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JP Nadda to meet Sindhi community people in Indore
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda will visit Indore to reach out to people on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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BJP leader H Raja justifies police action during protests against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): BJP national secretary has justified the police action on protesters carrying out demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and spoke of "guns will be used to reply to guns".
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Anti-CAA stir: CPI MP Viswam released by K'taka police, dropped to Kerala'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): CPI's Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam, who was detained by the Karnataka Police for defying curfew imposed in Mangaluru due to anti-Citizenship law protest, has been released and dropped to Manjeshwaram town in Kerala.
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Anti-CAA protest: Protestors in Kanpur set Yatimkhana police post on fire
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): A massive protest took place in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Saturday against the newly-enacted Citizenship (Amendment) Act and agitated protestors set Yatimkhana police post on fire.
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AMU sets up one-member inquiry committee to probe campus violence during a
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor on Saturday set up a one-member inquiry committee consisting of retired chief justice of Chattisgarh High Court, VK Gupta to conduct an inquiry into the incidents that took
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Congress postpones 'dharna' against CAA, NRC; now to be held on Dec 23
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Congress party's 'dharna' has been postponed to December 23 after it was scheduled to be held on Sunday at Raj Ghat, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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BJP ally SAD demands inclusion of Muslims in Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday demanded that Muslims should also be included in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in sync with democratic and secular principles of the country.
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Anti-CAA protesters should be cane-charged or shot dead if they damage pub
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): In remarks that could generate controversy, state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that protesters who damage public property during agitation against Citizenship Amendment Act should be cane-charged or shot dead.
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Over 1,000 academicians back government on CAA, caution against fear-monge
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): More than 1,000 academicians, intellectuals and research scholars from across the country have decided to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Delhi Waqf Board to give Rs 5 lakh to families of those killed in protests
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): AAP MLA and Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan on Saturday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives during protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), across t
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Priyanka accuses government of repression to suppress protestors' voice, s
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Accusing government of using "barbaric repression and violence" to suppress the voice of protestors demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said it was a "black day for democracy". Read More
15 dead in Citizenship Amendment Act protests in UP, 705 arrested
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Fifteen persons died during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.
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