Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): BJP working president JP Nadda will lead a march to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government at the Centre for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) here on Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Friday defended her daughter Sana over her Instagram post related to the citizenship law and said that she is too young for all this.
Mangaluru (Karnataka) Dec 20 (ANI): Amid uproar over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a Congress delegation including senior leader Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil was detained at the airport here on Friday.