Mumbai/Kolkata Both pro-and-anti citizenship law protesters held competing rallies in Mumbai on Friday, as the debate over the implications of the contentious Bill gets heated, At Azad Maidan, protesters shouted slogans against the government with one of the protesters alleging that the act was aimed “not against just one communityRead More

New Delhi Hundreds of protesters gathered at Delhi’s iconic Jama Masjid, Jantar Mantar and outside Uttar Pradesh Bhavan as protests against the contentious citizenship law gathered momentum on Friday. Delhi Police on Friday detained a group of protesters who tried to stage a demonstration outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhavan againstRead More

Palghar A case has been registered against 11 people for allegedly abducting, raping and torturing a 21-year-old girl for more than a year in Vasai taluka of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Thursday. The Vasai police on Wednesday registered an offence against 11 people and no arrest has beenRead More

New Delhi All new recruits in Railways will be inducted through the UPSC civil services exams under five specialities, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday, days after the Cabinet approved the merger of its eight services into one—the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). He said just like aspirantsRead More

New Delhi The Union Cabinet announced Census 2021 and National Population Register on Tuesday, even as it continued to face criticism about its proposed National Register of Citizens. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, who made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday, said that the census exercise and NPR exercisesRead More

Chandigarh Home Minister Amit Shah claimed on Tuesday that the National Population Register was unconnected to the proposed National Register of Citizens. Shah, who was speaking to ANI, said there was no link between the two exercises, and that the NPR would help beneficiaries under the central government’s various welfareRead More

New Delhi As several states oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a PIL filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday demanded direction to them to implement the law and take action against those spreading romours and damaging public property. Requesting the top court to declare the CAA “constitutional”, the PILRead More

Ranchi The JMM-led three-party alliance in Jharkhand was on Monday leading on 46 of the 81 state Assembly seats, while the ruling BJP nominees were ahead on 24, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website. The JMM was leading on 29 seats, while its alliance partnerRead More

Bengaluru Thousands of people from Muslim community on Monday staged a “peace rally” here against the Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens. Waving the national flag and holding placards, the protesters raised slogans demanding withdrawal of the NRC and CAA as they marched through city roads. TheRead More

New Delhi In a hard-hitting attack against the Opposition, including the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused it of lying and instigating violence by spreading rumours through social media for political gains and vote-bank politics. Some parties are lying to Muslims, he said, referring to the Citizenship AmendmentRead More