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Over 150 arrested over anti-CAA protest: SSP Lucknow
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Over 150 people have been arrested in connection with violent protests against the new citizenship law here, so far, said Kalanidhi Naithani, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).
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Anti-CAA protests : Protesters pelted stones at cops in Gorakhpur
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): A day after violence erupted during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the state, Protestors and police personnel pelted stones at each other during demonstrations here on Friday.
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Let's address root cause of unrest over citizenship law: Mohammad Kaif
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif on Friday said that the root cause of the unrest over citizenship law should be found out and the government needs to engage with the aggrieved people to find a solution to the problem.
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'Premature' to say anything on NRC right now: MHA sources
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): It is premature to say anything right now on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sources on implementation or introduction of NRC exercise.
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Bulandshahr : Violence galore at anti-CAA protest, vehicle set on fire
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): A day after Uttar Pradesh witnessed a spate of violent protests against the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act, violence erupted in Bulandshahr with protesters resorting to arson, vandalism, and stone-pelting at the police.
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WB: 'No NRC, No CAB' meet on Dec 23, says Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that a meeting against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be held on December 23 in all the sub-division headquarters of the state.
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CAA row: Pondicherry University Students' Council calls for boycott of con
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Pondicherry University Students' Council on Friday urged the students not to participate in convocation to be addressed by President Ram Nath Kovind in a bid to show their solidarity with the students facing repression across the country.
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NRC won't be implemented in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): A day after assuring that minorities had nothing to worry, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced that National Register of Citizens will not be implemented in his state.
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Kishan Reddy terms Mamata's UN remark 'irresponsible'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks over her UN remark on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Friday termed the TMC supremo's comment "irresponsible".
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Delhi: People denied entry at Jama Masjid without identity proof
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): In view of the ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, people at Jama Masjid mosque who came to offer their prayers on Friday were not allowed to enter the mosque without valid identity proofs.
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Amid CAA agitation, Section 144 imposed in Karnataka's Kodagu district
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Amid the uproar over Citizenship Amendment Act, Section 144 was imposed here on Friday.
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Supporters help Chandrashekhar Azad flee police amid CAA protests at Jama
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 20 (ANI): Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad escaped when police tried to detain him at Delhi's Jama Masjid area on Friday during the massive protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as his supporters escorted him out from the spot.
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