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CAA is humanitarian, opposition creating panic among people, says BS Yediy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a humanitarian step for the welfare of the minorities who had to flee from the neighbouring countries due to religious persecution.
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Those opposing Citizenship Act are anti-Dalits: JP Nadda
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): In a veiled attack at the opposition parties, BJP working president JP Nadda on Sunday said those who are opposing the amended Citizenship Act are 'anti-Dalits' while asserting that around 70 per cent of people who came to India due to religious persecution i
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BJP to reach out to SC community over CAA, explain how it has benefited Da
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): To counter opposition over its protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, BJP will hold a meeting on Sunday with Dalit community leaders and highlight how the new law has benefitted the community whose members have to come to India in large numbers af
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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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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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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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