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Tejashwi Yadav urges people to support Saturday's Bihar bandh against NRC,
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday appealed to the people to participate in the Bihar bandh against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on Saturday.
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Mamata has no faith in institutions of India: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 20 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for demanding United Nations intervention on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday questioned the TMC chief's faith over the national institutions.
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Indian citizens don't have to prove any ancestry: MHA
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (AN): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday quelled different rumours being floated in various quarters of social media and said that Indian citizens do not have to prove any ancestry by presenting documents like identity cards, birth certificates etc of pare
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BJP MLA urges Telangana Police to deny permission to AIMIM for anti-CAA pr
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): BJP MLA Raja Singh on Friday urged Telangana Police to deny permission to Asaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) to hold protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Darussalam.
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Owaisi slams clerics for favouring CAA, terms it 'black' law
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [Idnia], Dec 20 (ANI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday targeted Muslim clerics for favouring the new Citizenship Act (CAA) stating that "they do not care" while the whole country is protesting against the "unconstitutional and black" law.
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Delhi: People stage demonstration at Central Park in support of CAA
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): People held a demonstration at Central Park, Connaught Place in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Friday.
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Use of brute force to suppress dissent is unacceptable in democracy: Sonia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the BJP led Central government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that the ruling party has shown utter disregard to the people's voice by using "brute force" to suppress dissent and assured the people that her p
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Delhi: Anti-CAA protest turned violent in Daryaganj, police uses water can
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Violent protest erupted in Delhi's Daryaganj area on Friday evening as large number of people attempted to cross police barricades and pelted stone while marching in the area to protest over the amended Citizenship Act.
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Satyarthi urges PM Modi to initiate dialogue with students, youth
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate dialogue with students and youth over protests concerning the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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Seems PM Modi himself does not support CAA: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been vociferously protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn't vote on CAB in Parliament which means that he does not support it.
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Maharashtra CM urges for peace, says will ensure no one's rights are snatc
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday urged people to maintain peace and tranquillity in view of nationwide violent protests against the new citizenship law.
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Ayodhya: Flag march conducted, Friday prayers conducted peacefully
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): In the backdrop of violent protests erupting in different parts of the state over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the police on Friday conducted flag march in Ayodhya on Friday to keep law and order situation under control.
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