Amid protests in West Bengal and Assam over the new Citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated its importance and said it allows persecuted religious groups from neighbouring countries to become Indian citizen. He said the decision was "1000 percent correct".
2019-12-15 17:33:09
The death toll in the protests against the Citizenship Act in Assam has risen to six, with a protester succumbing to bullet injuries sustained during police firing on 12 December in Guwahati, News18 reported. Two people had died on the same day, soon after the firing incident.
2019-12-15 15:15:04
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said.
2019-12-15 15:08:48
At least 14 people were killed and dozens of others suffered injuries in a bus accident in Sindhupalchowk district on Sunday.
2019-12-15 14:46:27
In his first public rally after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act cleared the Parliament+ hurdle, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hinted that “some changes” could be made in the law’s provisions to address the concerns of the northeastern states.
2019-12-15 13:12:20
Australia could experience its hottest day on record next week as a severe heatwave in the country's west is set to make its way east, forecasters say.
2019-12-14 17:07:09
Boris Johnson is to visit the north of England later, hours after celebrating his party's biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside Labour in its traditional heartlands.
2019-12-14 15:47:02
Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests on Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured.
2019-12-14 14:48:50
The spectacle of Aung San Suu Kyi, a once-persecuted Nobel peace laureate now defending her country against allegations of genocide over its treatment of the Rohingya minority, has been one of bewildering irony.
2019-12-14 13:57:55
The Congress is holding a mega rally in Delhi today with top leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi participating. Rahul Gandhi said the party will protest what he termed "the dictatorship of the BJP government" and over the economy "that has been sent to the ICU".
2019-12-14 13:14:57
The US House Judiciary Committee has approved two impeachment charges against President Donald Trump, moving the process towards a full House vote.
2019-12-14 12:38:14
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India has been cancelled after an annual summit between the prime ministers of the two countries, scheduled to be held in Guwahati next week, was postponed amid violent protests in the northeast over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
2019-12-13 19:00:58
A massive crowd protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Meghalaya's capital Shillong was tear-gassed and lathi-charged by the police this evening after they reportedly threw stones at the police near the Raj Bhavan.
2019-12-13 17:28:47
New Zealand police deployed divers to look for two bodies near White Island volcano, after six bodies were retrieved in a recovery operation.
2019-12-13 17:18:49
Aung San Suu Kyi has been told her silence over allegations of sexual violence and rape carried out against Rohingya people in Myanmar “says far more than your words”, on the third day of the international court of justice’s hearing into accusations of genocide.
2019-12-12 21:12:38