Anti Caa Protests
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'Only I know how I managed': Bhajanpura-Yamuna Vihar residents recall horror as mobs go on rampage
India | Feb 25, 2020, 03:19 PM ISTAs angry mobs ran riot in the Bhajanpura-Yamuna Vihar area all through Monday night and Tuesday morning, residents recalled the fear they underwent, with an elderly man pleading with folded hands before the rioters to spare him as he returned from a hospital where his grandson is undergoing treatment.
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35 paramilitary companies deployed in violence-hit Delhi; Fresh stone pelting at Bhajanpura
India | Feb 25, 2020, 03:25 PM IST35 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in Northeast Delhi along with Special Cell, Crime Branch and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) officials. Local police from different districts of Delhi have also been called in.
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List of metro stations closed in Delhi due to anti-CAA violence
India | Feb 24, 2020, 08:07 PM ISTThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Monday closed the entry and exit gates of some metro stations in the national capital, due to the violence against the new Citizenship law. Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur were among those metro stations kept close to avoid any untoward incident that may fuel the situation in Delhi.
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CM Kejriwal expresses grief over Delhi cop's death
India | Feb 24, 2020, 06:17 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged people of Delhi to shun violence in the wake of tension in northeast Delhi leading to death of a Delhi head constable.
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Anti-CAA protesters torch two houses, fire tender at Jaffrabad and Maujpur
India | Feb 24, 2020, 03:26 PM ISTViolence was also reported from the Chandbagh area in Jaffrabad. Police fired tear gas shells and also resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesters. According to officials, a fire tender was damaged by the protesters after it responded to a fire call in the area.
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Women continue to protest against CAA at Delhi's Jaffrabad
India | Feb 23, 2020, 09:25 AM ISTWomen continue their protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Jaffrabad metro station area. The protest began late evening on Saturday continued even after midnight.
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Lucknow: Anti-CAA protesters begin indefinite fast
India | Feb 20, 2020, 05:08 PM ISTWomen protesting against the citizenship law at the Clock Tower in Lucknow have started an indefinite fast from Thursday.
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Tears and defiance as Shaheen Bagh protesters meet Supreme Court interlocutors
India | Feb 19, 2020, 11:58 PM ISTThere were tears and defiance too as the women of Shaheen Bagh poured their hearts out to the two Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors on Wednesday, the first attempt to reach out to those sitting in protest against the citizenship amendment legislation for more than two months.
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Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu condemn police action against anti-CAA
India | Feb 15, 2020, 01:10 PM ISTOpposition parties led by the DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday lashed out at the police action against anti-CAA protesters here, and sought action against those police personnel who allegedly used force against the agitators.
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Dr Kafeel Khan slapped with NSA charge for anti-CAA speech at AMU
India | Feb 14, 2020, 02:41 PM ISTThe UP Police has booked Dr Kafeel Khan in the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly delivering a speech at the Aligarh Muslim University against the amended Citizenship Act.
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Anti-CAA protests in UP: 11 in UP asked to sign personal bond of ₹50L
India | Feb 12, 2020, 02:40 PM ISTTwo persons died and several were injured in a protest against the new citizenship law in Sambhal on December 19 and 20 last year. As many as 12 FIRs were registered in connection with the violence and 43 people were arrested. Some of the accused have been released on bail.
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NHRC notice to UP govt over 'atrocities' on anti-CAA protesters
India | Feb 10, 2020, 05:50 PM ISTThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and the Director-General of Police (DGP), on a complaint filed by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over alleged police atrocities during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests in the state.
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Half of Bangladesh will be empty if Indian citizenship offered: G Kishan Reddy
India | Feb 09, 2020, 05:15 PM ISTHalf of Bangladesh's population will leave that country if Indian citizenship was promised to them, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.
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BJP MLA felicitates cab driver who took poet-activist to police station
India | Feb 08, 2020, 03:16 PM ISTThe BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha conferred "Alert Citizenship Award" on cab driver Rohit Gaur at the Santacruz police station. Lodha also accused the passenger, poet-activist Bappadittya Sarkar, of hatching an "ant-national conspiracy" against the CAA.
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First-timers vote at Shaheen Bagh
Elections | Feb 08, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTAs voting began on Saturday for the 70-member Delhi Assembly, long queues of voters, including first-time voters, were seen at Shaheen Bagh, the site of the anti-CAA protests.672 candidates are contesting the Delhi polls.
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SC to hear pleas against protest at Shaheen Bagh after Delhi polls
India | Feb 07, 2020, 01:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 7 The Supreme Court said it would hear the pleas against anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh next week as it did not want to "influence" the Delhi assembly elections by hearing the matter on Friday. Polls in the national capital will be held on Saturday and the matter will now be heard on Monday."We understand there is a problem and we have to see how to resolve it. We will take it up on Monday.
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Slogans don't contribute to nation's progress, work for it: Anupam Kher slams CAA stir
India | Feb 06, 2020, 11:57 AM ISTSlamming the anti CAA protestors, Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Thrsday said that slogans do not contrinbute to nation's progress. He shared a video on his Twitter handle where he has put his point on the NRC along with the Citizenship Amendment Act. The actor said, "if you want freedom from anything work for it."
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Shaheen Bagh now breeding ground for suicide bombers: Giriraj Singh
India | Feb 06, 2020, 11:24 AM ISTBJP's Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that the Shaheen Bagh protest site was not a movement anymore, but "it has become a breeding ground for suicide bombers."
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Shaheen Bagh may be turned into Jallianwala Bagh post Delhi polls: Owaisi
India | Feb 06, 2020, 09:16 AM ISTShaheen Bagh may be turned into Jallianwala Bagh post-Delhi election, said Owaisi adding that the central government may resort to using force to evacuate the place where anti-CAA protests are taking place.