam BJP chief Ranjit Kumar Dass said, “We have fulfilled most of the assurances given to ...

The return of street protests and its newly-acquired currency

Politically, protests are proving effective in getting govt attention; hence, it remains to be seen how administration will deal with prolo...

Madhya Pradesh bill against love with aim of Jihad: State Home Minister Narottam Mishra

“We are against love which goes in the direction of jihad and this bill is also against it,” Mishra told ET after the state cabinet passed ...

Decision on CAA rules once vaccination begins: Amit Shah

Targeting the Trinamool government in West Bengal, Shah said it cannot stop infiltration as it believes in minority appeasement, only BJP c...

Union home minister Amit Shah to visit Assam on December 26

A senior BJP leader, who does not want to be named, told ET, “Shah during his visit is expected meet chief ministers of Northeast India and...

After Covid hiatus, Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests begin in Assam

Assam had witnessed heavy protests last year when CAA, aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis...

Aasu to relaunch anti-CAA protest from tomorrow

Aasu will display black flags and banners at all district and subdivision headquarters. The anti-CAA protest was suspended following the Co...

In West Bengal, BJP says Citizenship Amendment Act rollout by January-end

Accusing the TMC government of not being sympathetic to the refugees’ cause, Kailash Vijayvargiya said the CAA will “change the lives of ma...

Citizenship Amendment Act likely to be implemented from January 2021: BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya

BJP General Secretary and West Bengal In-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is likely to be implemented ...

ED carries out nation-wide raids at premises of Chairman & office bearers of PFI

The premises raided include six locations in Kerala including Kochi, Malappuram and Thiruvananthapuram; five in Tamil Nadu (Tenkasi, Madura...

Pakistani refugees head back on fading citizenship hopes

The refugees are among the 243 Pakistani nationals, including those stranded in India because of Covid-19, who have been permitted to trave...

Trinamool record is better in West Bengal elections; task cut out for BJP

BJP is optimistic about 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections solely on basis of its 2019 Lok Sabha poll performance where it won 18 of the 4...

A critical & quiet outreach with the Joe Biden camp

The Indian establishment has wide-ranging contacts within the Democratic camp including figures who held key positions under the Obama admi...

BJP is trying to polarise on religious lines: Jitendra Singh, AICC general secretary

AICC general secretary and in-charge of Assam, Jitendra Singh said, “Polarisation on religious lines is the brand of politics which BJP wan...