How the Citizenship Amendment Act hampers India’s battle against radical Islam

Modi and Shah are refusing, in principle, to acknowledge the right of victims of Wahhabi Sunnis in the neighbourhood to demand justice.

Milind Murugkar

· Nov 22, 2020 · 06:30 am

Registrar General of India says schedule of NPR being finalised: Report

The exercise was supposed to start on April 1 but was postponed because of the pandemic.

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· Nov 18, 2020 · 10:09 pm

CAA: On plea claiming illegal detention and torture of minors, Allahabad HC seeks UP’s reply

The court asked the state to file a counter affidavit, establishing statutory compliance with the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, in all districts.

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· Nov 18, 2020 · 06:01 pm

NRC ‘fundamentally wrong’, Assam to start new exercise if SC permits, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The minister added that the new drive will begin after the state Assembly elections.

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· Nov 06, 2020 · 12:48 pm

Gauhati HC asks NRC coordinator to explain inclusion of ‘undeserving’ persons in final list

On October 13, NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma had asked deputy commissioners across the state to delete names of ‘ineligible persons’ from the document.

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· Oct 29, 2020 · 07:52 pm

Why a proposed museum for char dwellers is the new flashpoint in Assam’s culture wars

Hindutva, Clause 6 and a state election.

Arunabh Saikia

· Oct 28, 2020 · 06:31 pm

Is the final NRC published in Assam unravelling under political pressure?

As state elections approach, the BJP is pushing the Citizenship Amendment Act while casting doubts on the 2019 National Register of Citizens.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Oct 27, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘Muslims are not kids to be misguided,’ Owaisi tells RSS chief after anti-CAA protests remark

Mohan Bhagwat had said that the Muslim community was misled by people protesting against the law.

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· Oct 26, 2020 · 12:02 pm

‘Bid to intimidate’: Mumbai police criticised for demanding surety bonds from select CAA protesters

Of the thousands who participated in protests, 26 have been asked to sign bonds of good behaviour against sureties ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 50 lakh.

Aarefa Johari

· Oct 23, 2020 · 09:54 am

CAA: Assam students’ group protests after BJP chief says Act will be enforced soon

Members of the group burnt an effigy of JP Nadda.

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· Oct 22, 2020 · 12:38 pm

Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented soon, says BJP chief Nadda, cites Covid-19 for delay

Nadda said that work on implementing the CAA has resumed with gradual improvement in the coronavirus situation.

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· Oct 19, 2020 · 08:55 pm

Assam NRC coordinator asks authorities to delete names of ‘ineligible persons’ from register

These include those declared foreigners, those marked as Doubtful Voters and persons whose cases are pending at Foreigners Tribunals and their decadents.

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· Oct 14, 2020 · 05:40 pm