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  'Such a secular party...Muslim league in Kerala, Sena in Maharashtra': Shah pokes fun at Congress

  National | December 09, 2019 23:34 IST

  Congress is such a secular party that it partnered with the Muslim League in Kerala and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, Shah quipped in a late-night discussion on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the lower house.

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  Citizenship Amendment Bill: What Amit Shah said in Lok Sabha | Top Quotes

  National | December 09, 2019 23:23 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah responded to the debate on Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha late Monday night. He said the bill is naither unconstitutional nor it violates Article 14.

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  If Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed, it will represent victory of Jinnah's thoughts over Gandhi:

  India | December 09, 2019 23:08 IST

  Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is passed by Parliament, it will be a victory of the thoughts of Muhammad Ali Jinnah over Mahatma Gandhi.

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  In dramatic protest, Asaduddin Owaisi tears apart copy of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

  India | December 09, 2019 20:38 IST

  AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi tore apart a copy of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, registering a dramatic protest on a day it was introduced.

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  'Amit Shah's name will be in league of Hitler': Owaisi in debate on Citizenship Amendment Bill

  National | December 09, 2019 13:27 IST

  During a heated debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said that his name would be in the same league as Hitler's. Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed uproar as the government tabled the bill in the house.

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  Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: What it means

  India | December 09, 2019 12:54 IST

  The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian and Parsi faiths who entered India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible for citizenship.

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  Give Citizenship Bill to immigrants, but no voting rights for 25 years: Shiv Sena

  India | December 09, 2019 12:39 IST

  "Some are also alleging that BJP is introducing the CAB to create a vote-bank for themselves. Even the BJP-ruled states in the North-east are protesting against this, so give them citizenship but do not grant them voting rights for the next 25 years." Raut said.

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  Shah to introduce Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today

  National | December 09, 2019 10:33 IST

  The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution there.

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  Breaking News December 9 | As it happened

  India | December 10, 2019 0:13 IST

  Indiatvnews.com brings to you breaking news, latest photos and videos from across India and the world on December 9, 2019. HIGHLIGHTS:

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  Anti-CAB protest: Naked rally held, posters pasted at CM Sonowal house

  India | December 08, 2019 23:15 IST

  Leading the march, AASU Chief Adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said the state will not accept the Bill in any form. Torch light processions were also organised by the AASU in places such as Nalbari town, Dimakuchi in Udalguri district and Lakhimpur to protest against the Bill.

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  Assam CM Sonowal appeals youth to not agitate against Citizenship Bill

  India | December 08, 2019 21:59 IST

  Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that forces inimical to the state's interest are trying to create "rifts between different communities" through agitations and the youths should work hard for development instead of joining those movements.

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  SAD hails Citizenship Bill, but wants Muslims also covered

  National | December 08, 2019 20:03 IST

  The party appreciated the Bill and said, "The NDA government has fulfilled the demand of the SAD as well as all minorities, including Sikhs, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians, who had fled religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and taken refuge in India."

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  Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha for passage on Monday

  India | December 08, 2019 15:57 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will introduce in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan escaping religious persecution.

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  Citizenship Bill won't affect Arunachal: Pema Khandu

  India | December 06, 2019 23:07 IST

  The Chief Minister, who led a delegation comprising leaders from different political parties and civil society groups, in a recent consultative meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, had sought special provision to protect the interests of indigenous tribal communities of Arunachal, which should be in accordance with the public sentiments.

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  Concerns of indigenous people in NE on Citizenship Bill being addressed: Kiren Rijiju

  India | December 06, 2019 21:40 IST

  Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the basic concerns of the indigenous people from the Northeastern states on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, are being addressed by the government.

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  Citizenship bill unconstitutional & divisive: Mayawati

  National | December 05, 2019 18:21 IST

  "Citizenship in the name of religion and discrimination in the name of religion of the citizens through it is totally against the basic structure of the humanitarian and secular Constitution of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar," the BSP leader said.

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  Citizenship Bill fundamentally unconstitutional: Tharoor

  India | December 04, 2019 17:13 IST

  Tharoor's remarks came hours after the Union Cabinet gave its nod for the Bill that seeks to provide Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists fleeing persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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  Union Cabinet clears Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, to be tabled in Parliament next week

  India | December 04, 2019 11:55 IST

  The Union Cabinet has cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said on Wednesday.

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  Govt likely to clear Citizenship (Amendment) Bill today; directs MPs to be present in House

  India | December 04, 2019 8:34 IST

  Asking the party MPs to ensure their presence in Parliament as it is going to take up key bills in the coming days, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the prime minister had time and again spoken against absenteeism among the parliamentarians but the issue persists.

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  Northeast MPs seek region be exempt from Citizenship Bill

  India | November 30, 2019 9:43 IST

  The letter comes on the eve of the consultative meeting on the bill, which seeks to remove hurdles in the way of eligible migrants from six minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan from getting Indian citizenship, between Home Minister Amit Shah with Chief Ministers of the northeastern states and leaders of various NGOs from the region in New Delhi.