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Mistake to support citizenship law, may withdraw support to BJP in Assam:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): It was a mistake on part of my party to support the citizenship law in both the Houses of Parliament, said former Assam Chief Minister and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Monday.
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Jamia proctor urges govt to reconsider CAA implementation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Jamia Millia Ismlia University chief proctor Waseem Khan on Monday requested the Centre to reconsider its decision to implement the new citizenship law.
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Samajwadi Party seeks emergency session of Parliament to amend citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Prof Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday demanded an emergency session of Parliament to make amendments in the Citizenship Amendment Act or the citizenship law should be revoked.
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Sonia Gandhi attacks PM Modi, Amit Shah over CAA violence
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Centre's action against protests over the new citizenship law, saying that the use of force against protesting students will prove to be the beginning of the fall
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Police action over student protest attack on soul of India: Priyanka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday alleged that police action in Delhi and Aligarh following the protest by students against Citizenship Amendment Act was "attack on the soul of India" and said the party will fight against it.
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Appeal students to abstain from violence: Ramesh Pokhriyal on CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests in the country over the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday appealed the students across the country to abstain from violence, maintain peace in the campuses and not indulge in any ac
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Home Ministry to soon start drafting rules under Citizenship Amendment Act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry will soon start the process of drafting rules for those eligible for Indian citizenship after the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee urges people not to get violent while protest
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the people of the country not to resort to violence while addressing a protest march organised here against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the National Register of Citizens
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Centre issues advisory to states, UTs to check CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Centre has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories, asking them to take "requisite precautionary measures to maintain law and order, peace and public tranquillity."
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Jagdish Tytler joins Cong's 'symbolic protest' at India Gate against crack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The 1984 anti-Sikh riots case accused Jagdish Tytler on Monday joined the 'symbolic protest' led by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi at the India Gate against police action during students' protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act in Jamia Milia
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IIM Bangalore students write to PM Modi over protests against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Dec 16 (ANI): Students of IIM Bangalore on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urging the central government not to curtail the democratic right of citizens to peaceful protest and termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as an 'unjust law
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Citizenship law is India's internal matter: French Ambassador
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Monday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is India's "internal matter and we respect that."
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