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Friday, May 3, 2024
TopicCitizenship Amendment Act protests

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Act protests

Worried about global image, BJP busy mobilising Indians abroad to hold pro-CAA protests

BJP has held protests in NY, London and Perth, among other cities, and more are likely to be organised in Washington, Germany and other European countries. 

TMC and CPM activists begin anti-CAA and NRC protests ahead of PM Modi’s visit to West Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit comes at a time when West Bengal witnesses widespread protests against the contentious Citizenship Act.

Railways suffered Rs 84 crore worth property damage in anti-CAA and NRC protests in Bengal

The Railway went to the Calcutta High Court regarding huge losses incurred between December 13-14 in protests related violence in West Bengal.

Delhi court allows Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad to be treated at AIIMS

Azad has been in judicial custody since 21 December, when he was arrested from Jama Masjid during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

BJP gets a reason to cheer CAA in Bengal — thanks to Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s top paramilitary officer Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam has said 445 of his country's nationals returned home in November & December.

Now, pro-CAA lawyers of SC sing Vande Mataram, read Preamble on court premises

The lawyers' action comes day after a group of senior SC advocates read the Preamble on the court's lawns, reiterating the Constitution's goals & principles.

Congress’ big plan to take on Yogi Adityanath — cow day-care centres in UP

Priyanka Gandhi sent 132-member team to Chhattisgarh last month to study CM Baghel's flagship initiative of gothaans or cow shelters, strategies to tackle BJP & RSS.

‘No rectal bleeding, but police thrashed us and said drink urine’: UP madrasa students

The madrasa's maulana, Asad Raza Hussaini, was awarded by Vice-President Naidu in August. On 20 December, he was allegedly beaten black and blue by the police.

‘Consider steps to oppose CAA’ — Kerala CM Vijayan writes to chief ministers of 11 states

Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Mamata, Kejriwal and Uddhav, among others, and said the need of the hour was 'to stand united to preserve the basic tenets of our polity'.

New Cadbury 5star ad invites flak on social media as many find it in poor taste

The Cadbury 5star ad shows a young man 'saving' an elderly woman by not helping her, in sync with the product's tagline — ‘Eat 5star, Do nothing’.

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BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.