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…

8 columns of Indian Army deployed in Assam, Tripura

New Delhi (IANS) To control the deteriorating law and order situation over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, eight columns of the Indian Army was on Thursday deployed to Assam and Tripura as per the requests made by the governments of…

J'khand poll: Voting for 12 seats ends, 57.96% votes cast

Ranchi (IANS) Voting ended for 12 of the 17 assembly seats at 3 p.m. in the third phase of the polls with 57.96 per cent votes being cast on Thursday.

The voting will end at 5 p.m. for the Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Ramgarh, and Barkatha assembly…

Pakistani migrants in Delhi rejoice passage of CAB

New Delhi (IANS) A day after Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), over 120 Hindu refugee families from Pakistan, who took refuge in India in 2011 and are staying in the Majnu ka Tila area since then, here on Thursday, got a reason…

Magh Mela 2020, in Prayagraj, to be eco-friendly

Prayagraj (IANS) The annual Magh Mela in Prayagraj that begins on January 10, 2020 will now be a plastic-free event.

The Magh Mela administration has banned the use of plastic and thermocol items in the Mela township.

"The Magh Mela…

CAB aims at 'ethnic cleansing' of NE, says Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 "an attempt by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah government to "ethnically cleanse the Northeast", calling it a "criminal attack" on the people.
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