Author, politician and diplomat Shashi Tharoor was among the 23 named on Wednesday for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book "An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India" in the creative non-fiction section in English category. ...
The government has violated several laws with the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the new law lacks the method to verify whether refugees are persecuted or not, according to the Congress here on Wednesday....
Four musicians from a band, Dastaan Live, performing at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, were arrested on Wednesday and later released on bail for allegedly insulting Hindu sentiments....
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Executive President Hemanat Soren created a big controversy on Wednesday after he said that "men clad in saffron clothes marry less and rape more", inviting sharp reaction from the ruling BJ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the amended Citizenship Act, but refused to grant a stay on its operation. 59 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the Act, which will provide Indian citizenship to migrants from six non-Muslim communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. ...
New Delhi, Eminent author, politician and diplomat Shashi Tharoor was on Wednesday among the 23 writers named for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India in the creative non-fiction in English category....
Kolkata, Two BJP MPs were arrested in West Bengal's Malda district on Wednesday while they were on their way to visit a railway station vandalised during the stir against the CAA, police said. ...
Kolkata, Assailing Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment that Aadhaar was not a proof of citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked him why was it linked to bank accounts, voter id and mobile connections and said it was his duty to douse flames rather then setting the country on fire. ...
Ranchi,Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over the police crackdown on university campuses. She also said that the new law has been brought to divert attention of the people from economic issues....
New Delhi, "Although I am a Buddhist, I still oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)," Congress leader Udit Raj told IANS on Wednesday....
