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Kamal Nath says Citizenship Act amended to divert attention from economic slowdown, accuses Centre of practising ‘politics of distraction’
•Addressing newspersons at the Indian Women's Press Club, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said he was most worried about the future of Indian youths
Citizenship Amendment Bill: From delinking religion to no geographical restrictions, National Register of Citizens is not CAB
Dowerah •The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is an instrument to grant citizenship to a particular set of illegal migrants while National Register of Citizens is an exercise to differentiate illegal migrants from bona fide citizens.
Divisive politics won't work in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee hours after Amit Shah's speech on NRC at Kolkata
•Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday cautioned the people of West Bengal against divisive politics and said it will not work in the state.
'I am a Hindu Vaishnav, not Jain': Amit Shah refutes Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's claim over his religion
•Amit Shah on Friday said he is a "Hindu Vaishnav", refuting Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's claim that the BJP chief is a Jain
Postcard News founder Mahesh Vikram Hegde arrested by Bengaluru Crime Branch for spreading fake news
Fp Staff •The Bengaluru Crime Branch has arrested Mahesh Vikram Hegde, founder of Postcard News, for spreading fake news of Muslims attacking a Jain monk
Mahavir Jayanti: Shashi Tharoor mistakenly posts image of Gautam Buddha to mark occasion, gets mocked on Twitter
Fp Staff •Shashi Tharoor was left embarrassed after Twitterati pointed out he had mistakenly posted a picture of Gautam Buddha while wishing his followers on Mahavir Jayanti
Wealthy but not healthy: India's rich more likely to suffer hypertension, says National Family Health Survey
Indiaspend •Nearly 13 percent women and 18 percent men aged 15-49 in the highest stratum of the wealth index have hypertension (high blood pressure), according to data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2015-16 (NFHS-4). This is the first time the NFHS has included the measurement of blood pressure.
Within Without: Briana Blasko documents the daily life and rituals of the yogis
Fp Staff •Briana Blasko’s photographic series documents the lives of practicing Jains, Buddhists, Sufis, Hindus and a Catholic priest whom she met along her four-year long expedition across India, Nepal and Bhutan.
Shiv Sena compares Jain monk to Zakir Naik for supporting BJP in MBMC polls, forgets he once backed them too
Sanjays •Rifts between the Shiv Sena and BJP have widened in Maharashtra, after the latter swept to victory in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) on Monday
Jain teen dies after 68-day fast: Time for govt to send strong message against such acts of abuse
Ajay Kumar •Last week, a thirteen-year-old girl collapsed and fell into a coma in Hyderabad after finishing a sixty-eight-day fast. The girl was observing Chaturmas on the advise of a Chennai-based priest. This advise was supposed to help the family recover from business losses.