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Delhi: Pak Hindus hold peaceful rally in support of CAA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Members of the Hindu community from Pakistan, who fled religious persecution from the neighbouring country and came to India, held a peaceful march here on Friday in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
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Danish Kaneria can come to India under CAA: UP Min Mohsin Raza
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohsin Raza said that Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria's actual name is Dinesh Kaneria and he is facing religious persecution and discrimination there and hence is free to come to India under the new Citizenship (Amendme
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CAA is for helping those who faced religious persecution: Fadnavis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bagdogra (West Bengal) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is for helping those who have faced religious persecution and some parties have spread rumours and incite people against it.
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Modi is like God for non-Muslim refugees from Pak, Afghanistan and Banglad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not less than God for non-Muslim refugees who have fled Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh facing religious persecution.
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CAA to fulfill promises made by Gandhi, Nehru to victims of partition: Ker
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been brought in place for fulfilling the promises made by Mahatma Gandhi and the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru to the victims of partition who were
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Six cases registered, 24 persons identified in anti-CAA protests: Meerut D
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): District Magistrate of Meerut Anil Dhanga on Saturday said six cases have been registered in the district in connection with anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in which 24 people have been identified.
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CAA is extraordinary solution: Kerala Guv Arif Khan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mallapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Backing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said here on Thursday that it is an "extraordinary solution" in the wake of minorities from neighbouring countries fleeing religious persecution.
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Citizenship law has no impact on Indian citizens, balm to those facing per
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took out a massive protest march against the amended citizenship law, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that the law does not have any impact on Indian citizens and is only a balm to those faci
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Punjab: Cong leader urges Modi to amend CAB to allow Ahmadiyyas to return
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the persecution faced by the Ahmadiyyas in Pakistan and urged that the recent Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 needs to be further amended so as 'to allow
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Bhupendra Yadav accuses parties opposing CAB of 'religious appeasement'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav accused parties opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, of religious appeasement and ignoring human rights of non-Muslims who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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CAB about rights of minorities facing religious persecution, do not digres
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): During the ongoing debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, BJP MP JP Nadda said that leader of Congress in the house, Anand Sharma, was attempting to digress from the main topic.
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'We are Indians': Afghan Sikh families welcome passage of Citizenship Amen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Sikh families, who escaped to India from Afghanistan due to religious persecution, have expressed happiness over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill getting the nod in Lok Sabha and hope that it will go through Rajya Sabha as well, as this will help get
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