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Amit Shah's Shillong visit cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Shillong, which was scheduled for Sunday, has been cancelled, sources in the Home Ministry have said.
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UP's Peace Party challenges Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Supreme Court
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Peace Party of India (a political party based in Uttar Pradesh) on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by asserting that it violates Article 14 of the Constitution.
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Can't support Citizenship (Amendment) Act that sows seeds of divisiveness:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): After West Bengal, Punjab and Kerala chief ministers having categorically said 'No' to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in their respective states, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has said that his government will toe the line taken by hi
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'States can't deny implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 13 (ANI): After as many as five states refused to implement the amended citizenship Act, sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have said that the states hold no power to deny union law.
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Kerala Oppn leader to join SC case against Citizenship Amendment Act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said he has decided to join the case against Citizenship Amendment Act filed in the Supreme Court as it is against the Constitution.
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All Assam Students' Union protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): All Assam Students' Union (AASU) along with hundreds of local citizens staged a protest here on Friday against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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Kiren Rijiju slams those fanning unrest in N-E
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports slammed those fanning violence in the North-Eastern states over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and assured that the implementation of the Act will cause no harm to the people of the region.
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Will follow Congress's stand on Citizenship Amendment Act, says MP CM Kama
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday said that his government will follow whatever stand is taken by Congress party on the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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BJP lawmaker Sarang calls Congress' Arif Masood a "Pakistani legislator"
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Vishwas Sarang has hit out at Congress' Arif Masood for threatening to resign from the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh over the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.
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Maharashtra will follow the policy of Congress central leadership on Citiz
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Echoing similar sentiments as the non-BJP ruled states that are averse to the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, Maharashtra Minister and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Friday said that the State will follow the policy of
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Delhi: Assam Congress members protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Members of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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Situation in Assam worse than at the time of Emergency: Tarun Gogoi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 13 (ANI): Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the situation is more grievous than what it was at the time of "Emergency".
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