Some years ago, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had boasted of a “Congress-mukt” Bharat. It was the result of the party’s victory in a series of assembly elections across India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power for the first time more than five years ago.

Killing or injuring and firing on innocent Bangladeshi citizens on the border with India will dominate the six-day director general level conference between BGB and BSF scheduled to begin at New Delhi on December 25.

India's ruling party launches a video with animated Muslim characters on social media in a publicity blitz aiming to bust "myths" around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, is appointed as the new foreign secretary of India for a two-year fixed term.

India’s ruling party yesterday launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media in a publicity blitz to try to bust “myths” around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.

Congress, the main opposition party in India will stage a sit-in at Rajghat, the memorial of the country’s Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, tomorrow protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed National Register of Citizens.

Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead a rally for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital.

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.