Politics

The coastal state of Goa, a Portuguese colony for over 450 years gained independence from Portuguese rule in 1961. The departing Portuguese, however, had offered Goan natives of choosing Portuguese citizenship.

Addressing the huge gathering at the Gandhi circle on culmination of the march, the chief minister criticised the BJP, RSS, prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah for their decisions like CAA and NRC.

The Bihar bandh called by the main opposition party comes barely two days after a statewide shutdown was organised by the Left parties.

In view of continued protests against the citizenship law, Mayawati on Friday said her party 'does not believe in vandalism' and requested its members to express their opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 'through posts and mail and by handing ov...

Notably, Kumar becomes the first chief minister from the NDA camp to have voiced disapproval of the proposed move to have an all India NRC which has triggered country-wide tension and protests.

On December 18, six men, locally known as BJP supporters, were arrested in Murshidabad for throwing stones at a train engine plying on the Sealdah-Lalgola line in ‘lungi’ and ‘skullcap’.

Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on November 28 along with six ministers -- two each from alliance partners the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress.

All properties of those involved in damaging public assets will be seized and auctioned to compensate for the losses, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.

Addressing a rally in Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress supremo alleged that the BJP was trying to brand the protests against Citizenship Amended Act (CAA) as a fight between Hindus and Muslims in the country.

He said the BJP had failed the country by bringing about moves such as demonetisation and GST.

In its memorandum, the party said that a judicial probe be initiated on the "illegal action" of the Delhi Police against a "peaceful" protest organised by the students.

You talk about your issues and to handle those issues and solve those is the responsibility of the govt and would be the responsibility in future too, Gautam Gambhir said.

While the Shiv Sena had voted in favour of the bill in Lok Sabha, it abstained from voting in the Rajya Sabha, mostly under pressure from ally Congress.

Akhilesh Yadav took to Twitter and said that the BJP government had pushed the country into an inferno of violence by its destructive law.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the two-hour protest, which began at 4 pm, is to express solidarity with students from Jamia Millia Islamia University and other places.

Rahul Gandhi said he stands in solidarity with those protesting peacefully against them.