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  Anti-CAA protests: SC says HCs be approached with pleas, questions burning of buses

  India | December 17, 2019 14:47 IST

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday said high courts should be approached first on pleas alleging police atrocities on persons protesting against the amended Citizenship Act. The court also asked as to how buses were burnt during the protests.

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  No bullet fired by police during protests at Jamia: MHA officials

  India | December 17, 2019 12:27 IST

  No bullet was fired by police during violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act at Jamia Milia Islamia University on Sunday, Home Ministry officials said. There have been allegations that police fired bullets on protesters during the agitation at Jamia.

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  Felt like I am in Kashmir: Jamia student recalls Delhi Police crackdown

  India | December 17, 2019 12:43 IST

  "I always try to imagine how people who are living in Kashmir feel. These four days made me feel that I am in Kashmir, away from my family, terrified about the uncertainties that what would hit us next," said a Jamia student

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  Anti-CAA protest: No students among 10 people arrested in Jamia violence

  India | December 17, 2019 12:29 IST

  Ten people have been arrested in connection with the violence that broke out Sunday (Dec 15) during a showdown between the police and students protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act near Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi. None of those arrested in the connection with violence is students

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  Sonia Gandhi shedding crocodile tears; Indira Gandhi had sent students to Tihar: BJP

  India | December 17, 2019 6:56 IST

  Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her remark that the Modi government has "declared war on its own people", Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Congress president was shedding "crocodile tears" for political gains.

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  Protest at Hyderabad Urdu varsity against Jamia incidents

  India | December 16, 2019 9:06 IST

  Dozens of students of the country's only Urdu university gathered on the campus around midnight and raised slogans against the police action on Jamia and AMU campuses. They expressed solidarity with the students of the two universities and demanded action against the policemen who entered the campuses and resorted to baton-charge on students.

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  Railway employees hid in toilet to save lives from mob

  India | December 15, 2019 23:58 IST

  "Those were terrible moments. Outside there was a lot of commotion. Everything at the station was being attacked and set afire," said the man, as the Acra station of the Eastern Railway looked like a ravaged battle zone.

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  People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law

  India | December 15, 2019 23:30 IST

  "We hope to raise awareness against the law at the global platform and also show solidarity with friends and families back home," Karuna Sagar Das, a prominent face in the diaspora in London, told PTI.

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  Schools in south east Delhi to stay shut on Monday

  India | December 15, 2019 22:13 IST

  According to Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, all government and private schools in Okhla, Jamia Nagar, New Friends Colony, Madanpur Khadar areas of south east Delhi district will remain closed on Monday.

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  Cong asks governor to direct state government to order judicial inquiry into Citizenship Act protest

  India | December 15, 2019 21:02 IST

  There should be an inquiry whether excessive force was warranted against the protesters and the Model Rules adopted by the Inspectors General of Police Conference, 1964 were adhered to while carrying out lathi-charges and firing on the protesters, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, said in a letter to the governor.

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  CAA violence in Delhi: When residents left their cars and ran for life

  India | December 15, 2019 19:41 IST

  This on the third day of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 in the national capital. Jamia students were not involved in the brawl, the varsity union promptly announced.

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  CAA and NRC: The clear picture

  India | December 15, 2019 15:42 IST

  he Citizenship Amendment Act is based on religion, with a thrust on exclusion of Muslims from those immigrants from India's three Muslim-majority neighbours -- Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan -- seeking India's citizenship.

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  Assam government employees to cease work against CAA on Dec 18

  India | December 14, 2019 22:31 IST

  Lending their weight to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Assam government employees would go on a cease work on Wednesday.

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  Several trains cancelled due to protest over CAA

  India | December 14, 2019 20:39 IST

  East Coast Railway (ECoR) said seven express trains cancelled from Howrah and three trains from Puri in view of agitation by people at various railway stations.

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  Oil India Limited appeals to people in Assam to allow it to carry out day-to-day operations

  India | December 14, 2019 18:11 IST

  Assam has been facing a shortage of fuel supply due to the ongoing protests which have also affected the daily lives of people in Guwahati and several other districts of the state.

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  Citizenship act protests: US advisory for its citizens against visiting North East India

  India | December 14, 2019 16:18 IST

  Government curfews are in place in some areas. Internet and mobile communications may be disrupted. Transport may be affected in various parts," the advisory read.

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  CAA stir: Internet services suspended across Assam till Monday

  India | December 14, 2019 14:33 IST

  Internet services across Assam will remain suspended till December 16 to prevent alleged misuse of social media in disturbing the peace and to maintain law and order in the state, officials said on Saturday.

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  CAA row: Jamia University declares winter vacation after protest

  India | December 14, 2019 14:15 IST

  Jamia Millia Islamia University after postponing varsity exam, has now declared winter vacation from Saturday amid massive protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The University will now open on January 6, 2020.

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  BJP has destroyed India's economy and GDP, says Priyanka Gandhi in 'Bharat Bachao' rally

  India | December 14, 2019 13:35 IST

  Congress Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday slammed the government during the 'Bharat Bachao' rally. She attacked the Modi government over several issues including GDP, citizenship act, women safety and economy.

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  Citizenship Amendment Act: 'Gamosa' to 'Joi Aai Axom', signs of pride that shaped Assam protests

  India | December 14, 2019 12:27 IST

  The Assamese 'gamosa' and the salutation 'Joi Aai Asom' (a popular slogan from the Assam Movement days) along with the cry 'Ho!Ho!' has become the symbol of the protests raging the state against the amended Citizenship Act.