NEW DELHI: Bengal BJP functionary Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday called on home minister Amit Shah to raise the issue of attacks on Hindus and temples in Bangladesh, asserting that the situation in the neighbouring nation underscored the necessity of CAA.After meeting Shah, Adhikari said the home minister told him that Centre is taking appropriate action…
GUWAHATI: Assam has had just eight applicants for citizenship under CAA to date and six of them are still to report for interviews, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, contradicting projections by some organisations that the state’s population could potentially swell by up to 50 lakh because of this provision.“When I contacted some Hindu Bengali…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued the first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.“Today itself in Delhi 300 people are being given citizenship under CAA. CAA is the country’s law”, home minister Amit Shah told ANI.Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla handed over citizenship certificates to first 14…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing claims by opposition parties that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be scrapped immediately if they come to office, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday declared that the process of giving citizenship under the law will begin this month, while also defending the “timing” of Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by saying…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday attacked Congress leader P Chidambaram’s statement that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) and the three new criminal laws will be revoked if Congress comes to office, calling it as a brazen act of appeasement and the former finance minister’s party has lost nerve after seeing the…
BHOPAL: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Saturday doubled down on his comment that India would not hesitate to pursue terrorists into Pakistan if they sought refuge there – “ghar mein ghuske marenge” – even as Pakistan’s foreign ministry reacted strongly to his statement, calling it “provocative and myopic”.Addressing poll rallies at Singrauli and Sidhi in MP,…
KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday taunted the BJP‘s goal of securing over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and challenged them to win at least 200 constituencies. While addressing her first rally of the election season after her injury earlier this month, Mamata Banerjee strongly opposed the implementation of…
