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Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps

KANGPOKPI, India — Phalneivah Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighborhood in India’s restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that she and her family could return soon. The relief camp is in Kangpokpi, about 50 kilometers from Imphal, the capital of India’s northeastern Manipur state, which has been wracked by ethnic violence since …

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18 hours, 30 minutes ago

BJP wants to disregard backward classes: Karnataka Congress MLC slams Amit Shah over Ambedkar remarks

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: Senior Congress MLC BK Hariprasad on Sunday hit out at the BJP and RSS saying that it was “ridiculous” for them to preach about patriotism when in the past they have opposed the country’s national flag and the Constitution. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Hariprasad said that the Congress will launch a series of protests against Union Minister Amit …

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Pak-trained terrorist's arrest sparks political row over border security in Bengal

India Today

The arrest of Javed Munshi, a senior member of the banned terrorist organisation Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district has triggered a political row. Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah, by saying, “The Border Security Force is responsible for border security. If the central government ensures proper sealing of the border, such incidents would …

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18 hours, 30 minutes ago

Congress MP Randhawa writes to Amit Shah demanding NIA probe into recent bomb blasts in Punjab

New Indian Express

CHANDIGARH: Congress MP from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has demanded that the National Investigation Agency investigate the eight blasts across police establishments in the state. Randhawa wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on December 19 stating that the recent bomb blasts in border districts needs to be investigated as the blasts have raised significant security concerns among residents. "The …

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Ambedkar statue vandalised in Ahmedabad amid controversy; Congress MLA Mevani warns agitation

New Indian Express

"We have registered a complaint in the matter and are actively working to apprehend the accused," said Ahmedabad ACP Krunal Desai regarding the vandalism of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue in the Khokhra area. "The comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah against Babasaheb Ambedkar in Parliament have sparked widespread anger among Dalits across India and Gujarat," said Congress MLA Jignesh …

Mevani Warns Khokhra

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Bihar police vow to make state free from Naxals by 2025

New Indian Express

PATNA: Bihar police on Monday said that the state will be made free from Naxal menace by 2025. Additional director general of police, Operations, Amrit Raj said that Maoists have already been driven out from North Bihar and no major incident of Maoist violence has been reported from this region. "We hope to make the state free from Naxal menace …

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Kerala Congress to march to District Collectorates over Amit Shah’s remark on Ambedkar, election rule change

The Hindu

The Congress will stage marches to District Collectorates in Kerala on December 24 to highlight Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s allegedly disparaging comments about the late Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the iconic chairperson of the committee that drafted the Indian Constitution. All India Congress Committee general secretary, K. C. Venugopal, MP, told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that Congress activists would meet …

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Amit Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar caused lasting shame on Parliamentary democracy: DMK

The Hindu

The high-level executive committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Sunday said the “insulting and distasteful attack” on Dr. Ambedkar in the Parliament by Home Minister Amit Shah had caused a lasting shame for the Parliamentary democracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party government. Amit Shah’s comments on Ambedkar: Congress demands HM’s resignation; INDIA bloc MPs protest in Parliament premises Another …

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More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry

The Hindu

“More than 37,500 Bru tribals, who were affected by the ethnic violence in Mizoram in the late 1990s and 2009, have been rehabilitated in Tripura at a cost of ₹821 crore provided by the Union Home Ministry,” officials said in Tripura’s Ambassa. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited some of these refugees in Tripura, on Sunday “On January 16, 2020, …

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Parliament Ambedkar row: Congress to hold press conference in 150 cities demanding Amit Shah’s resignation

The Hindu

Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday informed that the Congress MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the CWC members will do press conferences in 150 different cities across the nation demanding the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. "On 22 and 23 in more than 150 cities our MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the CWC members …

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DMK executive panel condemns Union Minister Amit Shah; slams BJP for bid to 'divert attention'

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: DMK's executive committee meeting, chaired by party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Sunday strongly condemned Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for "defaming" Babasaheb Ambedkar. Shah besmirched the sacrifices of Dr Ambedkar, which was "unacceptable" and a "blot" on Parliamentary democracy under the BJP regime, the Dravidian party alleged in a resolution. In order …

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Anita Katyal | Fuss over edited Amit Shah clip; how Priyanka got her ‘Bangla’ bag

Deccan Chronicle

Irrespective of who is to blame for last week’s scuffle between MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on the Parliament House premises, the fact is that the Narendra Modi government was rattled by the campaign launched by a united Opposition against home minister Amit Shah for what it described as “derogatory” references to Babasaheb Ambedkar in his …

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Congress steps up campaign over Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. Ambedkar

The Hindu

Stepping up its campaign against Home Minister Amit Shah for his comment that it has become a “fashion” to take Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s name, the Congress on Saturday announced a plan to hold countrywide press conferences and Ambedkar samman marches in the next few days. “On 24 December, all across the country, we will hold Babasaheb Ambedkar Samman Marches and …

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Ambedkar row: Amit Shah bitten by rabid dog, says Priyank Kharge

Deccan Chronicle

Kalaburagi: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on B.R. Addressing reporters here, the Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology said, "I don't know whether I will get a place in Heaven if I chant the name of God in seven births but by chanting the name of Ambedkar in …

Shah Kharge Ambedkar Rabid Dog

2 days, 9 hours ago

Amit Shah Should Apologise For Remark On Ambedkar Else BSP Will Stage Protest: Mayawati

ABP News

Lucknow, Dec 21 Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying that he should apologise for his statement on B R Ambedkar. In a series of posts on X in Hindi, Mayawati said, "Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, the author of the original book in the form of the super-humanistic and welfare Constitution …

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‘You Also Chant Modi-Modi’: Dalits Respond to Amit Shah's Remark on Ambedkar

The Quint

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dr. B.R Ambedkar, "It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. A Congress leader said, "The way home minister Amit Shah has insulted Baba Saheb Ambedkar inside the Parliament, he has no moral right to remain a minister." Another resident added, “The public keeps fighting while they only …

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Congress vs Amit Shah on BR Ambedkar: All is Fair in War and Politics?

The Quint

In his recent speech at the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate, Home Minister Amit Shah made several noteworthy statements that warrant serious discussion. Shah also accused the Congress of opposing welfare measures for Other Backward Classes while pushing for reservations for Muslims by exceeding the 50% limit set by the Constitution. Shah stated, “I want to tell the people …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Congress, AAP stage protests against Amit Shah, CT Ravi in Bengaluru

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: The Congress on Friday staged protests against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his Ambedkar remarks and against BJP MLC C T Ravi for his alleged derogatory remark against Women and Child Welfare Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar. Led by women Congress president Sowmya Reddy, party workers laid siege to the BJP office in Malleshwaram. Aam Aadmi Party workers staged a …

Bengaluru Congress Shah Ravi

2 days, 18 hours ago

Amit Shah advises Northeast police to 'work for citizens' as insurgency is 'solved'

New Indian Express

GUWAHATI: With the insurgency problem in the Northeast more or less solved, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday advised the police in the region to change its approach and work to ensure that people get their rights, including the protection of their lives and properties. We have to change the focus and training of police,” Shah said addressing the …

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Behind the attempt to de-spiritualise Ambedkar now

New Indian Express

Amit Shah's statement in the parliament on Dr BR Ambedkar, God and Heaven on December 18, 2024 is neither spontaneous nor a slip of tongue. Now Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have taken a strong position on Ambedkar's Constitution vs Manu Dharma Shastra, caste census and the removal of the 50 percent cap on reservation. His spiritual reference to Ambedkar, …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Kejriwal announces scholarship scheme for Dalit students amid Ambedkar row

New Indian Express

In his announcement of the Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship scheme, Kejriwal vowed that no Dalit student in Delhi would have to abandon their studies at foreign universities due to a lack of funds. He highlighted that Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, faced a similar struggle during his time at the London School of Economics and Political …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

Manipur Congress leaders stage protest against Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar

India Today

The Manipur unit of the Congress staged a protest in Imphal on Friday seeking the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks on BR Ambedkar during the Winter session of the Parliament. Addressing the media, state Congress legislative party leader O Ibobi Singh said that the BJP had levelled false allegations against Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi …

Congress Shah Singh Manipur Central Agencies

2 days, 18 hours ago

Arvind Kejriwal's scholarship scheme for Dalit students amid Ambedkar row

India Today

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced a scholarship scheme named after Dr BR Ambedkar aimed at Dalit students in the run-up to the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls amid a row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the Dalit icon in the Rajya Sabha. Kejriwal said he launched the Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship scheme in response to what …

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Ambedkar row: Amit Shah bitten by 'rabid dog', says Karnataka minister

India Today

Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on B R Ambedkar and alleged that he was "bitten by a rabid dog". Addressing reporters here, the Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology said, "I don't know whether I will get a place in Heaven if I chant the name of God …

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Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence in northeast India suffer squalid conditions in camps

BJP wants to disregard backward classes: Karnataka Congress MLC slams Amit Shah over Ambedkar remarks

Pak-trained terrorist's arrest sparks political row over border security in Bengal

Congress MP Randhawa writes to Amit Shah demanding NIA probe into recent bomb blasts in Punjab

Ambedkar statue vandalised in Ahmedabad amid controversy; Congress MLA Mevani warns agitation

Bihar police vow to make state free from Naxals by 2025

Kerala Congress to march to District Collectorates over Amit Shah’s remark on Ambedkar, election rule change

Amit Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar caused lasting shame on Parliamentary democracy: DMK

More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry

Parliament Ambedkar row: Congress to hold press conference in 150 cities demanding Amit Shah’s resignation

DMK executive panel condemns Union Minister Amit Shah; slams BJP for bid to 'divert attention'

Anita Katyal | Fuss over edited Amit Shah clip; how Priyanka got her ‘Bangla’ bag

Congress steps up campaign over Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. Ambedkar

Ambedkar row: Amit Shah bitten by rabid dog, says Priyank Kharge

Amit Shah Should Apologise For Remark On Ambedkar Else BSP Will Stage Protest: Mayawati

‘You Also Chant Modi-Modi’: Dalits Respond to Amit Shah's Remark on Ambedkar

Congress vs Amit Shah on BR Ambedkar: All is Fair in War and Politics?

Congress, AAP stage protests against Amit Shah, CT Ravi in Bengaluru

Amit Shah advises Northeast police to 'work for citizens' as insurgency is 'solved'

Behind the attempt to de-spiritualise Ambedkar now

Kejriwal announces scholarship scheme for Dalit students amid Ambedkar row

Manipur Congress leaders stage protest against Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar

Arvind Kejriwal's scholarship scheme for Dalit students amid Ambedkar row

Ambedkar row: Amit Shah bitten by 'rabid dog', says Karnataka minister