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Petition in SC seeks direction to open Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking directions to the police to open Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, which has been closed since December 15 due to ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Rajasthan groom prints support for CAA on his marriage invite
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sikar (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a groom here has printed a slogan backing the newly enacted legislation on his marriage invitation card.
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Andhra Cabinet approves High Power Committee report on three capitals
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Amid ongoing protests in Andhra Pradesh over the three-capital proposal, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy led government on Monday approved the High Power Committee report at a Cabinet meeting.
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Congress will not allow CAA to be implemented in Maharashtra, says Ashok C
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister Ashok Chavan said here on Monday that till the time Congress is in Maharashtra government, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not be implemented in the state.
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RSS, BJP want to divide India in name of religion: Dalit activist Sushma A
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Amid anti-CAA protests across the country, Dalit activist Sushma Andhare on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of dividing the country in the name of religion.
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Devotees in Shirdi protest against CM Thackeray for his comments on Sai Ba
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shirdi (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Devotees here on Sunday staged a protest against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over his alleged comment terming Pathri in Parbhani as Sai Baba's birthplace.
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Women stage sit-in against CAA in Assam
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Women from across Guwahati on Sunday staged a sit-in against the newly-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act and were raising slogans denouncing the law.
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Muslim would be asked documents to prove their nationality, says Shashi Th
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said here that the ongoing protests in the country over the citizenship law could be defused if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister assure that they would "drop the idea of the National Register of Citizens
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Hasina says CAA 'not necessary', but it is India's 'internal affair'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Jan 19 (ANI): The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is an "internal matter" of India according to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina who in her first-ever response to the passage of the controversial legislation enacted last year in India also said that it was "not nec
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Protests mark 30th year of Kashmiri Pandits' exodus from J-K
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Several Kashmiri Hindus on Sunday staged a protest here to mark the 30th year of their mass exodus following a genocidal campaign initiated by terrorists.
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Actor Sushant joins protests at Shaheen Bagh, says time for 'white-haired
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): It is time for the youths and students to come forward and lead the way for everyone to follow, has said actor Sushant Singh, adding that the time for 'white-haired people' was over.
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2838 Pakistanis, 914 Afghans, 172 Bangladeshis given Indian citizenship in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Amid ongoing nationwide protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that as many as 2838 people from Pakistan were given citizenship during the last six years.
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