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Varanasi: Police lathi-charge protestors as Anti-CAA agitation turns viole
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): The protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent here on Friday following which police resorted to baton-charge to disperse the agitators.
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No threat to citizenship of any Indian Muslim due to CAA: Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday that some people were involved in conspiracy to "hijack peace and truth by mala fide misinformation" over the Citizenship Act and the NRC and "mountain of truth" cannot be hidden by "bushe
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B-Town celebrities express solidarity with students protesting over CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Bollywood celebrities on Friday expressed solidarity with the student community amid ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, on social media.
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C'garh: Non-govt organisations to take out 'Sanvidhan Bachao Rally'in Bhil
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Non-government organisations will take out "Sanvidhan Bachao Rally" (Save Constitution Rally) in Bhilai on December 23 against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and the National Citizenship Register (NRC).
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Citizenship Amendment Act discriminatory, NRC will hit poor: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused BJP-led government of "brute repression" against students, youth and citizens protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and said the legislation was "discriminatory" and the proposed nationwide NRC w
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India objects to Malaysian PM's remark on CAA, says new citizenship law is
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is "a matter entirely internal to India" and does not impact the status of any citizen, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said in response to the "factually inaccurate" remarks of Malaysian Prime Minister Mah
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Youth protesting as they feel country heading in wrong direction: Salman K
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday took part in a protest at India Gate against the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that youth were taking to streets as they feel the country is heading in the wrong direction.
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Mamata Banerjee should apologise for her statement on CAA: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for demanding United Nations' intervention on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said that she should apologise for her statement.
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MP: Sec 144 imposed in Gohalpur, Miloniganj, Hanumanatal and Adhartal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Jabalpur District Magistrate on Friday imposed Section 144 in four police station areas of Gohalpur, Miloniganj, Hanumanatal, and Adhartal to maintain law and order in view of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest.
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Priyanka joins protestors at India Gate, says CAA and NRC against poor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday jointed people protesting people at India Gate against the Citizenship Amendment Act and said the legislation and the proposed National Register of Citizens was against the poor.
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Anti-CAA protests: 5 dead in violence in Uttar Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government's Additional Chief Secretary, Awanish Kumar Awasthi on Friday said that five people have lost their lives in the violence during protests over the amended Citizenship Act in the state.
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Delhi: Protest against CAA continues at Jama Masjid
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters are protesting outside the Jama Masjid here against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.
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