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BJP workers lathi-charged by police in West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
East Midnapur (West Bengal) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Police on Saturday lathi-charged on BJP workers in front of the party's state unit president Dilip Ghosh at Reyapara here during a march held in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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SFI files petition in SC challenging constitutional validity of CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Students' Federation of India (SFI) on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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AMU students take out balloon march against CAA, NRC, NPR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here chose a novel way to register their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Over 50 organisations stage day-long hunger strike against CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): More than 50 organisations came together here on Saturday to hold one-day long hunger strike against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Opposition parties against CAA should come on one platform: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday urged all opposition parties, who are against the Citizenship Amendment Act, to come together on one platform.
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Pakistani refugees visit BJP headquarters in Delhi, thank PM Modi, Shah fo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): A group of Pakistani refugees on Saturday visited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the party's working president JP Nadda for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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UP Police registers FIR against unknown women for Anti-CAA protests in Ali
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday registered a case against scores of women for staging a protest in Aligarh against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizen (NRC) when the prohibitory orders were in force in the distr
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Talks being held with Shaheen Bagh protesters to agitate without blocking
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Amidst ongoing protests in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register for Citizens (NRC), Southeast Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) on Saturday said that talks are being held with the protesters to persuade
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11 SDPI activists taken into preventive custody in Hubli ahead of Amit Sha
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Ahead of Union Minister Amit Shah's visit to Hubli on Saturday, as many as 11 Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) activists were taken into preventive custody near Kasabapeth police station for raising slogans against the Citizenship Amendment Act
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States have to implement CAA under Article 254: Kerala Guv
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has to be implemented as there is no other option and the states have to implement it under Article 254.
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Social Democratic Party of India takes out massive rally in Chennai agains
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers on Saturday took out a massive rally to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Chennai.
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Intellectuals opposing CAA are 'devils', 'parasites', says Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Known for his foot-in-mouth remarks, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has described the "intellectuals" opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as "spineless", "devils" and "parasites".
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