Citizenship Act

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Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai (Image source: ANI)

Citizenship (Amendment) Act rules are under preparation: MHA tells Lok Sabha

The President had given his assent to the legislation on December 12, 2019

02 Feb 2021 9:16 PM

People leave their houses following clashes over the new citizenship law at Brijpuri area of northeast Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi riots: Wounds may heal, but scars remain

After the Delhi riots, Samreen is contemplating dropping the middle name for the “safety” of her son.

29 Feb 2020 6:39 AM

So despite the fierce pushback against the anti-Muslim Citizenship Act that is mostly confined to the urban centres, Modi is secure in his strongholds.

India no more a beacon for democracy in South Asia?

Kashmir, too, remains under control by dint of the harshest crackdown ever seen in the held Valley.

17 Feb 2020 1:40 AM

A person (face blurred as his being an adult could not be ascertained) brandishes a gun towards people protesting against the CAA near Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Teen sent to 14-day protective custody for Jamia shooting

Sources in Delhi policesaid that the accused has denied having any connection or links with any organisation.

01 Feb 2020 6:51 AM

Bihar BJP to intensify pro-CAA campaign

JD(U) leader Pavan K. Varma urges state CM Nitish to reject CAA, NPR & NRC.

07 Jan 2020 2:03 AM

Activists and students of various universities on a protest march in New Delhi on Tuesday. (PTI, ASIAN AGE)

Thousands join students in anti-CAA protest march

The students were also joined by several people, including local residents and youths.

25 Dec 2019 2:32 AM

Speaking at an event here, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that Modi has given a new lease of life to the non-Muslim refugees. (Photo: ANI)

Modi like God for non-Muslim refugees from Pak, Afghanistan, Bangladesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Later, Chouhan ruled out any link between anti-CAA protests and BJP's performance in the Jharkhand Assembly election.

23 Dec 2019 2:48 PM

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday ordered a CID probe into the death of two protesters during the demonstration against Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Mangaluru on December 19. (Photo: File)

Yediyurappa orders CID probe into deaths during anti-CAA protests in Karnataka

The police have also mentioned their names in the FIR registered in connection with the violence that erupted during the protests.

23 Dec 2019 1:41 PM

In the backdrop of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday launched a veiled attack on the BJP by quoting words of late American leader Martin Luther King. (Photo: File)

Sena's Raut quotes Martin Luther King to hit out at BJP over CAA

The 57-year-old firebrand Rajya Sabha member has of late been taking aim at the BJP, with which the Sena recently severed ties.

23 Dec 2019 12:29 PM

Protesters go berserk in Lucknow. Smoke billows out of a burning media OB van during a protest against NRC and amended Citizenship Act, at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Simi, PFI behind violence: UP govt

UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu said she also interacted with people in Nahtaur area.

23 Dec 2019 5:00 AM

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with party leaders A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel and others holds a sit-in at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday in a show of solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia students. (Photo; Asian Age)

Priyanka visits UP, meets kin of youth killed in stir

Meanwhile, activists have decided to come together and form a united front under the name “Alliance against CAA and NRC”.

23 Dec 2019 2:56 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari, Vijay Goel, Hansraj Hans and others during a rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY)

Citizenship Amendment Act is not anti-Muslim: Modi

Urban Naxals, Congress lying on detention centres for Muslims, claims Modi.

23 Dec 2019 2:53 AM

In the statement, the signatories appealed to every section of the society 'to exercise restraint and refuse to fall into the trap of propaganda, communalism and anarchism'. (Photo: Representational)

Over 1,000 academicians release statement in support of CAA

The statement comes in the midst of countrywide protests against the new citizenship law.

21 Dec 2019 6:26 PM

Citizenship Act fire engulfs UP, 1 dies

Protesters torch police posts, state-run buses and other vehicles.

20 Dec 2019 1:39 AM

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (Photo: File)

Assam BJP MLAs ask CM to allay fears on Act

The legislators, who had a closed door meeting at the residence of Mr Hazarika however refused to reveal all the issues.

20 Dec 2019 1:24 AM

Leaders of opposition parties on Tuesday knocked on the doors of President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to intervene on the issue of violence in central universities and advise the Modi government to withdraw the "unconstitutional and divisive" citizenship amendment law. (Photo: File)

Oppn parties knock on Prez's doors, seek intervention on violence, recall of Citizenship Act

Leaders of at least 12 parties, including Congress, CPI-M, CPI, DMK, SP, TMC, RJD, NC, IUML and AIUDF, were part of the delegation.

17 Dec 2019 6:55 PM

Director Mahesh Bhatt joins protest against Citizenship Amendment Act

As a part of the protest meeting, the Preamble of the Indian Constitution was read out by those present.

16 Dec 2019 10:04 AM

The clashes at AMU started after an agitation by Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia students against the legislation turned violent and police used batons and tear gas to disperse them. (Photo: Screengrab)

60 Aligarh University students injured in clashes with cops, campus shut till Jan 5

Aligarh Muslim University Registrar Abdul Hamid said the police entered campus late Sunday night and clashes were reported from inside.

16 Dec 2019 8:55 AM

A man during a protest against the passing of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at Sanmtragachi in Howrah district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

AASU may form new party; AGP split on Supreme Court plea

Bora wants Brahmaputra Valley off law’s purview; curfew back.

16 Dec 2019 1:40 AM

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of West Bengal which is witnessing protests against the amended Citizenship Act, police said on Sunday. (Photo: File/ Representational Image)

Roads blocked in WB, oil tanker driver killed in Assam due to CAB protests

Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas districts, and rural Howrah on Saturday.

15 Dec 2019 11:24 AM

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