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After a charged debate, the constituent assembly of India settled for a “jus soli” approach to citizenship. The first Home Minister of the Republic and a key contributor to the debates in the Constituent Assembly, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel while arguing for a broad based, non-discriminatory criterion for citizenship, said “There are two ideas about nationality in the modern world, one is broad-based nationally and the other is narrow nationality…It is not right for us to take a narrow view.” (CAD, 29th April 1947)

New Delhi: Trailing 1-3 Bombay Bullets, staged a remarkable comeback to pip Odisha Warriors 4-3 and become the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the Big Bout Indian Boxing League at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here tonight. The win helped them end the league phase tonight with 18 points.

Dambuk (Arunachal Pradesh): The Manabhum Off-Roaders Club of Arunachal displayed great tactical acumen and skillful driving to successfully defend their JK Tyre Orange 4X4 Fury title here late on Sunday night.

New Delhi: A disciplined performance in the bowling and on the field helped hosts Delhi register a nine-wicket victory over West Bengal in the opening match of the Samarthanam Women’s National T-20 Tournament for Blind at DDA Sports Complex in Saket, Delhi, on Monday.

Aizawl: The Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Aizawl is all set to host its first-ever Hero I-League match under floodlights as the Reds get all set to host the defending champions Chennai City on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games silver medallist Mehuli Ghosh on Monday lauded the Khelo India Youth Games initiative by the Indian sports ministry saying that the "competition helps youngsters experience the feel of big international tournaments."

ON December 6, 2019, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the National Convention on Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation, stated that “Rape convicts under (the) POCSO Act (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) should not have the right to file (a) mercy petition”. In all probability, this statement came in the backdrop of the public outrage against the recent cases of rape and murder that have again shaken the collective conscience of the country and re-awakened the wound of the Nirbhaya rape. India witnessed two grave atrocities against women within a period of one week – the Hyderabad and the Unnao rape cases, where both brutalities ended with the victims being charred to death by the alleged culprits.

As Soon as the scale of Labour’s shattering defeat began to emerge on December 12 night, pundits began to push the line that this was not just about Brexit but about Jeremy Corbyn, and more broadly the Labour Party’s significant shift towards socialism under his leadership.

It is rare for well-meaning outsiders to tell India what it stands for. But this is what has been happening for some time.

Any region that has been protesting from the very beginning against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, which is now an act, is the north-east region — mainly Assam, Tripura and Shillong in Meghalaya. Already, 4 have died in the Assam protests while in Tripura, there is an uneasy peace. In Assam, the situation is still tensed as the suspension of internet services in 10 districts of the Brahmaputra valley continues. Unlike the criticisms of the secular liberals and Leftists intellectuals and the late organised protests of West Bengal or Delhi against the new act by giving it a “communal” spin, the protests of the north-east are aimed to save their own indigenous culture, literature and language.