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  Citizenship Amendment Bill Row: Manipur to hold all-party meeting on Monday

  India | January 27, 2019 21:01 IST

    Manipur is one of the northeastern states which has been seeing various agitations in protest against the passing of this Bill on January 8 by the Lok Sabha.

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  Citizenship Amendment Bill Row | MNF will snap ties with NDA if situation arises: Mizoram CM Zoramthanga

  India | January 25, 2019 13:43 IST

  Addressing MNF workers at Aibawk village near Aizwal, Zoramthanga said that the party and his government had been making all-out efforts to ensure the defeat of the bill.

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  Citizenship Bill: Attempts being made to create unrest in Assam, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

  India | January 23, 2019 20:36 IST

  The state does not need any such agitation which creates only regressive atmosphere, the senior BJP leader said.  

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  Citizenship Amendment Bill Stir: Protests continue to rage in Assam, CM Sonowal shown black flags

  India | January 21, 2019 18:09 IST

  The Bill, passed in Lok Sabha on January 8, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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  Citizenship bill not be applicable as Nagaland protected under Article 371(A): CM to Rajnath Singh

  India | January 21, 2019 11:29 IST

  A Cabinet meeting, chaired by Rio, on Friday asserted that the state is protected under provisions of Article 371 (A) and the Inner Line Permit (ILP) as per Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, (BEFR) of 1873, a release issued by the Chief Minister's Office said Sunday.  

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  Small number of Bangladeshis to be benefitted from Citizenship Amendment Bill: MHA

  India | January 20, 2019 21:05 IST

    The majority of those who are likely to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Bill will be from Pakistan, as nearly 35,000 of such people have got LTVs so far.

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  Citizenship Bill Row: Protests rage on in Assam

  India | January 19, 2019 17:14 IST

  In Tezpur town of Sonitpur district in lower Assam, activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) staged a semi-clad protest. 

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  Meghalaya CM-led delegation to meet PM to express 'unhappiness' over Citizenship Amendment Bill

  India | January 16, 2019 21:57 IST

  The delegation will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to express their "unhappiness" over the Bill, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters here after a cabinet meeting.  

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  Protests against Citizenship Amendment Bill rage on amid Bihu celebrations

  India | January 15, 2019 15:57 IST

  There was no let up in the protests during the traditional 'Meji-Bhelaghar fire' in the morning where people usually pray for a bright future for the state and a good harvest for farmers in the coming year.  

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  Citizenship Bill Row: Amid concerns over region's identity, Rajnath to call meeting of north-eastern states' CMs

  India | January 14, 2019 23:32 IST

  As the Citizenship Bill brings about a huge discontent resulting in protest across the north-eastern states, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has decided to meet the chief ministers of these states "very soon".

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  Sikh, Hindu refugees from Afghanistan torn between identity and livelihood

  India | January 13, 2019 19:33 IST

  Every couple of months Surveer Singh, who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, is torn between identity and livelihood.

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  Citizenship Bill: Congress asks Assam CM to quit BJP, offers support to form new government

  India | January 13, 2019 12:01 IST

  The current 14th Assembly has 61 BJP, 25 Congress, 14 Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), 13 AIUDF, 12 Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) and one independent MLA.

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  BJP-led Manipur govt seeks exemption from Citizenship Bill's purview

  India | January 12, 2019 7:04 IST

  At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Biren Singh, the state cabinet on Thursday decided to appeal to the Centre to allow it not to implement the proposed legislation, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, a press release issued by the chief minister's secretariat said.

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  Citizenship Bill: Sedition charges against Sahitya Akademi awardee Hiren Gohain, scribe

  India | January 10, 2019 17:02 IST

  Sedition charges have been brought against Sahitya Akademi awardee Assamese litterateur Dr Hiren Gohain, senior journalist Manjit Mahanta and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi in Assam on Thursday, police said, as protests continue in the state against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

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  Citizenship Amendment Bill for whole country, not confined to northeast: Rajnath Singh

  India | January 09, 2019 18:05 IST

  "The purpose is that the migrants facing persecution anywhere in the country can apply for Indian citizenship. After that they can live in any state of the country like an Indian citizen," the Minister said.

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  BJP Spokesperson Mehdi Alam Bora resigns over Citizenship Bill

  India | January 09, 2019 7:04 IST

  Bora is the first important person of the party resigning from BJP to protest the Bill.

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  Citizenship Bill: Protests rock North-east; 6 tribals hurt in firing in Tripura, normal life affected in Mizoram

  India | January 08, 2019 21:25 IST

  Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill that seks to remove hurdles in granting citizenship to eligible migrants, especially Hindus, from six minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.  

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  AGP committed 'historic blunder' by not supporting Citizenship Bill: Himanta Biswa Sarma

  India | January 08, 2019 18:12 IST

  Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta had committed the first blunder by signing the Assam Accord and the party made the second ''historic blunder'' by not extending support to the Bill, Sarma said.

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  Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in Lok Sabha amid protests by Oppn

  India | January 09, 2019 0:00 IST

  Introducing the bill, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the bill will pave the way for Indian citizenship to the “persecuted religious minorities”---the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis---from the three countries.

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  Assam Bandh: Protesters vandalise BJP offices at many places

  India | January 08, 2019 12:28 IST

  Tyres were burnt on roads at various places in Assam to prevent movement of vehicles. Vehicles were damaged in Guwahati, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, police said.