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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Help anti-CAA victims' families, Rahul a | New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked party workers to help out families of those who died or were injured during the anti-CAA protests across the country. | 30-Dec-2019 |
| CBI raids 13 places in J&K, NCR in arm l | New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) The CBI on Monday conducted searches at 13 locations spread across Srinagar, Jammu, Gurgaon and Noida in an ongoing investigation in two cases related to allegations of issuance of around two lakh arms licences from different districts of Jammu & Kashmir by their respective Deputy Commissioners or District Magistrates. | 30-Dec-2019 |
| Son shines in Thackeray cabinet; Ajit Pa | Mumbai, Dec 30 (TIWN) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday expanded his cabinet by inducting 35 ministers -- including his son Aditya Thackeray -- comprising 25 of Cabinet and 10 of Minister of State rank. | 30-Dec-2019 |
| No security breach during Priyanka's Luc | Lucknow, Dec 30 (TIWN) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday denied any security breach in Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's recent trip to Lucknow when she went to meet families of those detained in anti-CAA protests. | 30-Dec-2019 |
| 55 Sikh devotees booked for violating se | Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 30 (TIWN) About 55 Sikh devotees have been booked for violating Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc) by taking out a religious procession from Kiratpur Gurdwara in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on Sunday to commemorate the Shahidi Diwas (martyrdom of the sons of Guru Govind Singh). | 29-Dec-2019 |
| Twitterati hail as Amitabh gets Dadasahe | New Delhi, Dec 29 (TIWN) As President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday presented Amitabh Bachchan with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for outstanding contribution to the film industry, Twitterati tweeted congratulatory messages to the Bollywood superstar. | 29-Dec-2019 |
| Hundreds participate in Rainbow pride wa | Kolkata, Dec 29 (TIWN) Hundreds of members of sexually marginalised communities accompanied by family and friends, marched through the streets of Kolkata flaunting vivid costumes on Sunday railing against a proposed National Register of Citizens and the new citizenship law CAA. | 29-Dec-2019 |
| Karnataka's Hindu pontiff Vishwesha Tirt | Bengaluru, Dec 29 (TIWN) Karnataka's revered Hindu pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt passed away at the state's coastal Udupi town on Sunday, an official said. He was 88. | 29-Dec-2019 |
| Priyanka visits family of another jailed | Lucknow, Dec 29 (TIWN) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Sunday, met the family of party worker and social activist Sadaf Zafar who was arrested while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). | 29-Dec-2019 |
| CAA protests: Trinamool holds sit-ins in | Kolkata, Dec 29 (TIWN) The ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday organised sit-in demonstrations across West Bengal against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, with its leaders and workers taking part in the demonstrations held in all the 294 Assembly constituencies of the state. | 28-Dec-2019 |
| Assam can't be run from Nagpur: Rahul | Guwahati, Dec 28 (TIWN) Accusing te BJP of spreading hate, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party would ensure Assam was run not from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters at Nagpur but by the people of the state. | 28-Dec-2019 |
| Priyanka reaches Lucknow to hold meeting | New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday reached Lucknow to lead a party meeting to devise a strategy to take on the Uttar Pradesh government on the police brutality against anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| CAA: Video of Kolkata professor leading | Kolkata, Dec 28 (TIWN) The video of a senior faculty member of Presidency University leading a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Kolkata and declaring that he would burn copy of the legislation has gone viral. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| J&K people have welcomed Union Territory | Jammu, Dec 28 (TIWN) BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Friday claimed that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the formation of the new union territory as the whole region has remained peaceful following the central government's decision to abrogate Article 370. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| Allow people to foment trouble for media | Kolkata, Dec 28 (TIWN) BJP West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday created a controversy when he said his party lets people foment disturbances to provide fodder to the media which looks for such news. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| Mamata to attend Hemant Soren's swearing | Kolkata, Dec 27 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be among the host of opposition leaders slated to attend the December 29 swearing-in ceremony of Hemant Soren as Jharkhand chief minister in Ranchi, sources close to her said. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| No one will be stripped of citizenship: | Shimla, Dec 27 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said no one would be stripped of their citizenship and accused the Congress of spreading rumours. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| Jamia students on hunger strike amid cal | New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Amid Protests against the amended Citizenship Act, the students of the Jamia Millia Islamia have given a call of one-day hunger strike for impartial inquiry into the violence. If the demand are not met, they said, this may convert into a relay hunger strike to press the demand. | 27-Dec-2019 |
| CAA protests point to expanding influenc | New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN) The President of India signed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on December 13, which was a Friday. For those who are superstitious, the timing of the law couldn't have been more grim. Since then, vociferous protests and violence leading to many deaths, primarily in three states -- 5 in Assam, 18 in Uttar Pradesh and 2 in Karnataka. | 26-Dec-2019 |
| CAA protest: Jamia students to gherao UP | New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN) Jamia Millia Islamia students will gherao the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in the national capital on Friday to agitate against the Yogi Adityanath government over the deaths during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in the state. | 26-Dec-2019 |
| Arundhati Roy gets trolled over NPR rema | New Delhi, Dec 26 (TIWN) A day after acclaimed author Arundhati Roy made the remark that the National Population Register (NPR) would serve as a database for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), besides asking people to oppose it by giving wrong names, Twitterati on Thursday trolled her for her remark. | 26-Dec-2019 |
| Mamata warns BJP not to use state repres | Kolkata, Dec 26 (TIWN) Warning the BJP not to use force in states ruled by it on people protesting against the new citizenship law CAA, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to the students to continue their movement on the issue without bowing to threats and repression. | 26-Dec-2019 |
| NPR in a new avatar invades right to pri | New Delhi, Dec 26 (TIWN) The Congress on Thursday alleged that the government is trying to bring in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) "in the guise of the National Population Register (NPR)". | 26-Dec-2019 |
| Priyanka to meet victims of CAA crackdow | Lucknow, Dec 26 (TIWN) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will meet the party leaders and workers who have been jailed here following the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) stir last week. | 26-Dec-2019 |
| German student at IIT Madras who partici | NEW DELHI, Dec 26 (TIWN): A German Student at IIT Madras has been asked to leave the country immediately, The Indian Express reported. Jakob Lindenthal is a student in the Master’s course in the Department of Physics. According to Jakob, he was asked to leave the country days after he took part in protests against the just amended citizenship law and proposed pan-India NRC exercise. | 25-Dec-2019 |
| Congress sings 'JUMLA Bells' for PM Nare | NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (TIWN): Santa, take note: the Congress is being naughty again. Bursting with Christmas cheer, India's main opposition party is singing merrily away about some of its favourite topics -- no, you better not pout: no extra prizes under the tree for guessing correctly. | 25-Dec-2019 |
| CAA was Mahatma Gandhi's dream: Goa CM | Panaji, Dec 25 (TIWN) The Citizenship Amendment Act was a dream of Mahatma Gandhi, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday, adding that the law, which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, would be passed in the state legislative assembly soon. | 25-Dec-2019 |
| Owaisi urges KCR to stay NPR work | Hyderabad, Dec 25 (TIWN) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday appealed to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to stay work on National Population Register (NPR) as done by the Kerala government. | 24-Dec-2019 |
| Vajpayee's legacy in present day India o | New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN) What would the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee do in today's tense political atmosphere where the treasury bench quickly alleges that the opposition gives cushion to "Pakistan narratives" and the opposition loses no time to call the government of the day "liars"? | 24-Dec-2019 |
| Christ's teachings inspire millions acro | New Delhi, Dec 25 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the people on Christmas, saying the teachings of Jesus Christ inspire millions across the world. | 24-Dec-2019 |
| People giving befitting replies to BJP's | Kolkata, Dec 24 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for making contradictory statements on NRC and said the people have started giving befitting replies to the BJP's "arrogance and audacity". | 24-Dec-2019 |
| Chhattisgarh minister Singhdeo observer | New Delhi, Dec 24 (TIWN) Chhattisgarh minister T.S. Singhdeo has been appointed as observer for the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Jharkhand which is scheduled to elect its leader in the Assembly. | 24-Dec-2019 |
| 'If CAA not related to religion, why not | New Delhi, Dec 24 (TIWN) Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP Vice President for West Bengal, on Tuesday demanded transparency in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 saying if it was not related to any religion, then Muslims should also be included. | 24-Dec-2019 |
| JU students block Governor's car, show b | Kolkata, Dec 24 (TIWN) A large number of students and staff of Jadavpur University on Monday blocked the car of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and staged a black flag demonstration, besides raising "Go back" slogans against him when he arrived at the campus to attend an official meeting. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Outgoing Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das loses | Ranchi, Dec 24 (TIWN) Outgoing Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das was on Monday defeated in his bastion, Jamshedpur East, by his Independent rival and former cabinet colleague Saryu Roy by a margin of 15,833 votes. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Mamata for uniting opposition on single | Kolkata, Dec 23 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has on Monday called for opposition unity by uniting all like-minded parties on a platform to protest against the 'draconian' BJP-led National Democratic Allaince (NDA) regime. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| This will be my defeat, not BJP's: Raghu | Ranchi, Dec 23 (TIWN) Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday took the full responsibility of BJP''s humiliating defeat in the Jharkhand Assembly polls. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Congress hijacks BJP's 'sabka saath' slo | Ranchi, Dec 23 (TIWN) With the Grand Alliance comprising it, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) heading for a clear majority in 81-member Jharkhand assembly, the Congress seems to have hijacked the BJP's slogan of 'sabka saath' with a top party leader saying they will take all parties together, even after forming the government. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Join protest against hate, violence unle | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN) Ahead of the Congress protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Rajghat, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday appealed the students and youth to join the protest. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Modi says no detention camps, minister a | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN) While Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that there are no detention centres in the country, his ministers informed the Lok Sabha numerous times that there are six such centres in Assam. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Cong-JMM alliance gives jolt to BJP, on | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN) Jharkhand is set to give a jolt to the ruling BJP with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance establishing leads in 42 assembly seats, the magical mark to form the government. | 23-Dec-2019 |
| Cong-BJP-JMM-AJSU fight for Jharkhand As | Ranchi, Dec 23 (TIWN) The counting of votes for the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly began on Monday. | 22-Dec-2019 |
| Congress wonders about Modi-Shah tension | New Delhi, Dec 23 (TIWN) After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's huge rally here on Sunday where he criticised the opposition for misleading youth on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala has speculated if the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are at loggerheads. | 22-Dec-2019 |
| Christmas cheer evaporates with violence | Lucknow, Dec 22 (TIWN) With Christmas around, there seems to be no cheer in the air. Gloom weighs down heavily with the fog and smog, the chill in the air and the violence around. | 22-Dec-2019 |
| India, Pak make conflicting claims on ac | New Delhi, Dec 22 (TIWN) There are conflicting claims being made by India and Pakistan about what happened in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Saturday. | 22-Dec-2019 |
| Kinnar Akhara to camp for the first time | Prayagraj, Dec 22 (TIWN) After participating for the first time in the Kumbh Mela 2019, the Kinnar Akhara, which has been incorporated as part of Juna Akhara this year, would be given a camp of its own for the first time in the upcoming Magh Mela 2020. | 22-Dec-2019 |
| Students, activists protest again at Del | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) A group of students and activists, including some carrying musical instruments, again gathered outside Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday to protest over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). | 21-Dec-2019 |
| CAA-NRC finds support among people but f | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) A snap poll done on the hot button issue of CAA-NRC by IANS-CVoter has found that several faultlines exist on a regional, state and religious basis on those supporting the act and those against it. | 21-Dec-2019 |
| FM's 10 points believed to have been pre | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Saturday's Council of Ministers meeting is learnt to have presented a 10-point action agenda, including liquidity, PSU recap and board professionalism, Corporate tax cut, Real Estate Fund, MSMEs redressal among other things since she was given the ministry in June. | 21-Dec-2019 |
| 55.9% Indians agree CAA/NRC only against | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) As 55.9 per cent people across the country believe the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are only against illegal immigrants, 31.9 per cent people feel that these are against Indian Muslims, as per an IANS-CVoter survey. | 21-Dec-2019 |