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Anti-CAA protests: SC says HCs be approached with pleas, questions burning of buses
India | Dec 17, 2019, 02:47 PM ISTThe 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 | Dec 17, 2019, 12:27 PM ISTNo 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 | Dec 17, 2019, 12:43 PM 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 | Dec 17, 2019, 12:29 PM ISTTen 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 | Dec 17, 2019, 06:56 AM ISTHitting 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 | Dec 16, 2019, 09:06 AM ISTDozens 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 11:58 PM 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 11:30 PM 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 10:13 PM ISTAccording 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 09:02 PM ISTThere 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 07:41 PM ISTThis 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 | Dec 15, 2019, 03:42 PM ISThe 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 10:31 PM ISTLending 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 08:39 PM ISTEast 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 06:11 PM ISTAssam 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 04:18 PM ISTGovernment 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 02:33 PM ISTInternet 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 02:15 PM ISTJamia 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 01:35 PM ISTCongress 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 | Dec 14, 2019, 12:27 PM ISTThe 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.