Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Executive President Hemanat Soren created a big controversy on Wednesday after he said that "men clad in saffron clothes marry less and rape more", inviting sharp reaction from the ruling BJ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the amended Citizenship Act, but refused to grant a stay on its operation. 59 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the Act, which will provide Indian citizenship to migrants from six non-Muslim communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. ...
New Delhi, Eminent author, politician and diplomat Shashi Tharoor was on Wednesday among the 23 writers named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India in the creative non-fiction in English category....
Kolkata, Two BJP MPs were arrested in West Bengal's Malda district on Wednesday while they were on their way to visit a railway station vandalised during the stir against the CAA, police said. ...
Kolkata, Assailing Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment that Aadhaar was not a proof of citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked him why was it linked to bank accounts, voter id and mobile connections and said it was his duty to douse flames rather then setting the country on fire. ...
Ranchi,Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over the police crackdown on university campuses. She also said that the new law has been brought to divert attention of the people from economic issues....
New Delhi, "Although I am a Buddhist, I still oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)," Congress leader Udit Raj told IANS on Wednesday....
New Delhi,Twitter users on Wednesday hailed former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan for batting for communal peace and spread of love in the wake of violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act. ...
New Delhi,World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India has appointed entrepreneur and conservationist Upasana Kamineni as its first philanthropist ambassador....
Chennai,The DMK and its allies on Wednesday decided to hold a procession against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on December 23, said DMK President M.K. Stalin, while the university and college students continued with their protests in Chennai and Coimbatore for the second day....