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Dr Harsh Vardhan expresses happiness over passage of CAB in RS
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed happiness over the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha and said that it will be beneficial for the people who had been deprived of their rights for past several decades.<
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CAB together with NRC could turn into a lethal combo: Prashant Kishor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Even as JD (U) helped Citizenship (Amendment) Bill sail through in Parliament, party leader Prashant Kishor expressed his dissent over it saying that the CAB and National Register of Citizens (NRC) together will be a "lethal combo" in the hands of government
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CAB 2019: Sanjay Raut slams Centre for 'not gauging emotions' of North-Eas
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Asserting that the situation across the country is "not normal", Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday slammed the Central government for not gauging emotions of North-Eastern citizens before tabling the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament.
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Congress MP Ripun Bora, AAP's Sanjay Singh give suspension of business not
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): Congress parliamentarian Ripun Bora and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday gave 'Suspension of Business Notice' in Rajya Sabha under rule 267, over 'current situation of Assam and northeast region'.
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Anti-CAB protests: Zero Hour notice in RS over 'I&B advisories to TV chann
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): TMC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien gave a Zero Hour notice in the Upper House over 'I&B advisories to TV channels'.
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CAB passed in Parliament evokes mixed response from political arena
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): After hours of debate, the Upper House of the parliament on Wednesday passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which has evoked mixed responses from across the political arena.
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Assam: Curfew imposed in Dibrugarh district, Guwahati
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Assam's capital city Guwahati and its district of Dibrugarh have been placed under indefinite curfew till further orders in the wake of protests after the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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All Northeastern parties except SDF vote for CAB in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): All Northeast-based parties, except Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), voted in favour of the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Congress also opposed the Bill.
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Two NCP MPs remain absent during CAB proceedings in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Two out of four MPs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) remained absent during proceedings on the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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CAB is direct assault on secularism: Oppn leaders criticse passage of Bill
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Leaders from several opposition parties on Wednesday lamented the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 through Rajya Sabha, terming it as a direct assault on secularism.
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Pakistani Hindu refugee names her 2-day old
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A Pakistani Hindu refugee woman living at Majnu ka Tila here on Wednesday named her two-day-old daughter 'Nagarikta' (citizenship) and said that she earnestly wanted The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to be passed.
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Over 560 Muslim immigrants from Pak, Afghanistan, Bangladesh granted citiz
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Over 560 Muslims, who migrated to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan in the past five years, have been granted citizenship, Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Wednesday.
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