February 28, 2020 09:09 AM IST The British never liked the idea of being shown black flags in India when they were ruling the subcontinent. Their bias against black flags in India was passed on to the new rulers, who lapped up some of these unreasonable rules without giving them a thought.
February 28, 2020 08:43 AM IST A section of government officials and functionaries cutting across party lines and civil society groups feel that delimitation can be a tool to check the debilitating impact of the rapid demographic change in Assam.
February 28, 2020 08:28 AM IST Addressing a press conference here after meeting various shareholders post the Union Budget, Sitharaman said investors whom she met in her recent visit to Saudi Arabia expressed willingness to invest more in India.
February 27, 2020 07:54 AM IST Live updates of developments from north-east Delhi which has seen violence over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
February 26, 2020 01:25 PM IST On the face of it, the riots could be attributed to the total collapse of proper policing, lack of intelligence on local ferment and even reckless and irresponsible posturing by some politicians.
February 26, 2020 08:55 AM IST The ongoing violence in Delhi show that despite our history being scattered with riots at a nauseating frequency, we seem to repeat the same mistakes, again and again.
February 26, 2020 08:09 AM IST It also cautioned against content that may carry "defamatory, deliberate, false and suggestive innuendos and half truths"
February 26, 2020 08:09 AM IST The death toll has risen to 13 as police struggled to check the rioters who ran amok on streets, burning and looting shops, pelting stones and thrashing people
February 26, 2020 07:58 AM IST Live updates of the violence in north-east Delhi over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
February 25, 2020 11:30 AM IST Live updates of the tense situation in Delhi after violence over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
February 25, 2020 11:07 AM IST Addressing a protest here on Monday night against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), he said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah your police, the Delhi police was hurling stones along with the rioters. We condemn it(violence).. it is a matter of shame that violence occurred."
February 25, 2020 11:02 AM IST A head constable was among seven people killed and at least 50 others, including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday.
February 25, 2020 08:37 AM IST Anti-social elements indulged in violent incidents in Delhi, in the name of agitation to oppose the CAA, the minister of state for Home told reporters here.
February 25, 2020 08:08 AM IST The area turned it into a battlefield on February 24 with frenzied protesters torching houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump, and hurling stones
February 24, 2020 03:28 PM IST Police fired tear gas shells and also resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the protesters. A few policemen also attempted to pacify the groups.
February 24, 2020 09:18 AM IST After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi as part of a scheduled visit on Friday, Thackeray said that no one needs to fear about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and that the National Population Register (NPR) is not going to throw anyone out of the country.
February 23, 2020 06:47 PM IST BJP leader Kapil Mishra had called a gathering near the Maujpur traffic signal in support of the amended citizenship law following which a second group had assembled in the area. Later in the afternoon, a clash erupted between the two groups.
February 21, 2020 02:57 PM IST Giriraj Singh's comments came in the wake of the nationwide protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
February 21, 2020 12:09 PM IST Police registered a case under the Section 124A (Offence of Sedition) of the Indian Penal Code against Leona.
February 20, 2020 08:50 AM IST Delivering a talk on 'The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019: A Historical Imperative beyond Contemporary Politics' at the University of Hyderabad, Swamy cited "disinformation" on the CAA and said he had invited opposition Congress leaders for a public debate on the matter.
February 19, 2020 12:06 PM IST The protest call here was given by a collective of Muslim outfits. Agitators carrying placards against CAA, NRC and NPR, besides the Indian flag, converged at Chepauk as part of their original plan to lay seige to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, located inside the state Secretariat, and raised slogans against the amended law.
February 17, 2020 03:10 PM IST Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur sent Imam to the custody after the police said that another accused in the case disclosed that he was allegedly provoked by Sharjeel's speeches.
February 17, 2020 02:57 PM IST The matter will be heard next on February 24
February 17, 2020 02:42 PM IST At a time when there were several issues in the country that needed to be addressed, the Prime Minister was trying to divert the attention of people from various failed economic policies, the AICC secretary told reporters here.
February 17, 2020 02:40 PM IST The resolution is expected to be moved towards the end of the special discussion on the Constitution, scheduled for March 2 and 3, the sources said. The move is bound to face stiff resistance from opposition parties -- the Congress and JDS -- in the Assembly.
