Citizenship (Amendment) Act
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Delhi riots: Malayalam TV channels back on air after 48-hour ban
Thiruvananthapuram: The Centre on Saturday lifted the 48-hour ban imposed on Friday on two Malayalam news channels for reportage that could “enhance communal disharmony” across the country, sources said. The ban on Asianet News…
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Opposition protests over Delhi riots, LS adjourned for 5th day
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the fifth consecutive day on Friday due to sloganeering by Opposition members seeking a discussion on the riots in Delhi, which claimed…
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Delhi violence: 436 cases filed, over 1,400 arrested or detained
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered 436 FIRs and arrested or detained 1,427 people in connection with the communal violence in northeast Delhi, an officer said on Tuesday. Also…
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Man who pointed gun at constable during Delhi riots nabbed in UP
New Delhi: Shahrukh Khan who pointed a pistol at a Delhi Police head constable during the riots in Delhi was arrested from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Police confirmed on…
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‘Hatemonger’ Kapil Mishra gets Y plus security
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra, accused of instigating violence in northeast Delhi, has been provided with Y+ category security owing to a threat to his life. After…
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Delhi riots: CJI says court has ‘limitations’; to hear plea soon
New Delhi: The Supreme court on Monday decided to hear on March 4 a plea seeking registration of FIRs against politicians for hate speeches which allegedly led to violence in…
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Harsh Mander files plea in SC after HC defers hate speech case
New Delhi: Rights activist Harsh Mander has moved the Supreme Court to seek an FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and Parvesh Verma after High Court deferred the…
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Muslim BJP leader’s house set ablaze by mob in Delhi violence
New Delhi: A Muslim BJP leader house and some of his relatives’ homes were burnt down by rampaging mobs during the communal violence in northeast Delhi on February 25. Akhtar Raza,…
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Hindu Sena calls off its ‘action plan’ on Shaheen Bagh clearance
New Delhi: Rightwing group Hindu Sena on Saturday, in a press release has called off its plans for mobilisation to clear Shaheen Bagh protest site, in view of law and…
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Kapil Mishra, accused of violence in Delhi attends peace march
New Delhi: BJP leader Kapil Mishra who is accused of delivering hate speeches before the deadly violence broke out in North East Delhi, participated in a peace march against the…
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BSF Jawan’s house with nameplate burned down in Delhi violence
New Delhi: Among the 35 houses set on fire by rioters on two lanes of Khajuri Khas in northeast Delhi was a house of Border Security Force (BSF) Jawan serving on…
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CAA: 1 killed, Net banned, curfew imposed in Shillong
Shillong: One person has been killed in clashes between Khasi Students Union members and non-tribals during a meeting on CAA and inner line permit (ILP) in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills…
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Zubair goes on record: Those who attacked me were ‘beasts’
New Delhi: Mohammad Zubair, a resident of Chand Bagh was brutally beaten up by a mob during the North-East Delhi riots over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Zubair, who was thought to be…
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USCIRF to hold hearing on CAA next week
Washington: the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will hold a hearing next week on how citizenship laws in countries like India and Myanmar are leveraged to deny the…
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Can’t let another 1984 happen, says HC on deadly Delhi riots
New Delhi: A two-judge bench of Delhi High court took place after former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, Harsh Mander and others filed a plea over the deadly violence in North…
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Delhi violence: IB officer killed by mob in Chandbagh
New Delhi: In the violence that shook the North East Delhi since Sunday, the body of an Intelligence Bureau officer was recovered from a drain Northeast Delhi’s Chand Bagh Wednesday…
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Trump disappoints anti-CAA protestors, Delhi violence victims
New Delhi: Steering clear of controversial issues, including the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said it is up to India and hopefully it is going to…
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YahaN MakaaN Nahi Banaya Hai, Shaheen Bagh dadi hits at SC
New Delhi: The site of protest may change, but our resolve will remain unfettered, said a protester at Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the women…
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Police file charge sheet, names Imam ‘instigator’ in Jamia case
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday, filed a charge sheet on Sharjeel Imam, naming him as an instigator in December 15 Jamia violence case. No other Jamia student beside Imam…
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CAA: I will be first to go to detention camp, says Rajasthan CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a surprise visit to a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA in Jaipur demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship…
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Thackeray supports CAA; opposes NRC as it would impact Hindus
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray have supported the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) — which his allies, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, have…
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Burqa-clad Gunja ‘followed by Modi’ caught in Shaheen Bagh
New Delhi: A right-wing activist Gunja Kapoor, proudly followed by PM Modi on Twitter has been caught by the anti-Citizenship Law protesters at Shaheen Bagh on Wednesday. A right wing…
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100 Pak Hindu families arrive in India; plan to settle down here
New Delhi: A group of 50 Hindu families from Pakistan arrived in India on Monday via the Wagah-Attari border to visit the holy city of Haridwar. 25 days religious tour…
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CAA: Baby dies of cold at Shaheen Bagh; mom undeterred
New Delhi: Four-month-old Mohammed Jahaan accompanied his mother almost every day to the Shaheen Bagh demonstration against Citizenship law where protesters would take turns to hold him and often draw…
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BJP MP defends shooters of Jamia, Bagh; says they were confused
New Delhi: Commenting on the shooting incidents in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Jamia area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arjun Singh today said that his youth fired in confusion. “The…
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‘Goli maarna band karo’; Anurag Thakur faces ire in Parliament
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister Anurag Thakur faced Opposition ire as he stood to answer questions during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament on Monday.…
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Hyderabad’s Khalida Parveen, 65, fights against CAA-NRC
By Sana Sikander Hyderabad: Khalida Parveen, an active Anti-CAA protester who does not leave out any opportunity to register her strong disagreement with the people, officials or the policemen. She…
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Hindu Mahasabha to honour Jamia shooter as ‘true nationalist’
New Delhi: Amid anger over the shooting, the right-wing organization Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) is set to honour the teenager who fired at the anti-CAA protesters in the Jamia Millia…
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CAA: ‘UP Police will kill me’, says Dr Kafeel Khan
Lucknow: Dr. Kafeel Khan, was arrested from the Mumbai international airport on Wednesday evening by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police. He was produced before a metropolitan…
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CAA: Nitish Kumar expels Prashant Kishor from JDU
Patna: Prashant Kishor has been expelled from Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal United (JDU) after weeks of bitter relations over the citizenship law between him and Nitish Kumar on Wednesday. Also…
