Citizenship Bill
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Citizenship Amendment Bill Row: Manipur to hold all-party meeting on Monday
India | Jan 27, 2019, 09:01 PM ISTManipur 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 | Jan 25, 2019, 01:43 PM ISTAddressing 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 | Jan 23, 2019, 08:36 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 21, 2019, 06:09 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 21, 2019, 11:29 AM ISTA 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 | Jan 20, 2019, 09:05 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 19, 2019, 05:14 PM ISTIn 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 | Jan 16, 2019, 09:57 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 15, 2019, 03:57 PM ISTThere 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 | Jan 14, 2019, 11:32 PM ISTAs 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 | Jan 13, 2019, 07:33 PM ISTEvery 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 | Jan 13, 2019, 12:01 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 12, 2019, 07:04 AM ISTAt 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 | Jan 10, 2019, 05:02 PM ISTSedition 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 | Jan 09, 2019, 06:05 PM 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 | Jan 09, 2019, 07:04 AM ISTBora 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 | Jan 08, 2019, 09:25 PM ISTEarlier 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 | Jan 08, 2019, 06:12 PM ISTFormer 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 | Jan 09, 2019, 12:00 AM ISTIntroducing 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 | Jan 08, 2019, 12:28 PM ISTTyres 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.