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Sporadic protests in India over contentious citizenship law

GUWAHATI, India, March 12 (Reuters) – Sporadic protests have erupted in India against a citizenship law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government implemented the legislation just days before a general election is announced. Protests broke out in the eastern state of Assam and the southern state of Tamil Nadu late on Monday evening after the implementation was announced, authorities said. There were no reports of damage or any clashes with security forces. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government framed rules on Monday to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), making

Will resign if one person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship: Assam CM

Guwahati, Mar 12 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship. His comment comes after protests erupted across Assam with opposition parties flaying the BJP government at the Centre for implementing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) on Monday, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. ”I am a son of Assam and if a single person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, I

Political realignment on cards in Haryana, BJP-JJP alliance at break point

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 12 (ANI): Fast paced political developments are taking place in Haryana with trouble in the ruling coalition of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and JJP (Jannayak Janata Party). Sources say that the alliance is at a break point with Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala of the JJP returning his official carcade. According to the said sources the next few hours are critical in the state and there could be changes in the State cabinet with the imminent exit of the JJP. The BJP has rushed its office bearers Tarun Chugh and Union Minister Arjun Munda to

SC rebukes SBI, directs it to furnish details of electoral bonds to EC by tomorrow

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI): Chastising the SBI, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered it to disclose the details of the electoral bonds encashed by political parties to the Election Commission by the close of the business hours on March 12 and warned the country’s largest public sector lender that the court may proceed against it for ”wilful disobedience” if it failed to comply with its directions and deadlines. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, while dismissing the State Bank of India’s plea seeking extension of time till June 30 to disclose the details, also

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