Citizenship Amendment Bill gets cabinet's nod

The Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill today. It will now be tabled in the Parliament on Thursday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked party MPs to be present in large numbers when Home Minister Amit Shah tables the bill in Parliament. Union Home Minister Amit Shah's meeting with several politicians and activists of Northeast states including the chief minister of Mizoram, to discuss the bill, concluded in the wee hours today