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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicCitizenship Amendment Bill

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Bill

Citizenship protests in northeast show Muslims are really on their own in this fight

Northeast unrest over citizenship law is hardly about secularism. People only want to protect their distinct tribal culture from Bengalis residing there.

What it needs to be a ‘Bharatiya’ and ‘sur ki nadi’ seems to have dried up

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

Citizenship law precursor to BJP declaring India a Hindu rashtra, says Manish Tewari 

Speaking at Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh, Congress MP Manish Tewari also said it is every country’s duty to give shelter to refugees without religious bias.

Tough to defend Nitish stand on citizenship law, say JD(U) leaders as cracks appear in party

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says CM Nitish Kumar has entered a "rat’s hole" by supporting citizenship bill, party calls Bihar bandh on 21 December.

Amar Ujala calls CAB big BJP win, Bhaskar says opposition’s argument against it ‘fallacious’

A round-up of the Hindi newspapers opinion pages to reflect the viewpoint on topical issues from the heartland.

Assam’s old 1970s fury back with Citizenship Act. This time for a new, young generation

With massive opposition to the Citizenship Act, Assam is again feeling alienated and wronged by New Delhi.

Angry JD(U) MP says party has surrendered to BJP like Pakistan to India in 1971

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Dhaka lodges protest with India after Bangladesh diplomat ‘attacked’ in Assam

Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das to ‘discuss’ matter and asks her to ensure safety of the country’s diplomats posted in India.

Verniers says CAB ‘insidious’, Singhvi says it’s ‘infirm’, India-US ties hit ‘rough patch’

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Assam’s fears rooted in history, unlike the communal spin Indian ‘intellectuals’ gave to CAB

The agitation against CAB in Assam does not bode well for BJP. Modi and Amit Shah must ensure the fire doesn't spread to rest of the northeast.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.