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No threat to citizenship of any Indian Muslim or citizen due to CAA: Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday here said that there is no question mark or threat to citizenship of any Indian Muslim or other citizens due to Citizenship Bill.
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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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Citizenship Bill will not affect culture, language of Assam, people should
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Minister and MP from Assam, Rameshwar Teli on Thursday appealed for peace in Assam while asserting that Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will not affect the culture and language of Assam.
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Tripura: Women detained for protesting against CAB 2019 in Agartala
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Police detained some women agitators on Wednesday for protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Agartala in the morning.
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Shiv Sena may take different stand on Citizenship Bill in RS if queries re
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that his party will support the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha only if the Centre answers all the questions raised by his party chief.
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UN refuses to comment on India's Citizenship Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday (local time) refused to comment on the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that the only concern of the watchdog is to ensure that all governments peruse non-discriminatory laws.
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AIUDF calls Citizenship Bill 'unconstitional'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Badruddin Ajmal, the chief of Assam-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), on Tuesday expressed displeasure with the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and called it 'unconstitutional.'
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US says India's Citizenship Bill may undermine basic tenet of democratic v
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 10 (ANI): The US House foreign affairs committee has raised concerns over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that any religious test for citizenship may undermine the basic tenet of democratic values of a nation.
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Pak says India's 'discriminatory' Citizenship Bill violates bilateral agre
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 10 (ANI): Pakistan has decried the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha terming it a "discriminatory legislation", which is in complete contravention of various bilateral agreements between the two neighbours, particularly the one concerning se
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Amit Shah extends gratitude to PM Modi for making Citizenship Bill a 'real
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): After the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with an overwhelming majority a little past midnight on Monday Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making it a reality.
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Delighted that Lok Sabha passed Citizenship Bill, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his delight over the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha and said that it is "in line with India's centuries-old ethos of assimilation and belief in humanitarian values".
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BJP-led govt committed to secularism, citizenship bill not targeting anyon
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was not targeting anyone and won't promote any injustice as BJP-led government was committed to secularism enshrined in the constitution and believes that there should be no discri
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