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After Jamia brutality, Delhi Police serve tea to protesters and discuss citizenship law

Following police crackdown on Jamia campus, Delhi Police got clear orders to be ‘cordial’ with protesters & initiate discussions with them on citizenship law.

Mamata challenges Modi govt to conduct UN-monitored referendum over CAA-NRC

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the BJP government will have to quit if it fails such a "mass vote" over the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed nationwide NRC.

‘BJP manifesto can’t become India’s Constitution’ — JD(U)’s Pavan Varma lashes out at ally

Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan Varma says his position in the party, which voted for new citizenship law, is untenable.

Anti-citizenship protests turn violent in Mangaluru, police resort to lathi-charge

Protesters Thursday took to the streets, defying prohibitory orders. Unverified videos on social media showed people pelting stones at police.

Artworks on Citizenship Act-NRC at Goa Serendipity Festival ‘temporarily sealed’

Three of the 27 artworks in the exhibition, curated by Sudarshan Shetty as part of the visual arts segment, were either removed, non-functional, or shut.

Did Modi govt underestimate protests against CAA, NRC or have critics walked into its trap?

Protests against the proposed nationwide NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act escalated Thursday in Delhi, Bengaluru, parts of Uttar Pradesh and other cities despite CrPC Section 144 imposed in certain parts of the country.

Delhi protesters defy Section 144 to march against citizenship law, hundreds detained

Authorities impose Section 144 in several parts of Delhi, shuts metro stations and suspends mobile services, but large crowds still turn up to protest.

‘This needs to stop’ — Harbhajan Singh says he is sad for what’s happening in Delhi

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh has become one of the few sports personalities to speak out on the protests and violence over the citizenship law.

Modi govt looking at legal options to challenge Mamata stay on Bengal’s NPR exercise

Mamata Banerjee govt has stopped preparation and updation of National Population Register in West Bengal. Census office calls the move ‘unprecedented’.

What 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act says and why the outrage over it

India has seen several demonstrations over the new citizenship law with Delhi witnessing massive protests Thursday. ThePrint explains what’s changed in amended Act.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.