Anti-CAA stir: After Seelampur, stone pelting in Delhi's Brijpuri
India | December 17, 2019 21:14 ISTAfter Seelampur, violence has been reported from Delhi's Brijpuri during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
After Seelampur, violence has been reported from Delhi's Brijpuri during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind along with leaders of other Opposition parties on Tuesday and demanded withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
A number of metro stations have been closed in Delhi due to ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Fresh protests broke out in Delhi's Jafrabad following which metro stations in the vicinity have been shut by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
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Hundreds of students from the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (Nadwa College) in Lucknow were out on the streets on Monday morning in support of their counterparts from the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, who have been leading protests
Assam had been on the boil for the past few days as thousands of people came out on the streets to protest against the amended Citizenship Act. Agitators engaged in pitched battles with the police across various cities, forcing the administration to impose a curfew.
The Delhi Traffic Police said that vehicular movement was closed from Okhla Underpass to Sarita Vihar due to the anti CAB protests. Vehicles coming from Badarpur and Ashram Chowk were diverted to alternative routes due to blockade.
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The Delhi Traffic Police said that vehicular movement was closed from Okhla Underpass to Sarita Vihar due to the anti CAB protests. Vehicles coming from Badarpur and Ashram Chowk were diverted to alternative routes due to blockade. According to an eyewitness, protestors broke glasses of a cluster bus carrying passengers and set it on fire. However, no one was injured.
Violent protests erupted near Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and at the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, while West Bengal plunged deeper into chaos on Sunday during the stir over the new citizenship law with incidents of arson and loot reported from the state and the northeast, acts which Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged were being instigated by the "Congress and its friends".
Curfew has been relaxed in Assam's Dibrugarh from 7 am to 4 pm and Guwahati from 9 am to 6 pm on Sunday. Massive protests have been taking place against the Citizenship Amendment Act in several parts of the country.
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have taken the country by storm. Widespread violence was reported from Assam and West Bengal where people are registering their anger over the amended act.
Internet 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.
Curfew has been relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm in Guwahati in Assam. Widespread protests have been taking place against the Citizenship Amendment Act in several parts of the country.
Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday summoned Indian High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das and protested against the attack on the convoy of Bangladeshi assistant high commissioner and vandalism of the Bangladesh mission in Guwahati, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The MEA on Thursday clarified that the purpose of printing lotus on the new passports is to improve security features, after the opposition parties created uproar in the Parliament over the issue
Normal life came to a halt on Tuesday in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley due to a statewide bandh called by two students' organizations in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment)Bill, which has received Lok Sabha nod. The 11-hour shutdown, called by the All Assam Students' Union and the North East Students' Organisation - an apex body of student unions in the region - however, failed to evoke much impact on Bengali-dominated Barak Valley.
The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm against the Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has once again stired controversy this time by calling, Nirmala Sitaraman as 'Nirbala' Sitaraman.
The indefinite strike by the TSRTC employees' unions over various demands continued for the 51st day on Sunday with protesters includingwomen holding demonstrations, taking out rallies and forming human chains across the state.
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