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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicCitizenship bill

Topic: citizenship bill

A year after it was set up, Karnataka ‘detention centre’ gets first detainee — a Sudanese

Established in March 2019, the detention centre for foreigners illegally staying in the country became functional last October, but did not house any detainee so far.

TMC leader Mahua Moitra moves Supreme Court against Citizenship Act

On Thursday, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, after Parliament cleared the bill over the week.

US panel slams India for citizenship bill, says ‘religious test’ threatens pluralism

US Commission on International Religious Freedom too criticises proposed law, has sought sanctions on Amit Shah & other leaders if citizenship bill becomes law.

Modi govt making an invisible Hindu-Muslim divide with Citizenship bill: Shiv Sena

In a ‘Saamana’ editorial, the Shiv Sena said the Centre was inviting new problems with Citizenship Amendment Bill, and said it could trigger a religious war.

Kaushik Basu on ‘taming’ Big Tech, Syed Hasnain warns of terror in Kashmir

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

SC transfers Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh over ‘death threats’

Prateek Hajela, a 1995-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was accused of showing bias after the final NRC list was published. 

Indian cricket ‘worse than 5 years ago’ — Boria Majumdar & Gandhi the ‘tolerant Hindu’

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

Stung by final NRC outcome, BJP readies new on-ground strategy for Assam

The number of those left out of the final NRC list is lower than BJP’s 40 lakh rhetoric, and not all excluded turned out to be ‘infiltrators’ by its yardstick.

NRC after Citizenship Bill — Swapan Dasgupta, listen to Urjit Patel on banks — Ashok Desai

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

Assam gears up for final NRC list — what the exercise is all about & the way forward

Of the total of 3.29 crore applicants in Assam, a little over 40 lakh have not found their names on the NRC list so far.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.