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Anti-CAA protest erupts in Delhi's Seelampur
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): An anti-citizenship law protest turned violent in East Delhi's Seelampur area, forcing police to use tear gas shells to disperse the protestors who torched two buses on Tuesday.
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Amid CAA protests, Central Univ of TN declares vacation a week before sche
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) has declared vacation, a week earlier than scheduled after a section of students protested in the campus in solidarity with students of Jamia Millia University and the Aligarh Muslim University, who were p
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Delhi: Metro stations near Seelampur closed, traffic movement disrupted du
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The Delhi Traffic Police on Tuesday issued an advisory stating that the traffic is affected from Daryaganj to Delhi Gate due to an ongoing protest here as DMRC also announced the closure of several metro stations in the area.
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Preserve Constitution and democracy through peaceful means: BSP on violenc
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Tuesday condemned the violence in university campuses in Delhi and other places and urged students to protest peacefully in order to preserve the Constitution and democracy.
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Bollywood celebrities speak out on anti-CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 17 (ANI): Actor Parineeti Chopra on Tuesday termed as "barbaric" the incidents of violence on Sunday during agitations against the citizenship law in the national capital and in Aligarh, where police clashed with students and other protestors.
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Crackdown on students protesting against CAA slap on face of democracy: Ka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The crackdown on student protesters raising their voice against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, is a slap on the face of democracy, Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan said on Tuesday, two days after violent protests in the Jamia Nagar A
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Anti-CAA protests: Over 3,000 detained, 136 cases registered, says Assam D
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The Assam Police detained more than 3,000 people and arrested 190 persons for indulging in violent protests last week in the state over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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CAA protests: Violence no solution to any problem, says VP Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Stressing on the ongoing protests in the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, (CAA), Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that violence is not the solution to any problem.
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Anti-CAA protests: Assam DGP says 136 cases registered, 190 people arreste
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Director General of Police (DGP), Assam, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Tuesday said that a total of 136 cases had been registered and 190 people were arrested for violence and hooliganism during the protests held against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CA
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UP: Restrictions imposed in Mau's Hazipura Chowk following protests in sup
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Restrictions on movement were imposed in Hajipura Chowk area following protests over police action on students of Delhi's Jamila Millia Islamia University, on Monday.
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CAA protests: Bollywood celebrities express solidarity with students
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 16 (ANI): Bollywood celebrities on Monday expressed solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and slammed the way police handled the protests which were organised against the amended citizenship act.
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Sonia Gandhi attacks PM Modi, Amit Shah over CAA violence
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Centre's action against protests over the new citizenship law, saying that the use of force against protesting students will prove to be the beginning of the fall
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