T’puram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has come out against Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement that there was an unnatural demographic change in the border states and that the reason for the same was infiltration. Vijayan said such a statement was intended to spread hatred in society. He was referring to a statemement made by…
Amit Shah, Subhendu Adhikari in 125 years birth centenary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. In the city…
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor with his supporters after offering prayers at a temple in Patna on Sunday Patna: Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor is set to face the biggest political test of his career as he prepares to make his electoral debut from the high-profile Bankipur assembly bypoll in Patna, a traditional BJP bastion. His…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Thursday quashed an externment order against the office-bearer of a party who organised public protests on issues such as the Citizenship Act amendments and said mere opposition to a govt decision cannot be grounds to force a person out of his surroundings.Justice Madhav Jamdar quizzed the prosecution as to why…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that his govt had expelled 10,000 illegal infiltrators from the state and was holding another 1,800 at 12 centres awaiting deportation, while accusing the previous Mamata Banerjee-led govt of misleading Muslims for political gains and failing to secure Bengal’s international border.Responding to criticism over the Special Intensive Revision…
Kolkata: The BJP govt’s flagship outreach programme, Jan Kalyan Shivir, will be launched in Bengal from Monday, with camps offering a range of citizen-centric services, including assistance for Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applications, Aadhaar enrolment, opening of bank accounts and registration under welfare schemes such as Annapurna Yojana and Ayushman Bharat.Officials said the CAA enrolment…
Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi Guwahati: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are likely to visit Assam for a summit from July 1 to July 3, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.Japanese PM’s visit bears significance as violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Dec 2019 forced the cancellation of…
Kolkata: Of the 1.2 lakh Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applicants in Bengal, 19,000 have already been granted Indian citizenship certificates, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting at Nabanna. He added that those with pending CAA applications would also be considered eligible for the state’s Annapurna Yojana scheme.The CAA, which came into…
Around 30 lakh beneficiaries of Lakshmir Bhandar, the flagship scheme of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government, have been found unfit for the new Annapurna Bhandar scheme, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday. He said that these individuals were either non-Indian citizens or had been permanently removed from the state’s voter…
Pujari Lal, who migrated from Pakistan long ago but still awaits Indian citizenship New citizens Inkari Lal and Sikandar Lal celebrate voting rights in Khanna Pujari Lal, who migrated from Pakistan long ago but still awaits Indian citizenship New citizens Inkari Lal and Sikandar Lal celebrate voting rights in Khanna Pujari Lal, who migrated from…
