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Bangladesh Foreign Minister cancels India's visit due to 'increasing deman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 12 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said that he has canceled his India visit due to "increasing demand at home".
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CAB protests: All trains from Guwahati to upper Assam region cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): All trains from Guwahati towards upper Assam region have been cancelled, according to the Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO), North-East Frontier Railway, as anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) protests continue to rock the state and other states i
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Delhi: Hindu refugees celebrate passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): With Citizenship (Amendment) Bill being passed in the upper house of Parliament on Wednesday, the Pakistani Hindu refugees staying at the Majnu ka Tilla were overjoyed and excited at the prospects of getting Indian citizenship after the Bill becomes an act wi
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Post CAB nod, BJP to reach out to refugees, explain benefits
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): After its big push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that helped it sailed through Parliament, making way for the grant of Indian citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minority refugees from the three neighbouring countries, the Bharatiya Janata Part
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Hindu community in Assam is uncertain about its future after CAB: Kapil Si
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said here on Thursday that "even the Hindu community is uncertain about its future" in Assam after the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Parliament.
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Kashmir phenomenon has been replicated in North-East, says Congress in LS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday targeted the BJP-led government over the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) saying that large parts of North-East were "in turmoil" and "Kashmir phenomenon was being replicated".
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India not safe in PM Modi's hands: Ravindra Choubey on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Referring to the ongoing unrest in the North-East over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey on Thursday said India is not safe in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams IUML for filing plea in SC against CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday slammed Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) for filing a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which was passed by both the Houses of Parliament.
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CAB 2019: Your language, culture will not be affected, PM assures North-Ea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): In view of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured Eastern and North-Eastern states that their culture and language will not be affected and urged people to not be misled by the Congress.
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Govt diverting attention of public from economic issues by pushing CAB: Sa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Thursday said that the government is pushing issues like Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) to divert attention from the real issues of economic slowdown, unemployment and rising prices.
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RSS hails passage of Citizenship Bill as 'courageous step'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament and termed it as a "coura
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CAB not concerned with welfare of country, people: Kunwar Danish Ali
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Amid raging protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) across the North-East, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Kumwar Danish Ali on Thursday stated that the bill is not concerned with the welfare of the country or the people.
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