Anti-CAA protesters torch railway stations, block roads in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Violence broke out in West Bengal on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act as also a possible NRC exercise as protesters vandalised and set fire to railway stations, and squatted on the tracks and highways, disrupting train services…

Curfew relaxed in Guwahati as situation improves in Assam

Guwahati (IANS) The curfew, enforced in Guwahati due to the volatile protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, was relaxed for seven hours since 9 a.m. on Saturday, as the situation improved in Assam.

With the prohibitory orders relaxed…

PSA on Farooq Abdullah extended by 3 months

Srinagar (IANS) Public Safety Act (PSA) on former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been extended by three months till March 14, 2020.

The PSA was slapped on Abdullah, who continues to be in detention at his Gupkar residence…

I am not Rahul Savarkar, I won't apologise: Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday refused to apologise over his "Rape in India" remark and mocked Sangh ideologue V.D. Savarkar and said, "I am not Rahul Savarkar and I will not apologise for speaking the truth".

BJP ready to 'compromise' with Shiv Sena for CAA

Nashik (Maharashtra) (IANS) The Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party is ready to make any "political compromise" with the Shiv Sena if the latter encountered problems with allies - the NCP and the Congress, in implementing the Citizenship Amendment…

President nod for Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, turned Act

New Delhi (IANS) In a late Thursday night order, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, letting it become an Act allowing Indian citizenship to six non-Muslim minority migrants facing religious persecution…

Curfew relaxed in Dibrugarh, flag march continues in Guwahati

Guwahati (IANS) An indefinite curfew which was imposed in Assam's Dibrugarh municipal area, was relaxed for five hours on Friday, while the Army and security forces have continued flag marches in Guwahati city, a day after two persons were killed…

Odisha CM says will not implement NRC: Muslim delegation

Bhubaneswar (IANS) A Muslim delegation on Friday said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured them that the state government will not implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The Muslim delegation from Bhadrak, Balasore…

Amid JNU ruckus, HRD secy Subramaniam shifted

New Delhi (IANS) In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, Higher Education Secretary R. Subramaniam has been shunted out of the HRD Ministry to the Ministry of Social Justice.

While the IAS officer's transfer is being termed as routine,…

The curious case of Bengal's refugees

Kolkata (IANS) Sabita Das, who earns her living by working as cook in some households, has never had hesitation in telling people that she came to Kolkata (then Calcutta) from Barishal in Bangladesh in the early 1990s, as her parents could not provide…