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No link between NPR and NRC; National Population Register started during U
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Seeking to allay apprehensions about the updation of National Population Register (NPR), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that there was no link between the National Population Register exercise and the National Register of Citizens and that t
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Contradiction in remarks of Modi and Shah on NRC, says Congress
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Congress leaders on Tuesday said alleged that there is a "contradiction" in statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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J-K: Poonch native gets Indian citizenship for Pak origin wife after 30 ye
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): A Pakistani citizen who got married to an Indian from here got Indian citizenship from the government of India on December 21, thirty-six years after their marriage took place in 1983.
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Congress should say why they are opposing CAA if they follow Gandhiji: Vij
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday accused the Congress of not following Mahatma Gandhi over the process of providing citizenship to refugees from the three neighbouring countries.
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CMs opposing NRC must stop NPR in their states, says CPI (M)
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday urged Chief Ministers of all states which opposed the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to stop the National Population Register (NPR) exercise in their jurisdiction.
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We are against CAA as Centre targeting specific community: TRS MLC
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Amid the nationwide debate over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC MS Prabhakar on Tuesday claimed that his party is against the CAA as the Centre was targeting a specific community through it.
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Chennithala rules out differences in Congress over CAA protests in Kerala
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday said that there is no difference of opinion in the Congress or UDF over strengthening protests over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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No discussion on pan-India NRC, says Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Dismissing opposition accusations about the government pushing NRC, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday said that there has been no discussion regarding the National Register of Citizens either in the Cabinet or in the Parliament.
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Mamata raises slogans against BJP, CAA, NRC at rally in Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday raised incessant slogans against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally here.
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Assam: Curfew lifted in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dibrugarh/Tinsukia (Assam) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): The curfew imposed in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia district in the wake of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was lifted on Tuesday evening.
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No connection between detention centre, CAA and NRC: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Noting that there was no connection between the detention centre and National Register of Citizens (NRC) or Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that misinformation was spread on the issue.
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There may have been some communication gap on CAA, says Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): With protests held in several parts of the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act, Home Minister said on Tuesday that there might have been some communication gap on the part of the government in reaching out to people.
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