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Maharashtra police IGP Abdur Rahman resigns over CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Abdur Rahman, Special Inspector General of Police (IGP), States Human Rights Commission, Maharashtra said he will not attend office from Thursday in "civil disobedience" against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which according to him went "ag
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Assam: Curfew imposed in Dibrugarh district, Guwahati
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Assam's capital city Guwahati and its district of Dibrugarh have been placed under indefinite curfew till further orders in the wake of protests after the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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All Northeastern parties except SDF vote for CAB in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): All Northeast-based parties, except Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), voted in favour of the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Congress also opposed the Bill.
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Your stance similar to Pak PM's: Shah slams Congress for opposing CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed Congress for opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying that the stance taken by the grand old party and that of Pakistan Prime Minister were similar.
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Two NCP MPs remain absent during CAB proceedings in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Two out of four MPs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) remained absent during proceedings on the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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CAB is direct assault on secularism: Oppn leaders criticse passage of Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Leaders from several opposition parties on Wednesday lamented the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 through Rajya Sabha, terming it as a direct assault on secularism.
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Pakistani Hindu refugee names her 2-day old
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A Pakistani Hindu refugee woman living at Majnu ka Tila here on Wednesday named her two-day-old daughter 'Nagarikta' (citizenship) and said that she earnestly wanted The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to be passed.
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Assam: Liquor licensed premises to remain closed till further orders
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Dibrugarh District Magistrate has ordered closure of liquor licensed premises from 4 pm on Wednesday for "preservation of public peace and tranquility" as the state police resorted to lathi-charge on protesters in the city earlier today while they wer
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JMACAB withdraws strike against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill after assuran
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Joint Movement against Citizenship Amendment Bill (JMACAB) on Wednesday withdrew its indefinite strike called against the implementation of the Bill, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb after a meeting with their representatives.
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Bhupendra Yadav accuses parties opposing CAB of 'religious appeasement'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav accused parties opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, of religious appeasement and ignoring human rights of non-Muslims who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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CAB smoothly sails through Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill smoothly sailed through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha passed it on Wednesday.
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Dreams of crores of deprived, victimised people has come true today: Amit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): After the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the dreams of crores of deprived and victimised people have come true today.
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