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TN police filing false FIRs against anti-CAA protesters: Arappor Iyakkam
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Chennai-based anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam on Saturday asserted that the Tamil Nadu Police is "filing false FIRs" against people protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) peacefully.
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Govt's next move is to deport Rohingyas from the country, says MoS Jitendr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Amid ongoing nationwide protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh said that the Central government's next step would be the deportation of Rohingyas from the country.
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CAA renders certain category of children stateless, says petition filed in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): A fresh petition was on Friday filed in the Supreme Court by an NGO challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, contending that the law renders certain category of children as stateless.
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SIT probing possibility of common link in protests against CAA: Delhi Poli
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Friday said that Special Investigating Tema (SIT) is probing if there was a common link in all the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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CAA fails constitution test, says Amarinder Singh; Ravi Shankar Prasad hit
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed the BJP-led Central government over the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that it "fails the test of the Constitution" and "can easily be misused for infiltrating into the country".
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CAA not in India's interest, should not be implemented: Yechury
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 is not in India's interest and it should not be implemented.
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Nityanand Rai hits out at opposition parties for opposing CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on Friday hit out on opposition parties for dissenting the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that those opposing CAA are basically against OBCs and its leader Narendra Modi.
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BJP launches toll-free number to garner support for CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday launched a campaign with a toll-free number that provides the facility to common people to give missed calls to register their support for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
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Queer community members take part in protest against CAA, NRC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Women and members from the queer community on Friday took out a protest march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) here.
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Even if all parties come together, BJP will not move back even an inch on
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Friday reiterated his party's firm stand on the Citizenship Amendment Act asserting that they will not move even an inch away on the issue, no matter how many par
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Opposition parties trying to spread falsehood about CAA for narrow politic
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday said that the Opposition parties are trying to spread falsehood about the important humanitarian gesture of the government in the form of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) for narrow politi
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UP: Congress to hold rallies against CAA, NRC; Priyanka to be present
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Congress is planning to hold rallies in a few districts across the State against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) after the Republic Day on January 26, party sources said.
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