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CAA will be implemented in West Bengal: BJP’s Suvendu
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented in the state, and dared Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stop its roll-out.During a meeting in North 24 Parganas District’s...
Regional
NPP to contest maximum assembly seats
The National People’s Party, NPP, which leads the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance, MDA, will be contesting in not less than 54 seats in the 2023 assembly elections and is confident of securing a majority even as its first list...
Regional
Government committed to implementing CAA: Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the BJP is committed to implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and it is a matter of time that its rules are framed.It is a Hindu’s legitimate right to become a...
Lead Story
CAA in NE should not be a problem: MoS Ranjan
Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh while lauding India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat approach, said that the implementation of the Citizen Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 in the nation especially North East should not be a problem for the...
National
BJP ‘using’ CAA with eye on Gujarat polls: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was “using” Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) with an eye on the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo asserted that...
National
Centre to grant citizenship under Citizenship Act, 1955
The Centre on Monday decided to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and currently living in two districts of Gujarat under the Citizenship Act, 1955.The move to grant...
Regional
NIA searches PFI offices in Mnp, Assam
10 arrested in Assam
Ten activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested in Assam for allegedly fomenting communal strife and posing a threat to internal security as part of a country-wide multi-agency operation spearheaded by the NIA...
National
SC to hear on Oct 31 pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA
The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on October 31 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan,...
Regional
Meghalaya awaits Centre’s response on ILP
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told the assembly on Monday that the state government was awaiting the response of the Central Government on the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.Replying to a Zero Hour notice...
National
SC to hear pleas challenging CAA on Sep 12
The Supreme Court would hear on September 12 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who came here from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on...
