Topic: Citizenship Bill protests
Video showing thousands protesting in Mumbai against CAB is actually from Bangladesh
The widely-shared video is of a gathering on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad un Nabi in Chittagong in November.
Cornering Mamata Banerjee in 2021 assembly polls won’t be easy. BJP lacks a pan-Bengal face
If the question, “If not Modi, who?” worked for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, then “If not Didi, who?” may come to haunt it in West Bengal in 2021.
Anti-CAB protests in Assam force PM Modi into crisis management mode, BJP plans campaign
Modi tweets to assure Assamese people they shouldn’t worry about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament, but BJP plans campaign to undo damage.
Unleashing Frankenstein’s monster & democracy’s best joke as Modi says Assam will flourish
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.
Govt extends suspension of internet services in Assam by 48 hours as protests intensify
Thousands of people in Guwahati defied curfew and took to the streets protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the Parliament on Wednesday.
Protests against citizenship bill continue in Guwahati despite curfew, police open fire
Police said protesters hurled stones and bricks at them as they broke curfew to protest on the streets a day after the citizenship bill was passed by Parliament.
Express finds ‘brute majority’ in CAB, Ravish Kumar on detention camps
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Why deflation is a bigger risk for the global economy than inflation
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No progress made in India-China major general-level talks, all eyes now on diplomatic parleys
Talks were held Sunday over Depsang Plains tensions. Next round of meeting under Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination is being scheduled now.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.