Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging CAA tomorrow

Delegations of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) have left for the national capital for the crucial hearing on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday, January 22. The Supreme Court will hear petitions filed against the Citizenship Amendment Bill by a host of groups and organisations from Assam […]

CAA, NRC ‘internal matters’ of India: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as ‘internal matters’ of India. She, however, said that the Act was not necessary and that she failed to understand the reason behind its implementation by the Indian government. She further said that there has not […]

“Will take any new party head on”: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Health and Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that the BJP will not shy away from a head on contest if the AASU goes ahead to form a political party. Sarma’s remark comes in the wake of repeated statements issued by AASU general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi and president Dipanka Nath that an alternate […]

Framing of CAA rules making steady progress: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Framing of rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act have already started and have made steady progress. This was informed by top BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma while speaking to newsmen in Delhi. Sarma stated that it was important to get done with the process at the earliest so that all confusion could be removed from […]

Sena, TMC, BSP, DMK, SP, AAP skip Congress-led opposition meet on CAA, NRC

The opposition once again failed to form a consensus in putting up a united front against the Centre despite massive protests across the country against CAA, NRC, and the violence against students among other issues. The meeting, called by the Congress party, comes in the backdrop of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act in different parts […]

Assam Assembly holds special session begins on a stormy note; Oppn stages walk out

The first leg of a day-long special session of Assam Legislative Assembly began with a stormy note on Monday. The second leg of the session, will resume at 5 pm and is expected to last till 10 pm in the night. Earlier in the day, opposition Congress and AIUDF MLAs walked out of the Assembly […]

Will push Centre for Inner Line Permit: Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma on Saturday said that his government is firm on the implementation of ILP in state and would continue to pursue the matter with Centre until complete protection is provided to the people of the state. The chief minister made the statement at the 15th Annual General Conference of the Council […]

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into effect from January 10

Amid ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Centre on Friday evening announced the enforcement of the contentious law. The Centre announced that the CAA has come into force from January 10, following a gazette notification issued by the Union Home Ministry. Widespread protests have been witnessed in several states since Parliament cleared the […]

CJI SA Bobde trashes plea seeking constitutional validity of CAA; says such petitions don’t help

Chief Justice SA Bobde on Thursday criticized a plea asking the amended Citizenship Act to be declared constitutional, saying such petitions won’t help when the objective should be to bring about peace in difficult times. The Chief Justice observed that the country is going through difficult times and now is not the right time to […]