Goa MLA takes offence over railway official’s ‘Goans Portuguese’ remark
Panaji: BJP MLA Alina Saldanha has taken offence and said she will take up the matter in the Goa Legislative Assembly after a railway official referred to Goans as “Portuguese” while addressing a delegation More...
Akhilesh attacks UP govt over new Police Commissionerate system
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to implement the Police Commissionerate system in Lucknow and Noida and said it was “another More...
Maha Cabinet expansion: Ajit Pawar sworn in as DyCM
Mumbai: NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Monday during expansion of the Uddhav Thackeray-led council of ministers. NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief More...
Citizenship Amendment Act: All Assam Students Union hints at launching political party
Guwahati: The All Assam Students Union (AASU), which has been protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act, on Sunday hinted at launching a political party along with ‘Shilpi Samaj’ (artists’ forum) More...
Assam govt employees announce cease work on Dec 18 against citizenship law
Guwahati: Employees of the Assam government Saturday announced that they will go for cease work on December 18 in protest against the amended Citizenship Act. Representative image Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad More...
10 police officials transferred in Assam
Guwahati: The Assam government has transferred 10 officials in the rank of superintendent of police in the wake of the violent protest across the state over the amended Citizenship Act, an official order said here More...
Expelled BJP MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion booked under SC/ST Act
Dehradun: The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Khanpur, Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion has been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly More...
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill clears Rajya Sabha test too
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Rajya Sabha on Wednesday More...
Assam burns over CAB, curfew in Guwahati
Guwahati: Guwahati, the epicentre of anti-CAB protests, was placed under indefinite curfew while Army was asked to be on standby in Assam and Assam Rifles personnel were deployed in Tripura on Wednesday as the two More...
Voting underway over CAB amendments in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Voting is currently underway on 14 amendments moved by members to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, in the Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu during House proceedings on Wednesday. The More...
