Jamia Millia Islamia university has submitted a fresh report to the Human Rights Development (HRD) Ministry requesting judicial enquiry into the entry of police on the university premises on December 15. The varsity had earlier submitted reports in the matter on December 15-16.

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition parties are preparing for a fresh face-off from tomorrow on the issue of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens across the country.

Thousands of people joined fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 25 killed so far in nearly two weeks of widespread unrest.

At least 15 people, including an eight-year-old boy, are killed in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turns violent in the India’s most populous state.

The death toll in police firing during violence protests against the divisive amended citizenship law rises to three with one more person succumbing in the southern city of Mangalore in BJP-ruled Karnataka.

Scores are detained in Bengaluru and Delhi including eminent historian Ramachandra Guha for staging agitation against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC in defiance of prohibitory orders imposed in the two cities.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday lashed out at Union home minister Amit Shah for bringing in the amended citizenship law, which she termed “divisive”, and said he must douse the fire caused by the legislation.

India’s Supreme Court declines to stay implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but agreed to examine its constitutional validity.

The face-off between firebrand West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has escalated ever since the amended Citizenship Bill became a law last week.

Prohibitory orders are issued in northeast Delhi, banning the gathering of large crowds as a preventive measure, after violent clashes erupted in the Seelampur region of east Delhi on Tuesday afternoon.

My recent op-ed for The Daily Star about the controversial drive for citizenship screening in India’s Assam, involving the “illegal” Bengali-origin Muslims, drew considerable attention from the readers, with a particular curiosity about the Miya (also spelled Miyah) poetry used to assert the identity and rights of the people as settlers and citizens of India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes a veiled dig at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had said at an election rally in Jharkhand recently that those involved in arson and violence during the protest against Citizenship (Amended) Act can be "identified by their clothes".

Protests against the amended Citizenship Act continue in parts of West Bengal for the fifth consecutive day even as police arrested 354 people in connection with the arson and violence.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan terms the prevailing situation over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 as “volatile” and it has been created by BJP-RSS combine.

Chief Ministers of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan hit the streets leading a massive protest opposing the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India.

The Supreme Court in India will on Tuesday hear the incidents of violence at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh Muslim University following protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

Students protest erupted in campuses of at least four Indian universities against the Delhi Police crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia after last evening's pitched street battles over the new citizenship law that gives Indian nationality to non-Muslim settlers from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The central government in India has moved to allay fears over an influx of Bangladeshi Hindu refugees into the northeast with a number of tweets on the official PIB Twitter handle this morning, after violent protests engulfed Assam and parts of the region for a fifth consecutive day yesterday.

Sporadic violence breaks out in Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of India’s West Bengal state where protest grew against the amended Citizenship Act, police say.

After supporting BJP over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a key party ally in Assam has now decided to oppose it. The AGP announced its decision on Saturday after a meeting of the senior party leaders. The party will approach the Supreme Court against the CAA according to media reports.