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Year in Review: Pulwama to CAA stir, 10 defining events for India in 2019

Days before the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events in economy, politics, space and judiciary that defined 2019 for India

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Updated On : 28 Dec 2019 | 8:50 AM IST

The year ahead will be dominated by the rising edifice of a Hindu Rashtra

The recent history of the world suggests economic pain doesn't create electoral openings

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 11:02 PM IST

Modi lying on detention camps, sanctioned Rs 46 cr for one in Assam: Gogoi

Gogoi said the Congress government in Assam he had headed had set up detention camps in the state as per a Gauhati High Court order

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 8:28 PM IST

Internet back in Kargil, no word on resumption of services in Kashmir

In Kargil, mobile internet services were restored in view of complete normalcy returning to the district, with no untoward incident taking place over the past four months, the officials said

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 6:23 PM IST

Priyanka hits out at Amit Shah, asks youth to 'understand the chronology'

Amit Shah had reportedly said first CAB will come, then NRC and not just for Bengal but for the entire country.

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 4:41 PM IST

From Citizenship Act to Article 370, how the Home Ministry had a busy 2019

MHA handled Citizenship Act protests, abrogation of Article 370, Pulwama attack among other issues. Amit Shah also took charge as the new Home Minister in 2019 after the Lok Sabha elections

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2019 | 6:08 PM IST

Year in Review: Events that made biggest political news in India in 2019

From revocation of J&K's special status to the Citizenship Amendment Act, Business Standard lists six defining events of 2019 that became the biggest political issues in India

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2019 | 3:38 PM IST

Congress is creating confusion over Citizenship Act in Delhi: Amit Shah

He aslo exuded confidence about the BJP's performance in the national capital, he said time is up for the Kejriwal government in Delhi and "lotus will bloom."

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2019 | 4:01 PM IST

Oppn 'spoiling atmosphere' with protests against citizenship law: Amit Shah

Shah also accused the opposition of misleading and confusing people over CAA and NRC

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2019 | 2:37 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi was right, no talk on pan-Indian NRC for now: Amit Shah

Denies link between NPR, NRC; Oppn steps up attack, says govt caught in its own trap

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2019 | 2:46 AM IST

MHA orders withdrawal of over 7,000 paramilitary personnel from Kashmir

These units drawn from the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and the SSB were sent to the Kashmir Valley after the Centre abrogated Article 370 provisions in Jammu and Kashmir

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Updated On : 25 Dec 2019 | 1:21 AM IST

NPR first step to NRC? Congress seeks to corner govt over MHA report

The Congress said the government cited the Home Ministry's reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha stating the same and alleged that the BJP government is now caught in a trap of its own making

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Updated On : 22 Jan 2020 | 3:52 PM IST

No link between NPR and NRC, state govts should not do politics: Amit Shah

In an exclusive interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash, Shah said that that information obtained through NPR cannot be used for NRC which was a separate process

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Updated On : 24 Dec 2019 | 8:18 PM IST

Amid protests, MHA official says no plans to prepare NRC on NPR basis

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also said that there has been no discussion in the government on the NRC

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Updated On : 24 Dec 2019 | 8:15 PM IST

Securing borders necessary for India's aim to achieve $5-trn economy: Shah

The Home Minister lauded the IB for ably tackling the challenges of national security, including busting of terror modules, in the last five years and tackling North East insurgency "very effectively"

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2019 | 6:44 PM IST

Amid nationwide protests, PM hints BJP's intent to put NRC on hold for now

Nadda had last week struck a hardline tone amid protests in different parts of the country, saying the CAA will be implemented across the country and so will the NRC

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2019 | 4:05 PM IST

CAA, NRC protests Highlights: Rahul hits out at PM over clothes remark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells Delhi rally Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are not agains Muslims.

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2019 | 11:15 PM IST

Citizenship protests: A new politics of resistance

A possible way of sustaining numbers is to broad base the protests by adopting other connected demands

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2019 | 7:16 AM IST

Citizenship Act: Over 1,000 academics come out in support of legislation

In the statement, they appealed to every section of the society "to exercise restraint and refuse to fall into the trap of propaganda, communalism and anarchism"

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Updated On : 22 Dec 2019 | 12:01 AM IST

Anti-CAA protests: 20 detained, 130 booked for violence in Maharashtra

The violence was reported in Kalamnuri town and Hingoli city in the district on Friday in which stones were hurled at policemen, he said

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2019 | 3:23 PM IST