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India deploys troops to curb violent protests over citizenship law

GUWAHATI, India – India moved thousands of troops into Assam on Thursday after violent protests overnight against a new law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries to seek Indian citizenship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has said the so-called Citizenship […]

CAB: People defy curfew in Guwahati, Army conducts flag march

Guwahati, Dec 12: The people defied curfew in Guwahati on Thursday morning to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as the situation remained tense throughout Assam, with the Army conducting flag march in the city. Guwahati, the epicentre of anti-CAB protests, was placed under indefinite curfew last night while […]

4-yr-old girl raped in UP

Fatehpur (UP), Dec 12:  A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in a village in Hathgama area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on December 5 when the girl was playing near her house. Moolchand (36) allegedly lured the girl with a toffee, […]

Want to assure brothers, sisters of Assam they have nothing to worry after CAB passage: PM

New Delhi, Dec 12: Against the backdrop of violent protests in Assam opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of the state on Thursday that they have nothing to worry about the new law In a series of tweets, in both Assamese and English, […]

Rajya Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

New Delhi, Dec 11: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, completing the legislative procedure for giving Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Replying to a six-and-a-half-hour debate on the bill, Home Minister Amit Shah said the legislation seeks to provide citizenship to […]

Curfew in Guwahati extended till indefinite period

ASSAM:Curfew in Guwahati extended till indefinite period amid violent protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: amid violent protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Assam Police ADG (Law and Order) Mukesh Agrawal. PTI Dec 11

Singh accuses Rahul of using CAB to provoke NE’s people

New Delhi, Dec 11: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of using the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) to provoke the people of the Northeast by issuing “misleading” and mischievous” statements. In a statement, Singh said the Congress has lost its support base in the […]

Delhi’s air turns hazardous again, government issues health warnings

NEW DELHI – Air quality in India’s capital New Delhi plummeted to “severe” on Wednesday due to a drop in temperature and wind speed that trapped pollutants in the atmosphere, prompting health warnings from the government for the 12th time in two months. On Tuesday, the air quality […]

Protests flare as parliament set to vote on citizenship bill

NEW DELHI – India’s ruling Hindu nationalists pushed for final parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution by granting citizenship to non-Muslim minorities from three neighbouring countries. Having obtained assent from the lower house of parliament a day earlier, Home […]

13 fighter jets crashed from 2017-18 to Nov 2019: Govt

New Delhi, Dec 11: Thirteen fighter jets have crashed from 2017-18 to November 2019 and a board of inquiry (BOI) investigates every accident, the government said on Wednesday. To a question in Lok Sabha on a MiG 29 KUB (Trainer) catching fire in Goa, Union Minister of State for […]

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