BANGLADESH

Slew of protests against Citizenship Bill in Delhi

Protests held in Manipur against CAB

11:38 pm December 8, 2019

Imphal: Supporting the movement, spearheaded by the Manipur People Against CAB (Manpac), protesters came out in large numbers in many areas of the city on Sunday while women vendors of a temporary market here staged a sit-in against the proposed legislation. The women vendors of the Panthoibi temporary market at Khwairamban Keithel stopped their daily […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

CAB set to be tabled in Parliament next week; non-Muslim refugees from Pak, B’desh, Afghanistan to get citizenship

7:14 pm December 6, 2019

New Delhi: Members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan facing persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship when the proposed amendments to the six-decade-old Citizenship Act come into effect. According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was distributed […]

Citizenship Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday

7:13 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 9 and will be taken up for passage the next day, official sources said on Thursday. The bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, will […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Union cabinet clears Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

1:23 pm December 4, 2019

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said on Wednesday. A bill to amend the the Citizenship Act, 1955, is likely to be introduced in the Parliament in the next two […]

Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi

1:03 pm December 2, 2019

Yangon: About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the UN’s highest court. Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party swelled the ranks in front of the colonial-era City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest […]