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Assam: North East Students' Union, All Assam Students' Union call for 12-H
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The North East Students' Union and All Assam Students' Union have called for a 12-hour bandh as a mark of protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that was passed by Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Disappointed to see JDU's support for Citizenship Amendment Bill, says Pra
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader Prashant Kishor has expressed disappointment over Nitish Kumar-led party supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
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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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Opposition parties rue passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in LS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): After Lok Sabha cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill past midnight on Monday, leaders of several Opposition parties voiced their discontent and said it was against national interest.
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Lok Sabha passes citizenship amendment bill, Shah says government will bri
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha a little past midnight on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah who said that the "historic" legislation will liberate crores of refugees who had come from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh f
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Citizenship Amendment Bill is in 'national interest', says Rajnath Singh,
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): After the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha past midnight on Monday following hours of extensive debate and a spirited attack by Opposition, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday welcomed the bill and said that it is in "national
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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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CAB is dangerous for Assam : Tarun Gogoi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Former Assam chief minister and Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha past midnight on Monday in the Lok Sabha, is dangerous for Assam as it will encourage people to enter from nei
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NRC will be brought in soon, do not link it with CAB: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be brought in soon while also adding that it will be explained in Parliament the same way Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was.
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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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Lok Sabha passes Citizenship amendment bill, Shah says no need to link wit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah who said that the legislation was a historic document to liberate the crores of refugees who had come from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh from adve
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