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…

7th Economic Census expected to be complete by March 2020

New Delhi (IANS) The 7th Economic Census, which is being conducted nationwide through common services centres (CSCs), is expected to be completed by March 2020, Central Statistics Office Director General (Social Statistics) A.K. Sadhu said on Friday.…

Centre moots Article 371 in lieu of 370 for J&K

Srinagar (IANS) A new dispensation may be afoot in Jammu & Kashmir with the Centre proposing granting of Article 371 as compensation for the abrogation of Article 370.

Under Article 371, the Constitution provides special provisions for all…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…