Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:03:37
Mumbai, Jan 12 (PTI) Thousands of citizens on Sunday congregated in Mumbai's suburban Jogeshwari to oppose the new citizenship law, the proposed NRC and NPR.
They also condemned last Sunday's violence on the JNU campus in Delhi, where masked men ran riot and attacked students. Leftist organisations had claimed RSS-affiliated ABVP's role in the attack, a charge denied by the students' body.
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:49:32
Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday refuted reports of him contesting in the Rajya Sabha elections and added that he is more concerned about strengthening his party in Karnataka.
"I am not interested in going to Rajya Sabha. My concern is to build and strengthen the party in the region to the best of my ability. I had declared earlier that I will not co
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:47:45
West Bengal police on Sunday detained some students affiliated to Left organisations for protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kolkata Port on the issue of Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
On the second day of his two-day Kolkata visit, Prime Minister addressed a public gathering here on Sunday.
Opposition parties including Congress are demanding that the CAA should be withdrawn.
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:45:44
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday expressed dismay at the incident in which a manager of a private firm was murdered after being robbed in Noida on January 7, and said that criminals are fearless in Uttar Pradesh.
"Gaurav Chandel who worked as a Manager was murdered by criminals in Noida. The government's approach till now is lackadaisical in the murder which was committe
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:34:01
Kolkata: Strongly defending the new citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday the dispute that has arisen over it has made the world aware of persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan.
He, however, deplored that a section of the youth is being “misguided” over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which is aimed at giving and not taking away anybody's citizenship rights.
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:31:32
Dubai: Iran’s security forces deployed in large numbers across the capital on Sunday, expecting more protests after its Revolutionary Guard admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane at a time of soaring tensions with the United States.
Riot police in black uniforms and helmets massed in Vali-e Asr Square, Tehran University and other landmarks as calls circulated for protests late
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:29:47
Guwahati: Opposition leader in the Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Saturday asked Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to quit the BJP along with his MLAs and form an alternate government in the state with support from the Congress.
Saikia, the senior Congress leader, said the new government will be "anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act" and "anti-BJP".
A day after the Union home ministry issued
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:24:04
Chennai, Jan 12 (PTI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said respect for all religions was inherent "in the Indian blood" and asserted secularism does not mean 'insult' or appeasement of one particular faith.
For a long time, India has sheltered persecuted persons and given refuge to many, Naidu said at an event here to mark the centenary of Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam, a Tamil monthly of S
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:22:05
New Delhi, Jan 12 (PTI) After effecting a major VIP security cut and withdrawal of SPG cover from the Gandhis, the Union government has now decided to completely remove NSG commandos from this task, official sources said.
This will be after over two decades that the 'black cat' commandos of the elite counter-terror force will be taken out from VIP protection duties, a task not originally charte
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