Congress-ruled Punjab state legislative assembly passes a resolution demanding that the Indian government scrap the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the second state to do so after Marxist-ruled Kerala.

India's latest "high-power" communication satellite GSAT-30, aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services, is successfully launched from French Guiana, the Indian Department of Space says.

Kolkata is often described as a city of protests. Street marches against the amended citizenship law and proposed NRC almost every day for the last month have helped burnish that image of Kolkata.

Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has joined the chorus against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, saying what is happening is "just bad" and he would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant create the next unicorn in India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not aimed at taking away anyone’s citizenship but giving citizenship and accused the opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the new law.

By deciding to boycott a meeting of about a dozen opposition parties in New Delhi, India on January 13—when they will try to firm up

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rethink his government’s decision over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home-coming day is celebrated at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, capital of India, with diplomats and other staff paying rich tributes to the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh.

India’s Supreme Court rules that the right to access the internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution and ordered restoration of internet services in all institutions providing essential services like hospitals and educational centres.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her Trinamool Congress would boycott a joint meeting of opposition parties called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday next in protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's controversial amended citizenship law and proposed NRC.

The ties between India and the US "have grown from strength to strength", Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to a statement by Indian government.

Violence rocks prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi of India as masked men armed with sticks attack students and teachers leaving 20 people injured and damaged property, prompting the administration to call in the police.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi said updating of the National Population Register (NPR) will be carried out in the state from May 15 to May 28 this year.

A key Indian minister has said the government's next move would be relating the deportation of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir as they would not be able to secure citizenship under the amended Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Union Home Minister of India Amit Shah says the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) despite the opposition parties’ criticism of the law..

Two Indian soldiers are killed in a gunfight with suspected militants along the border that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir between archrivals India and Pakistan, officials says.

The Kerala legislative Assembly has passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which seeks to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It has been more than a fortnight that the pan-India protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are going on.

Voicing grave concern over the impact of India’s National Register of Citizens and Citizenship Amendment Act, eminent jurist Shahdeen Malik says Bangladesh should be prepared to cope up with the stresses.

Mumbai-based copywriter Sarah Syed says she was long alarmed by the Hindu nationalist direction of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi but felt powerless to stop it -- until now. Like many others taking part in the current wave of protests, the final straw was Modi’s new citizenship law and then the images of students being tear-gassed when they demonstrated against it.