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Saturday, April 20, 2024
TopicCitizenship Amendment Bill

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Bill

Shiv Sena slams Modi govt on citizenship law, incidents of violence in Northeast

Shiv Sena, which supported the bill in the Lok Sabha but stayed away from voting on it in the Rajya Sabha, made the critical remarks in a 'Saamana' editorial.

India is modelling itself after Israel, Pakistan, China, not modern liberal democracies

Pakistan picked religious nationalism & headed down the road to disaster after Partition. India is now emulating its less successful twin.

Hindus in Bangladesh don’t face a situation as dire as I do: Taslima Nasreen

More than Hindus, it’s the free-thinking liberals who are at greater risk in Bangladesh.

Modi’s CAB proves that concerns & fears of northeast people don’t matter in Indian politics

Northeast is burning because people know that there's no mechanism to protect the identity of the indigenous population.

As Assam burns, troubleshooter Himanta Biswa Sarma gets his big chance to upstage CM Sonowal

Assam has seen violent protests over the citizenship bill and the situation has spiraled out of control under CM Sarbananda Sonowal’s watch.

NIA top cop GP Singh off to Assam to ‘take charge’ as law and order deteriorates

IPS officer G.P. Singh will be posted as ADG (Law & Order). He has worked with NIA for 6 yrs, & in several parts of Assam & Northeast for over 18 yrs.

Bangladesh foreign minister cancels India trip day after criticising citizenship bill

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen said citizenship bill will “weaken India’s secular nature”, denied Amit Shah statement that Hindus were being persecuted in his country.

Now Modi govt has proved that it not only talks like Pakistan, it thinks and acts like it

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is not just an affront to basic tenets of equality in our Constitution, but an all-out assault on the very idea of India.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta on CAB’s ‘insidious message’, Chinoy notes ‘demand element’ in slowdown

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

Indian Union Muslim League challenges citizenship bill in Supreme Court

IUML alleged that the bill, which grants citizenship to refugees of different faiths except Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, violates the fundamental Right to Equality.

On Camera

Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.