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Seized blankets legally to avoid non-protesters from gathering at site, cl
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Lucknow police on Saturday issued a clarification on claims of it having confiscated blankets from anti-CAA protesters, saying that the blankets which were being distributed at the venue of the protest were seized legally by the police as those
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Muslim would be asked documents to prove their nationality, says Shashi Th
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said here that the ongoing protests in the country over the citizenship law could be defused if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister assure that they would "drop the idea of the National Register of Citizens
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Clash erupts between police, BJP workers in MP's Rajgarh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rajgarh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): A clash broke out between police and BJP workers, who were carrying out a "Tiranga rally" in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), in Rajgarh here on Sunday.
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Hasina says CAA 'not necessary', but it is India's 'internal affair'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Jan 19 (ANI): The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is an "internal matter" of India according to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina who in her first-ever response to the passage of the controversial legislation enacted last year in India also said that it was "not nec
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Sibal has knowledge of the Constitution, but wait for SC verdict on CAA, s
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Although the statement issued by senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) must be constitutionally right, but one should wait for the Supreme Court verdict on the issue, said party leader Tariq Anwar on Sunday.
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Women continue protest against CAA, NRC in Lucknow
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Scores of agitated women continue to sit near the Clock Tower here to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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After Kerala moves SC against CAA, Guv seeks explanation from State chief
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has sought an explanation from the Kerala Government Chief Secretary regarding the State moving the Supreme Court against the amended Citizenship Act, sources said.
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Actor Sushant joins protests at Shaheen Bagh, says time for 'white-haired
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): It is time for the youths and students to come forward and lead the way for everyone to follow, has said actor Sushant Singh, adding that the time for 'white-haired people' was over.
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Nothing but watching 'dirty films': NITI Aayog member justifies Kashmir in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): In a rather controversial statement, NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat said that suspension of internet in the Kashmir Valley has had no effect on business and went on to add that nothing except 'dirty films' were being watched by the people in the re
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Sibal is legally correct, CAA can only be taken back in Parliament: AAP's
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Supporting Congress leader Kapil Sibal over his statement on the Citizenship Amendment Act, AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday said that a law once passed by the Parliament cannot be stopped by a state government.
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CAA concerns those from foreign country: Swaraj Kaushal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Allaying fears of those protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act claiming the law to be 'anti-religion', former Mizoram Governor Swaraj Kaushal on Sunday said that the law does not concern those living in India but only those who are "from a foreign
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States bound to implement laws pertaining to citizenship: Naqvi on CAA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): In view of some states resisting the recently enacted Citizenship Act, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that they are "bound to implement any law pertaining to citizenship".
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