New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): All Northeast-based parties, except Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), voted in favour of the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Congress also opposed the Bill.
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed Congress for opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying that the stance taken by the grand old party and that of Pakistan Prime Minister were similar.
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Two out of four MPs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) remained absent during proceedings on the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Leaders from several opposition parties on Wednesday lamented the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 through Rajya Sabha, terming it as a direct assault on secularism.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A Pakistani Hindu refugee woman living at Majnu ka Tila here on Wednesday named her two-day-old daughter 'Nagarikta' (citizenship) and said that she earnestly wanted The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to be passed.
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Dibrugarh District Magistrate has ordered closure of liquor licensed premises from 4 pm on Wednesday for "preservation of public peace and tranquility" as the state police resorted to lathi-charge on protesters in the city earlier today while they wer
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): India and Russia kicked off the second edition of their bilateral tri-service exercise, designated INDRA - 2019, at Babina town of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav accused parties opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, of religious appeasement and ignoring human rights of non-Muslims who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
Guangzhou [China], Dec 11 (ANI): World Championships gold medalist PV Sindhu on Wednesday faced a defeat against Akane Yamaguchi in the BWF World Tour Finals 2019.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): After the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the dreams of crores of deprived and victimised people have come true today.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha as a landmark day for India and its ethos of compassion and brotherhood.