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Congress' youth wing to launch 'National Register of Unemployment' campaig
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the debate over National Population Register (NPR), Congress' youth wing is going to launch the National Register of Unemployment (NRU) campaign to highlight the issue of rising unemployme
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Prakash Karat not allowed to enter Delhi's Ambedkar University, delivers t
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): CPM leader Prakash Karat was on Wednesday denied permission to enter Ambedkar University here, where he had been invited by a Left-backed student body to talk over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), citing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the ensuing Del
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CAA is for giving citizenship: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Reiterating the Centre's stance, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Wednesday the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is for giving citizenship to the persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, and not taking away anyone's cit
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Mayawati accepts BJP challenge to debate CAA at any forum
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah dared opposition leaders for a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said her party accepts the challenge to discuss and debate the new citizenship law "at a
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Centre trying to push CAA in non-BJP ruled states, won't implement in West
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought clarifications from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the clauses of the Citizenship Amendment Act, asking will a person be declared foreigner and then allowed to apply for Indian ci
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Ready to debate on development: Akhilesh Yadav to BJP
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Hitting back at Home Minister Amit Shah for challenging opposition leaders for a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that his party is ready to hold a discussion on developme
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Bhim Army chief, 2 others file PIL against CAA, NPR, NRC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, Swami Agnivesh and former Chairperson of the National Minority Commission Wajahat Habibullah have filed a petition against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Popul
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Mamata holds march against CAA, NRC in Darjeeling
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday held a rally in Darjeeling against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR).
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Congress, other opposition parties abusing Hindus in the name of protest a
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday said the opposition parties and Congress, in particular, have made it a practice to abuse Hindus in the name of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Supreme Court asks high courts to restrain from passing orders on CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the high courts across the country to restrain from passing any orders on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act while granting the Central government four weeks' time to file a reply on the petitions regarding the newly-amend
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Cotton University students hold protest against CAA in Guwahati
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Students from the Cotton University (CU) staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on Wednesday.
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No stay on CAA, Supreme Court grants Centre 4 weeks to reply on pleas
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Central government four weeks' time to file a reply on the petitions regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and indicated setting up a Constitution Bench to hear the pleas.
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