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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

Topic: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

Rajya Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, govt assures Indian Muslims need not worry

The bill was passed with 125 votes in favour and 105 against it. It was supported by BJP allies JD(U), SAD and other parties including AIADMK, BJD, TDP and YSR-Congress.

India-Japan summit could be shifted out of Guwahati as Assam burns over citizenship bill

The bilateral dialogue between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe is likely to be moved to New Delhi.  

Shah left ‘holding Nehru’, Shiv Sena’s ‘comedic’ stance on CAB and BJP’s apostrophe MLAs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP Assam MPs flag fear & confusion in state, say Modi govt pushed citizenship bill too fast

BJP MPs from Assam say the bill is creating confusion in the state and emphasise that concerns of ethnic Assamese must be addressed.

Will the CAB ‘cleanse’ NE or is it a ‘samanya stithi’ and we can all have a ‘dhokla’

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

Govt deploys 5,000 paramilitary personnel in Northeast as citizenship bill protests continue

Fifty companies were airlifted to the Northeastern states to maintain law and order. Around 2,000 personnel were deployed from Kashmir.

BJP has upper hand in Rajya Sabha as citizenship bill comes up for debate

BJP, which has a total support of 118 MPs, needs just 5 more votes to clear the bill in the 245-member House.

In pictures: Modi addresses 3rd BJP Parliamentary meet before CAB debate in Rajya Sabha

At the meeting, PM Modi accused the opposition of speaking Pakistan's language on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Rajya Sabha TV briefly stops live telecast of citizenship bill debate on Chairman’s orders

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu ordered the interruption when Home Minister Amit Shah was heckled by opposition members during the introduction of the citizenship bill.

Amit Shah moves citizenship bill in Rajya Sabha, says Indian Muslims will remain citizens

Home Minister Amit Shah rejected the charge of vote bank politics while several opposition MPs moved a motion to send the bill to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

Kashmiri jihadists more resilient than we think. Rebuilding J&K Police is key to counter them

The new jihadists in J&K have harried Indian forces, staged a series of ambushes, and now begun to target Indian civilian infrastructure projects.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.