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UP: 2 SDPI workers arrested over violence in Meerut anti-CAA protest
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Two workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were arrested in connection with the violence that ensued during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Meerut, police said on Thursday.
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Will tell people to continue protest against CAA, NRC in democratic way: M
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she would tell all the students to continue their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in a democratic way.
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Centre should review CAA, hold democratic debate: Kerala's Cardinal Alench
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Syro Malabar Church here on Tuesday urged the Center to review the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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Trump, Abe hold telephonic talks, discuss North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday held a telephonic conversation and discussed North Korea amid threats issued by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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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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JDU demands NDA meet on NRC, says opposed to it
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Saturday called upon its ally BJP to convene a meeting of ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the proposal to have a countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Kurdish leader says Turkey pursuing socio-political genocide against Kurds
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rojava [Syria], Dec 21 (ANI): Turkey is pursuing a policy of political, cultural, social and economic genocide against the Kurds and preventing them from life, claims Ilham Ahmed, president of an executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDF), adding that such actions may harm
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Tamil Nadu: Protest continues in Chennai over the citizenship act
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Amid uproar of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), Students' Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) were seen staging protest at the Central Railway Station here o
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Over 66 pc voter turnout recorded in Jharkhand polls
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Jharkhand assembly elections recorded the overall voter turnout of 66 per cent with the fifth phase witnessing 70.83 per cent electoral exercise their democratic right to vote in the final phase of elections in Jharkhand on Friday.
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Respect India's democratic institutions; will continue to observe parliame
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): The United States respects India's democratic institutions and will continue to observe the active political debate, parliamentary discussions, and the protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.
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Mumbai: Farhan Akhtar takes part in CAA protest, says raising voice an 'ab
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Actor Farhan Akhtar on Thursday took part in a protest against the amended Citizenship Act in Mumbai and said that raising voice is an absolute democratic right of every citizen.
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Protest should be peaceful and democratic, says AMU VC
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): In the backdrop of violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in different parts of the country, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor on Thursday said that protestors should restrain to peaceful and
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