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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicCitizenship Amendment Act

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Act

HRD minister Pokhriyal asks parties to keep academic institutions away from their politics

On a day students gathered to protest the citizenship law, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said they are a priority of the Modi govt which is working 'for their better future'.

Kashmir, citizenship law figure in talks between Jaishankar & Pompeo during 2+2 meet in US

In his meeting with Jaishankar as part of the 2+2 dialogue, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlights the ‘need to protect religious freedom’.

Cricket, hijab, language: How the British, French and Americans conduct citizenship tests

In any cricket match between England and a South Asian team, if Indians and Pakistanis cheered for non-English teams, they were accused of disloyalty.

Liberal, secular opposition to CAA must not allow room for Islamic and Left radicals

Legitimate questions about Modi govt’s new citizenship law can be raised only when India’s liberal class hasn’t caved into religious chauvinism of another kind.

The global wildfire of street protests has finally reached India

As angry, leaderless individuals revolt against authoritarian states & bureaucracies, anarchist politics seems an idea whose time has come.

Not Owaisi, not TMC, India’s Muslims must return to Congress after citizenship row

A fractured Muslim vote at the all-India level, dispersed among multiple regional and smaller parties, will be a boon for BJP’s Hindutva project.

‘AGP and BJP betrayed Assam’ — powerful students’ body AASU plans political party

AASU leadership argues that AGP, a byproduct of the Assam agitation, let the state down after it voted in favour of the citizenship law in Parliament.

Violence over citizenship law ebbs in Bengal, but Mamata-Governor war of words continues

Mamata Banerjee takes dig at Amit Shah’s ‘firm like a rock’ comment on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Governor Dhankhar says everyone must abide by the new law.

Kashmir to Assam, Tripura to Jharkhand, India’s CRPF is stretched, stressed and it’s showing

A 'drunk' CRPF soldier shot dead his two colleagues in Jharkhand last week in the latest incident of fratricide.

Mamata govt cracks down on social media, police remove over 3,000 inflammatory posts

Kolkata Police say strict action being taken against offenders under the Cyber Crime Act as violence continues in West Bengal over new citizenship law.

On Camera

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.