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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicCitizenship bill

Topic: citizenship bill

Media feasts on tasteless remark on Mayawati

Your daily news capsule.

Why BJP leaders are going to Pakistan to fight 2019 Lok Sabha polls

It has become a sure-fire way for some people in the BJP to express their deep anger—or their worst insecurities.

Three charged with sedition in Assam for remarks on citizenship bill

Assam Police took suo moto cognisance of remarks made by a Sahitya Akademi awardee, a RTI activist, and journalist against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at an event.

Another wicket falls for the NDA as Assam ally AGP walks out on Citizenship Bill issue

It’s not the arithmetic but the perception of constantly losing allies that would be of concern to the BJP, while opposition parties band together against it.

The Citizenship Bill complements NRC in pushing BJP’s Hindutva agenda: here’s how

JPC has upheld most of the provisions in the bill, which has become a political and social flashpoint, given the backdrop of the NRC process in Assam. 

AGP will pull out of alliance if BJP goes ahead with citizenship bill: Prafulla Mahanta

If passed, the bill will allow Indian citizenship to illegal Hindu migrants dropped from NRC, says the former Assam CM.

Pakistani refugees will have to wait some more to get citizenship as bill is stuck in Rajya Sabha

The bill aims to provide citizenship to minority refugees, barring Muslims, from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

BJP is trying to create unrest in Assam through citizenship bill: Congress MP Sushmita Dev

A member of the parliamentary panel that held consultations on the bill, Dev says BJP has little idea about ethnic communities in the northeast.

On Camera

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.