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CAA protests: Irresponsible people giving communal twist, spreading misinf
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The "irresponsible people" in the country are giving a communal twist to the passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and spreading misinformation on the same, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.
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Amid CAA protests, Central Univ of TN declares vacation a week before sche
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Preserve Constitution and democracy through peaceful means: BSP on violenc
Updated : 6 years, 2 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, 2 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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Anti-CAA protests: Over 3,000 detained, 136 cases registered, says Assam D
Updated : 6 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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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CAA protests: Bollywood celebrities express solidarity with students
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Appeal students to abstain from violence: Ramesh Pokhriyal on CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests in the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday appealed the students across the country to abstain from violence, maintain peace in the campuses and not indulge in any ac
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Centre issues advisory to states, UTs to check CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Centre has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories, asking them to take "requisite precautionary measures to maintain law and order, peace and public tranquillity."
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut slams Centre over CAA protests, demands all-p
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday slammed the central government for blaming the opposition parties for protests happening across the country over Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and said that an all-party meeting must be called immediately
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Some political parties promoting violence over CAA: G Kishan Reddy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests in the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday alleged that "some political parties" are promoting violence over the issue.
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