New Delhi, Dec 16: In his first reaction to the protests PM Narendra Modi has said, “violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing”.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill Protests LIVE Updates:
More than 60 organizations have moved from ideological and religious lines to appeal for nationwide protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act from 19 December. On 19 December 1927, the martyrdom of freedom fighters Ashfaqulla Khan and Ramprasad Bismil is remembered. On this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi prevented 70,000 Muslims from migrating to Pakistan.
Buses torched as protesters clash with police in Delhi over citizenship law
Buses were torched, cars and bikes smashed as anti-citizenship law protesters clashed with police at New Friends Colony in Delhi on Sunday. The Delhi police in response fired tear-gas shells at the agitating crowd. Students during the protest march against citizenship law at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. Delhi Traffic Police tweeted that vehicle movement…
India a safe haven for minorities: Maldives Speaker
The new citizenship law is an internal matter of India, Maldives’ Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed said on Friday while noting that the country has always been a safe haven for persecuted minorities.
Risky road for working women: Female employees in Delhi often denied night drop home
“Three visibly drunk men, who first stood at a distance, came menacingly close to me. I swatted one of them in fear when he tried to touch me. Before they could do anything more, I hopped on a bus that had arrived in the nick of time,” she said.
Mamata calls for protest, TMC says govt embarrassing country across world
Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for mass protests against the new citizenship law, her party TMC accused the Union government of ‘internationally embarrassing the country’ and ‘making enemies out of friends’.
AIADMK draws flak over CAB, DMK calls statewide stir on Dec 17
Amid protests over the new citizenship law in various parts of the country, the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu is caught in an embarrassing situation for supporting the central government on the legislation, which does not have the issue of one lakh Sri Lankan Tamils sheltered in Tamil Nadu within its purview.
‘Is This Federalism?’: Kamal Nath Says CMs Not Consulted on CAB
Nath said the Congress has never supported divisive laws. https://dai.ly/x7p3y6p Speaking on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress stalwart Kamal Nath on Friday, 13 December, said the grand old party has never supported laws that are divisive in nature. Addressing a gathering at the Indian Women’s Press Corps in…
Citizenship Amendment Bill gets President Kovind’s assent, becomes an Act
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his nod to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into an Act. The Act comes into effect with its publication in the official gazette on Thursday, according to a government notification.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill Gets President’s Assent, Becomes Act
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, 12 December gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, turning it into an Act.
According to an official notification, the Act comes into effect with its publication in the official gazette on Thursday.
According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.Here is the
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and by Lok Sabha on Monday.
‘Shiv Sena, Muslim League as partners’: Amit Shah on Congress being secular
Union Home Minister Amit Shah countered the Congress party’s claim that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is communal in nature with the retort that the Congress is such a secular party that it has Muslim League as a coalition partner in Kerala and the Shiv Sena as an ally in Maharashtra, ANI quoted Shah as saying…
Bangladesh tears down brick kilns to fight toxic smog
DHAKA: Excavators flanked by Bangladesh riot police are at work demolishing illegal soot-belching brick kilns around the smog-choked capital Dhaka, forcing migrant labourers out of work and back to their villages. Every autumn, following the monsoon rains, Dhaka’s brick kilns — which use coal and wood to fire bricks from clay — start up again,…
Preserve bodies of 4 accused in Hyd vet’s case till Dec 9, says T’gana HC
New Delhi: In an emergency hearing, the Telangana High Court ruled that the bodies of the four men accused of gangraping and murdering a 26-year-old Hyderabad veterinarian, who were killed by the police on Friday early morning, would be preserved till Monday, 8 pm, reported NDTV. On Friday, the police said the accused had attacked…
Pati Patni aur Woh movie review: A rather dull remake of a lewd affair
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey, Aparshakti Khurana, Manu Rishi Chadha, Rajesh Sharma, K.K. Raina, Navni Parihar, Sunny SinghDirector: Mudassar Aziz We should all weep in unison and offer our heartfelt condolences to the house of B.R. Chopra which, under the auspices of Baldev Raj Chopra, gave us Naya Daur, Gumrah, Humraaz, Waqt, Ittefaq, The Burning…
In identical affidavit, Amravati ACB too gives clean chit to Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Amravati too has filed an affidavit before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, exonerating former state Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister Ajit Pawar of any wrongdoing in the irrigation projects under its jurisdiction. Like its Nagpur counterpart, which filed an affidavit before the High Court…
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