Kerala had pledged not to implement the CAA when it was enacted last year. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will not implement the center’s controversial citizenship law, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday, reiterating an earlier stance after a new announcement by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah that the law would apply …
Read More »Implementation of the citizenship law once vaccination against Covid ends
Amit Shah said that the CAA will benefit the Matua community of West Bengal. Calcutta: The wheels of the center’s controversial citizenship law will start rolling once the COVID-19 vaccination ends, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday in an assurance to a Hindu immigrant community in West Bengal …
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THAKURNAGAR: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the process of granting Indian citizenship to refugees under the CAA, including the Matua community of West Bengal, will begin once the vaccination process against Covid. Accusing opposition parties of misleading minorities about the (amendment) of the Citizenship Law, he …
Read More »Assam Protests Against CAA Face Police Repression Ahead Of Prime Minister Modi’s Visit
The AASU condemned the police repression Guwahati: Prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the police turned to the lathi charge against All Assam Students Union (AASU) activists who held a rally in Tezpur on Friday to protest against the central government’s controversial citizenship law. . Police detained several AASU …
Read More »It is foolish to throw stones at Pakistan when Modi’s India is now a communal glass house
The news about the Indian protest in Pakistan, in a written communication, the destruction of a temple in the Teri village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aroused some public interest. But my tweet went viral when I posed the obvious question: “What kind of unilateralism is this? India questions the destruction of …
Read More »Kapil Gujjar, who shot Shaheen Bagh, recruited by BJP; kicked out in a matter of hours
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was red-faced on Wednesday after it admitted Kapil Gujjar, 23, who was arrested earlier this year for opening fire in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment (CAA). Faced with criticism on social media, the BJP turned 180 degrees in a matter …
Read More »Dissident and Defiant Citizen is Indian of the Year
In an environment where dissent is seen as an act of rebellion, even sedition, where people are imprisoned for defending their rights, and where even a cartoon or a joke can irritate politicians, some indigenous people have made it known that they will not flinch. Especially when it comes to …
Read More »Protests against farm laws have a familiar pattern
If there is anyone who should not be surprised by the sustained and widespread opposition of farmers to the laws passed in September, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Because these “reforms” bear exactly the same stamp of arrogance, lack of consultation and foresight that has characterized all the important …
Read More »104-year-old in Assam dies as ‘foreigner’, hoping ‘CAA will solve everything’
Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: December 15, 2020 7:32:12 am Das and his wife last week. Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha About six months ago, Nyuti Das remembers his father Chandrahar Das bent over his brother’s phone, his one good eye, and the rest of him completely engrossed in …
Read More »Vijayvargiya raises the tone of the survey in Bengal, but remains a mother in NRC
File photo of BJP Secretary General Kailash Vijayvargiya. The national president of the BJP, JP Nadda, during his recent visit to the state, had said that rules for the implementation of the law are being worked out. The CAA will be implemented in letter and spirit later. News18.com Calcutta Last …
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