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Question & Answer : Citizenship amendment law explained

The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) became law after receiving the President’s assent on Thursday, following a bruising debate in Parliament . Assam has been in the throes of violence since Wednesday, when Rajya Sabha took up the Bill after it was passed in Lok Sabha , with its capital under indefinite curfew, and Army and paramilitary columns rolling across multiple towns.

This may have four subway stations including Rajiv Chowk Night of December 31

This is a very important information for those living in Delhi who come to Connaught Place to celebrate the new year. If these people come here through the metro, then this time they will have to use some other means. It may be that the four metro stations in Rajiv Chowk and its surroundings will be closed after nine o’clock. Other metro stations include Barakhamba, Janpath and Patel Chowk Metro stations. DCP of New Delhi district Ish Singhal has written to DMRC asking that all the gates of Rajiv Chowk metro station be closed after nine o’clock on the night of 31 December and DMRC is ready to close the remaining three metro stations as well

Gujarat Woman Beats Up Husband & His Girlfriend After Catching Them Together in Cinema Hall

New Delhi: There’s nothing worse than getting cheated on and its automatic for a person to get angry when one’s confronted with the disturbing reality. However, things got a little out of hand in one such instance in Gujarat, where a woman thrashed and dragged her cheating husband and his alleged girlfriend, out of the movie hall.

It all happened when earlier this week, the 45-year-old woman from Ahmedabad, got a call from an acquaintance informing her that her husband was watching ‘Mardaani-2’ in a cinema hall, according to a report in The Times of India.

PM Modi, Pranab Mukherjee, top political leaders invited to Hemant Soren’s swearing-in

Ranchi, Dec 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former president Pranab Mukherjee, chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are among those invited to Jharkhand chief minister-designate Hemant Sorens swearing-in ceremony on December 29. The others invited to the programme to be held at the sprawling Mohrabadi grounds here are…

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Anna Hazare demands his security be withdrawn, writes to CM Uddhav Thackeray

PUNE: Social activist Anna Hazare has demanded that the security provided to him by the government be withdrawn.

Hazare sent a letter to this effect to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday.

Security cover to him was a waste of public money, he said.

Many people had threatened him in the past, but he always ignored them, he said.

“I had requested the state government to revoke my security. But the government has not responded to my request. In the meantime, I came to know that the government is revoking the security of some people.

Indian Railways may hike passenger fare; Freight rates will be reduced

Amid theories of traveler price rise in not so distant future, railroad board director V K Yadav said on Thursday that rail routes are ‘justifying’ its travelers and cargo fees. He said the freight rates are as of now high.

Officials said that while increasing freight is the only major solution to overcome the financial crisis, in the current situation there is little room for it, so raising passenger fares is the only immediate option before the railway.

IMD issues severe cold ALERT for next 48 hrs as North India reels under coldest winter in 118 years

Numbing winter chills sets in across North India, temperatures expected to drop further

Delhi is on the verge of recording the second-coldest December since 1901. According to the weather department, the temperature in the national capital continues to drop and if forecasts are to be believed, the national capital would witness the season’s lowest temperature over the weekend. If so happens, Delhi would witness its coldest December in 118 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.

Jaish-e-Mohammad planning to execute terror attacks in Ayodhya, reveal intelligence agencies

Banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is planning terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, according to intelligence agencies. Sources told Zee Media that a message of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar has been intercepted by intelligence agencies and the message sent via chatting app Telegram has revealed that Pakistan-based terror group is planning to execute attacks in Ayodhya. It is to be noted that Telegram is widely used by JeM and other terror groups for communication.

RBI launches new prepaid payment instrument for digital transactions up to Rs 10,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday introduced a new type of semi-closed prepaid payment instrument (PPI), which can be used only for purchase of goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000. Money will be loaded or reloaded in the new PPI only from a bank account for making digital payments such as bill payments, merchant payments, etc. The new PPI could be issued on the basis of essential minimum details sourced from the customer.

7000 paramilitary personnel withdrawn from J&K

72 CAPF companies to be withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to withdraw 72 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies from Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect. News agency ANI reports that 72 companies will include 24 CRPF, 12 BSF, 12 ITBP and 12 CISF companies.

‘PM Modi was right, no discussion on NRC right now’: Amit Shah

Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that there is no pan-India discussion on National Register of Citizens (NRC) at the moment. The home minister emphasised there have been no talks on the subject either in Parliament or the Union Cabinet.