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Tuesday, December 16, 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

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.