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Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a must for national security on Tuesday, but made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Shah, addressing a convention on NRC at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here, also made it clear that all infiltrators will be identified and forced to leave the country. Shah also accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) of misleading the people on the issue. The TMC has sought to project the NRC exercise in Assam as an "anti-Bengali" move after nearly 12 lakh Bengali speaking people, including a large number of Hindus, were left out of the final list of citizens published on August 31. "People of Bengal are being misled on the issue of NRC. I am here today to clear all doubts on the BJP's stand .... Mamata Di is saying that millions of Hindus will … [Read more...] about NRC must for security, no Hindu will have to leave country: Amit Shah

Kolkata: City Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma on Sunday urged people to dial 100 and reach out to police as soon as they find any woman in distress. He promised to keep the identities of the callers confidential, if they desired so. "Did you see someone or something suspicious? Did you see any lady in distress? Did you see any person in problem? Plz #dial100 and inform us. We will keep your identity confidential if you desire @KolkataPolice," Sharma tweeted. Last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had directed all police stations to register complaints of violence against women without delay. She asked the senior officers to penalise police personnel, who refused to file a complaint in such cases. On Friday, the Kolkata Police had arrested 74 people from different parts of the city, during its drive against eve-teasers, trouble-mongers and unruly motorcycle riders. Sharma also rubbished a social media post which claimed that the Kolkata Police was providing "free ride to … [Read more...] about Dial 100 If You See Women In Distress, Top Cop Tells People

'The loose use of words like foreigner or Bangladeshis obscures the fact that the post-Partition migration to Assam has been of both Hindus and Muslims.' IMAGE: The Supreme Court has asked the government not to take any coercive action against those left out of the final NRC draft.It has also asked the Centre to 'formulate modalities and the standard operating procedures including timelines for deciding claims and objections arising out of the publication of the draft NRC'. Photograph: PTI Photo In the political brouhaha after the release of the final draft of the National Register for Citizens in Assam, few are asking the most important question: What will happen to the people who will be left out of the final NRC? The four million people excluded from the latest draft are trapped in a mire of uncertainty. Though the government has made it clear that exclusion from the draft NRC does not mean categorisation as 'non-Indians', these people are already being generalised as 'illegal … [Read more...] about ‘Assam has adjusted to the demographic transformation extremely well’

        The BCCI Chairman Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said that two day-night Tests would be too much. The response from former India captain came just a few days after a report from ESPNcrinfo cited Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings saying he is interested to push the idea of a series with more than one pink-ball Tests against India. Speaking at the India Today Conclave on Saturday, the 47-year-old said that the BCCI will assess it and make a call on it.“Whether India go to play two day-night Tests in Australia is not assured,” Ganguly said. “Two out of four would be a bit too much with the pink ball. We will assess it. I read it in the newspapers this morning. I haven’t heard anything from the Australian cricket board. We will deal with it as it comes.”Also read: ‘He’s lying in bed with my sister’: Faf du Plessis gives quirky reply on teammate’s absence from squadHe further added: … [Read more...] about ‘Two pink ball Tests in a series is too much’ – BCCI President Sourav Ganguly

Mumbai: TV actress Hina Khan played the leading role 'Akshara' in Hindi television show "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai", but it was her stint in "Bigg Boss 11" which gave her the tag of one of the most stylish divas of the small screen. Hina Khan says that it was not easy for her to move away from the image of a "bahu". "Honestly, it was a challenge for me. I never thought I will reach or achieve this goal so fast because breaking that stereotyped image of the 'bahu' that I played for eight years, where I wore all Indian clothes, was more difficult. I have done (one of the) longest running shows of Indian TV and it was difficult," Hina told IANS in an interview here. "When it is a one or two years long show, it is easy to move on (from a character), but for me, breaking that stereotype image was tough. However, I took it positively. I will not give up," added the actress, who walked as showstopper for Kolkata-based designer label Osaa by Adarsh at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) … [Read more...] about Bigg Boss is not SCRIPTED but well EDITED, says Hina Khan