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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

Topic: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019

Citizenship bill protests forces railways to cancel, reschedule trains

At least 14 trains have either been cancelled, short terminated or diverted anticipating disruptions due to the protests, Northeast Frontier Railway said.

PM Modi says opposition is speaking Pakistan’s language on citizenship bill

At BJP parliamentary party meeting, Modi compares citizenship bill to his govt's Article 370 decision & says it will provide permanent relief to minorities.

600 writers, activists, ex-judges ask Modi govt to withdraw ‘divisive’ citizenship bill

In an open letter, they asked the govt not to betray the Constitution. The signatories included Romila Thapar, Yogendra Yadav, Nandita Das, Aparna Sen.

Threat of sanctions didn’t work in Vajpayee’s time, won’t work now: VHP on citizenship bill

Responding to the USCIRF’s statement, VHP’s working president Alok Kumar congratulated Amit Shah on Lok Sabha passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, and said India will stand resolute in helping persecuted refugees.

CAB is Amit Shah’s cure for unemployment, and the world is our family (conditions apply)

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

On CAB: Priyanka Gandhi says India’s ‘tryst with bigotry’ & Owaisi’s message to Indians

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

‘Secular’ in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena now makes its support to citizenship bill conditional

Shiv Sena supported the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha even as its new allies Congress and NCP termed the proposed law ‘unconstitutional’.

How foreign media criticised citizenship bill being passed in Lok Sabha

While US and Pakistani media outlets were critical of the passage of the bill, Bangladeshi newspapers merely reported the news.

EU concerned by Kashmir situation & Citizenship Bill, calls for India-Pakistan dialogue

European Union Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto said the 28-nation bloc has also been pushing Pakistan to "fall in line" as far as state-sponsored terror funding is concerned.

Citizenship (Amendment) bill reflects India’s ‘malafide’ intent, says Pakistan

Islamabad said the bill showed India's intent to interfere in the affairs of its neighbouring countries on the basis of religion.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.