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): Over 560 Muslims, who migrated to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan in the past five years, have been granted citizenship, Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Wednesday.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Joint Movement against Citizenship Amendment Bill (JMACAB) on Wednesday withdrew its indefinite strike called against the implementation of the Bill, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb after a meeting with their representatives.
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.
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.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill saying that it marks the "victory of narrow-minded and bigoted forces over India's pluralism."
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The landmark Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on Wednesday got the nod of Parliament after the Rajya Sabha approved the Bill.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Neither Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, nor abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution is anti-Muslim, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said replying to the debate on the Bill in the Upper House of the Parliament.
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Shiv Sena MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday were not present in the House during the voting on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.