Amid reports of massive protests against the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people Assam that there is nothing to worry as their rights will not be hampered with the move.

For the past seven years, a Hindu migrant family is waiting to get Indian citizenship. Moments after Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, their hope turned into the end of the long wait. Being optimistic about the fact that they will soon get the citizenship of India, the family from Delhi named their newborn baby 'Nagrikta'.

An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the North-Eastern states of India with a suspension of mobile services in 10 districts of Assam as reports of people getting violent on the streets, burning effigies and public properties started pouring in to oppose the passage of Citizenship Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid violent protests in the North Eastern region of India. The mandate came with 125 voting for it and 99 against.

Minutes before the Citizenship Bill is to be tabled for a crucial debate in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a fresh pitch for its enactment at a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s parliamentary party meeting.

One day after the Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Bill, which seeks to fast-track Indian citizenship to members of persecuted minorities from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the BJP is confident that it will be cleared by the Rajya Sabha too.

One job that no one wants is of a hangman in jail, but a constable in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district has volunteered to execute Nirbhaya’s rapists after learning that Delhi’s Tihar jail does not have a hangman.

The GST council will be reducing the four tax slabs that currently exist – 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28% – to three – 8%, 18%, and 28%, said a news report.

A miffed bride over long delay in the arrival of baraat chose to pick up another groom in a marriage in Uttar Pradesh, said a report. According to a Times Of India report, the incident took place in Bijnor's Nangaljat village last week. The bride refused to go with her groom and instead got married to a local man on Saturday.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Citizenship Bill that grants residentship to religious minorities from three Muslim-majority countries in India's neighbourhood amid fiery 9-hour-long debate with Opposition claiming it to be a violation of Indian constitution by linking faith with citizenship.

Protesting against the hostel fees hike, JNU students had announced a protest march toward Rashtrapati Bhawan on Monday, but they were lathi-charged by the cops deployed to maintain peace.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended birthday greetings to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, wishing her a good and healthy life.

All flight operations remained suspended for the second day at the Srinagar airport due to dense fog on the runway.

The Telangana High Court will be hearing the petition plea against the police encounter of the four accused in the Vet rape and murder case. The court had directed the state government to preserve the dead bodies of the accused men till 8 PM on December 9.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally in Jharkhand, claimed that people in Karnataka have taught a good lesson to Congress in the by-election results.

43 people have been killed in a fire incident at Anaz Mandi, with many people still in shock of how the things folded amid screams of many trapped inside a building.

As Citizenship Bill is set to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, it is likely that the house will witness heated debate among the difference in opinions among the leaders of different political parties.

At least 43 people have been killed and over 21 have been injured in one of the deadliest fire incident in Delhi. A six-storey factory in the Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road was gutted into fire with laborers sleeping inside it.