New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed for peace and asked all to refrain from violence as a protest against the new citizenship law turned violent in Delhi's Seelampur on Tuesday.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Gorakhpur Police on Tuesday carried out a flag march in the Kotwali area of the district to maintain law and order situation in the region amid ongoing protests in the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the opposition parties accusing them of misleading the members from minority communities over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The situation in all universities is peaceful and out of 42 central varsities academic sessions were normal everywhere except in Aligarh and Jamia Millia, said the Ministry of Human Resource Development sources on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Delhi Police have refuted allegations of firing on protesters in Jamia Millia Islamia, saying that two persons admitted in Safdarjung Hospital here were admitted on their own.
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Two days after a violent clash, hundreds of people held a protest against the Citizenship Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia University on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Home ministry sources on Tuesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 has nothing to do with deportation of any foreigner and also clarified that the act has nothing to do with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) either.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi on Tuesday slammed the Citizenship Amendment Act and police action against students and said "this is a country that beats up students like animals and saves cows".
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.
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Locals on Tuesday staged a protest outside the premises of Jamia Millia University against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): As many as 30 organisations in Kerala under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee held a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 across the state.