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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicCitizenship Act

Topic: Citizenship Act

Decoding National Population Register: What it is & its link to NRC

The Union Cabinet has approved funds worth Rs 8,500 crore to update the National Population Register.

All-India NRC will certainly fail. Here’s what Modi govt should do for its citizenship plan

To believe Modi govt can put 130 crore people through a process like NRC on such a shaky documentary foundation is to ask for more trouble.

Drones, medical care, shame, shame!: How high courts are dealing with CAA protest pleas

While Delhi High Court refused interim protection to Jamia students, the Madras High Court asserted that protests cannot be stopped in a democracy.

UP Police arrest state head of Islamic outfit PFI, 2 aides for ‘inciting’ CAA violence

Authorities held Popular Front of India (PFI) and Students Islamic Movement of India responsible for 'masterminding' violence in Lucknow during the anti-citizenship law protests that claimed 18 lives.

Gujarat BJP MP hands out citizenship certificates to 3 Hindus from Pakistan

Lok Sabha MP Mohan Kundariya gave certificates to three members of a Hindu family, who came to India from Pakistan seeking refuge over a decade ago.

Mobile internet services resume in Meghalaya 8 days after anti-citizenship law protests

The ban on mobile internet and mass messaging services, imposed on 12 December, was lifted on Friday night due to improvement in law and order situation, said an official.

BJP calls out ‘lungi terrorists’, Ram Guha labelled ‘urban naxal’, Mevani warns of storm

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Bengaluru DCP sings national anthem to pacify crowd protesting against Citizenship Act

Chetan Singh Rathode, the DCP of Bengaluru (Central), sang the national anthem along with protesters at the city's Town Hall.

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.

CM Adityanath says UP govt will take ‘revenge’ on those involved in violence during protests

UP CM Yogi Adityanath said the government would auction properties of those found guilty of vandalism to pay for damages to public property.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

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.