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  • A protest in Mumbai on Thursday

    Russia the latest country to issue travel advisory for citizens visiting India

    India | December 19, 2019 21:44 IST

    Several countries including the US, UK, Israel, Canada and Singapore, have already asked their citizens to exercise caution while travelling to the India

  • Police personnel baton charge at protestors during a

    Two dead in anti-Citizenship Act violence in Mangalore

    India | December 19, 2019 22:46 IST

    Two people died in the anti-Citizenship Act violence on Thursday in Mangalore

  • A bus was burnt down by protestors at an anti-CAA

    Delhi’s RWAs hit out at anti-CAA protestors; say Delhi Police not doing enough

    India | December 19, 2019 20:34 IST

    As protests against the CAA rock the national capital, the lives of residents who have called Delhi home for decades has been thrown out of gear. And they blame the protestors for this. “There are more legal ways available to register your protest," says an RWA president

  • Protestors pelt stones at police personnel after their

    DAY OF RAGE: DELHI, LUCKNOW WORST HIT

    India | December 19, 2019 20:35 IST

    Protests are not unusual but Thursday saw it escalate bringing capital Delhi to a standstill for several hours with Metro and Internet services shut on government orders in wake of protest against new Citizenship law. In Lucknow, an unruly mob torched a police station and TV channel's OB Van. In Bengaluru, renowned historian Ramchandra Guha was detained.

  • Anti-CAA stir: Protesters pelt stones, set vehicles ablaze

    Anti-CAA stir: Protesters pelt stones, set vehicles ablaze in Mangaluru; police fires tear gas shell

    India | December 19, 2019 18:30 IST

    Police fired teargas shells and carried out a baton charge to disperse 100 anti-CAA protesters who allegedly turning violent, setting a few motor bikes on fire and pelting stones on the security forces in Karnataka's Mangaluru, a police official said on Thursday.  

  • Jamia violence/PTI

    Who is Aysha Renna, face of Jamia protests

    India | December 19, 2019 18:24 IST

    A photograph that has been used to target the police force for its action during the anti-CAA protests in the Jamia area on Sunday may have brought out Aysha Renna as the face of the agitation.

  • A file photo of PM Manmohan Singh

    BJP posts Manmohan's 2003 speech video to target Congress over CAA

    India | December 19, 2019 16:48 IST

    The clip is from a debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was brought by then Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government

  • Prayagraj: Police personnel detain Samajwadi Party workers

    PHOTOS: From Delhi to Lucknow, anti-CAA protests turn violent

    India | December 19, 2019 16:35 IST

    From Delhi to Lucknow, protests broke out in multiple cities across India against the newly amended citizenship law on Thursday. Delhi witnessed an unprecedented situation as mobile voice, messaging and internet services across networks were suspended.

  • A file photo of JP Nadda

    We brought CAA, will also bring NRC: BJP's JP Nadda

    India | December 19, 2019 16:05 IST

    In a statement that can further create trouble, a defiant JP Nadda, the working president of BJP, said that after bringing in the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP-led NDA government will now bring a nation-wide NRC

  • 19 flights cancelled, 16 delayed due to anti-CAA protests

    19 flights cancelled, 16 delayed due to anti-CAA protests in Delhi

    India | December 19, 2019 15:46 IST

    At least nineteen IndiGo flights were cancelled and 16 delayed due to protests against Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi. According to a Delhi airport official, the delays and cancellations have been caused due to flight crew members being struck in anti-CAA protests.

  • A protest against the CAA and NRC in New Delhi this week

    Scrap CAA-NRC forthwith, Muslim women's association tells PM Modi

    India | December 19, 2019 15:20 IST

    The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan demanded that PM Modi must immediately announce scrapping of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the NRC, and slammed the imposition of Section 144 in Delhi

  • UP AIMIM leader booked for inflammatory post against CAA

    UP AIMIM leader booked for inflammatory post against CAA

    India | December 19, 2019 13:12 IST

    The Ferozabad district has booked an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Ehtsaham Ali Babar for allegedly posting an inflammatory video on Facebook to incite local residents against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

  • Cops gear up to tackle anti-CAA protest in Mumbai on

    Cops gear up to tackle anti-CAA protest in Mumbai

    India | December 19, 2019 7:26 IST

    Protesters under the banner of 'Hum Bharat Ke Log' will congregate in August Kranti Maidan to take part in the protests against the CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC), the official said.

  • Students, workers' groups protest over Citizenship Act in UK

    Students, workers' groups protest over Citizenship Act in UK

    World | December 19, 2019 7:12 IST

    The protest, organised by the India Society of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and supported by other universities including London School of Economics (LSE), involved sloganeering such as “Inqalab Zindabad” and placard-waving against the Indian government’s move to impose the CAA, which has sparked protests across India.

  • Bengaluru prohibitory orders

    Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru in wake of Citizenship Act protest from today

    India | December 19, 2019 8:29 IST

    Giving out orders for the prohibitory orders, Bengaluru police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao told reporters that none should organise protests in the city from 6 AM tomorrow to midnight of December 21. Anyone violating the orders will be dealt with an iron hand, he said.

  • Congress spokesperson Dr Udit Raj protesting the

    Not only anti-Muslim, CAA is also anti-Dalit: Congress spokesperson Udit Raj

    India | December 18, 2019 22:33 IST

    The Congress spokesperson warned that CAA had the potential to unleash the same chaos across the country that had been witnessed during demonetisation. “This law is even more dangerous,” said Udit Raj

  • A file photo of  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami

    Tamil Nadu CM defends support to CAA, says no Indian will be affected

    India | January 03, 2020 13:22 IST

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami hit out at DMK for accusing the AIADMK of betraying Sri Lankan Tamils and sought to know why the opposition party did not get citizenship for them when it shared power at the Centre for over a decade in the past

  • Anti-CAA protest

    Anti-CAA protest: Police monitoring some social media handles to check spread of misinformation

    India | December 18, 2019 17:52 IST

    Some social media handles are being closely monitored by police to check the spread of wrong information in the national capital amid protest over the amended citizenship law, officials said on Wednesday. Eight people who were involved in Tuesday's violence in the North-East district of Delhi have already been arrested so far for their alleged involvement in the violence at Jaffrabad and Seelampur during protests against the new citizenship law and three FIRs have been registered.

  • A site of anti-CAA protest in New Delhi on Tuesday

    CAA: Behind BJP's 3-pronged plan to explain govt stand

    India | December 18, 2019 17:03 IST

    The BJP has sprung to action to rescue the rattled BJP-led NDA government. As the nation is getting celebration-ready for upcoming Christmas and the New Year, the BJP has embarked on a massive three-pronged reach out to people over the CAA across India

  • Narrow escape for Nagpur mayor in attack by bike-borne men

    Narrow escape for Nagpur mayor in attack by bike-borne men

    India | December 18, 2019 10:09 IST

    Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi had a narrow escape when two motorcycle-borne persons fired at his car on Wardha Road here in Maharashtra, a police official said on Wednesday. The incident took place just around 11.59 pm on Tuesday when Joshi was returning home along with his family members and friends after celebrating his 24th wedding anniversary at a restaurant here, he said.

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