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The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters
A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.
Haryana govt denies social boycott of Dalits, SC takes tough stand
On December 4, Kumari Selja, who was recently appointed as Congress party chief in Haryana, raised a question in Rajya Sabha to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment if the government was aware about Dalits being boycotted in a village in Haryana.
Lakhs of people protest CAB, 2019 in Assam
Protest by cotton College Student's UnionGuwahati, December 6, 2019:...
CAB reaction: Security tightened in BJP, RSS and AGP offices, not in vulnerable Assamese-Bengali areas
Representation Image / PTIGuwahati, December 6, 2019: Amidst...
NRC related panic claims another life in Bengal
Folk singer, found hanging in Jalpaiguri. Family suspects he...
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam
The bill to amend the Citizenship Act will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 9 and will be taken up for debate, the next day. The ruling government had already declared that the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will be passed by the Parliament by December 10.
CAB meets with staunch criticism, opposition in RS determined
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 –though not yet tabled in Parliament—has met with a staunch opposition from parties across the spectrum. It is slated to be tabled next week
What criminals could not achieve has now been legitimised by the Court: December 6
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GOI relents to Parliament pressure, will consider legal provisions against lynching
Sabrang India has been reporting on the questions raised by the Members of Parliament and the answers given by the ruling government in response. It has been observed that the question about the government’s intention on introducing a law against lynching has been asked 13 times in the Parliament until now.
Protests break out against CAB, 2019
Pune to Kolkata, Delhi to Mumbai and Lucknow, protests from a variety of Citizens groups and organisations have broken out over the brazen attempt at partisan citizenship : Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019
Karnataka bye elections to determine BJP’s fate in the state
Bye polls were conducted in 15 assembly constituencies on Thursday.Counting will take place on December 9.
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