The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday midnight though it was vehemently opposed by the major opposition parties which described it as "anti-Muslim".


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed delight over the passage of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha and lauded Home Minister Amit Shah's efforts in the same.

Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, " Delighted that Lok Sabha has passed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after a rich &

The ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress' Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate defeated the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee in its first poll win in the state from Parli in Beed.

The MVA candidate Ashrubai Kirawale defeated BJP's Ashabai Chopade in a by-election for the post of Sarpanch in Sirsala village on Sunday.<

Three BJP workers were attacked with iron rods and bottles by miscreants allegedly backed by Trinamool Congress, causing head injury to one of the victims, eye-witnesses said.

BJP worker Amit Ghosh, a resident of Kasba in South Kolkata, is now in hospital.

"I was chatting with my friends outside my house last (

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the election proceedings, allegedly for failing to provide information, against DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, initiated at the instance of an individual voter in the Madras High Court.

A Bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, issued n

The Supreme Court is slated to begin hearing on Tuesday on a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the revocation of the provisions of Article 370. The Article granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

A five-judge bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices S K Ka

Operations of the State Bank of India were halted for over an hour on Monday after the weekend core banking system upgrade threw up glitches. The ATM operations were also affected.

"The bank upgraded its Core Banking Solution (CBS) over the weekend, during which a minor technical glitch occurred, which has since been resolved

The Centre's total liabilities including those under the 'public account' increased to Rs 91.01 lakh crore at end-September from Rs 88.18 lakh crore at end-June this year, official data on public debt showed on Monday.

Accordingly, public debt accounted for 90.2 per cent of total outstanding liabilities at end-Septembe

The Thane Police on Monday arrested one person in connection with the 'suitcase murder' case of a young woman that stunned the city on Sunday, barely a day after Mumbai Police cracked a similar sensational case of the killing of a Santacruz musician.

Solving the case within barely 30 hours, Thane Police Commissioner Vivek

Dismissing allegations of deep discounting and predatory pricing, a top Amazon India executive on Monday asserted that sellers set their prices independently and the platform follows government rules very carefully in the country.

"Amazon is a 100 per cent pure marketplace in India. Sellers set the prices on their own. We do