India

The November 9 verdict had cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site.

December 12 is marked with an aim to raise awareness of the need for strong and resilient health systems and universal health coverage. Every year, UHC urges people to raise their voices for equal, affordable and quality health care.

The Indian Union Muslim League will on Thursday file a writ petition against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

On November 25, the body of the Dalit woman with her head smashed with a boulder and some knife injuries on the body was found at Kumram Bheem-Asifabaddistrict. Three men were arrested.

This observation seeks to rebut allegations that Gujarat police officers deliberately allowed miscreants to attack Muslims in Ahmedabad city, one of the worst affected areas during the communal conflagration nearly 18 years ago.

The Bill will alleviate the suffering of many who faced persecution for years, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In response to another question, Union Minister Shripad Naik said 21 people were killed and 19 injured at the firing range located at Tamulpur Patkijuli in Assam.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that India is historically a tolerant country which believes in secularism (but) their historic position will be weakened if they deviate from that.

The government will now explore possibility of covering shorter distance destinations under the scheme through buses.

While curfew was also imposed in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Wednesday night, a senior official said protesters pelted stones at Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's house in Lakhinagar area in the city.

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on Tuesday received the Sveriges Riksbanks Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2019 at an award ceremony here.

The state human rights commission sought a factual report from the Dausa administration and the police after a video of the incident went viral.

Terming it 'divisive and discriminatory', Sharma said the citizenship amendment bill was against the preamble of the Constitution which talks about 'liberty, equality and secularism'.

Dimapur, the commercial hub of the state, was the only district that was not under the ILP regime unlike the rest of Nagaland, which came into being in 1963.

The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, which seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there.

The contents of the Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday night, seem to be incompatible with some arguments put forth by the government at the time of its introduction.