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CAA "Legal, Can't Be Questioned Before Court": Centre To Supreme Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 17, 2020

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is "perfectly legal and constitutional", the government today told the Supreme Court, asserting that the citizenship law was a matter concerning the sovereign power of parliament and "could not be questioned" before the court.

Amit Shah On CAA: "Won't Result In Minorities Losing Their Citizenship"

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 28, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused the opposition of lying in its criticism of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying the law that has triggered deadly protests across the country does not intend to strip anyone's citizenship.

13 Dead In Delhi Clashes, 70 Have Gunshot Wounds: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Mukesh Singh Sengar, Saurabh Shukla, Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday February 25, 2020

Stone-throwing between rival groups, arson and vandalism on Tuesday marked unrelenting violence over citizenship law protests for more than 24 hours in a part of Delhi, in which 13 - including a policeman - have been killed and over 150 injured. At least 70 of those injured have gunshot wounds. Shops were burnt and people armed with sticks and rods...

Ex-Delhi Lieutenant Governor Demands Probe Into Jamia Library Incident

India News | ANI | Monday February 17, 2020

Former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung on Monday demanded an investigation into the incident, the CCTV footage of which is doing rounds on social media showing policemen in riot gears barging into the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) library and beating students with batons on the night of December 15 last year.

Like Delhi, "Real Nationalism" Should Win In Bihar, Says Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 16, 2020

Delhi voters have shown the way by opting for "real nationalism" and the electorate in Bihar should emulate them to vote out Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has no qualms in taking off his "secular veil" on issues such as the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Sunday.

Raising Voice In A Democracy Not A Crime, Says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 12, 2020

Ahead of her visit to the Samajwadi Party's stronghold Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, where she is likely to meet families of arrested anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protestors, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that raising one's voice in a democracy is not a crime.

Women Hold Protest Against Citizenship Act, NRC In Bengaluru

Bangalore News | ANI | Sunday February 9, 2020

Chanting slogans of ''Azaadi'' (freedom), women on Sunday hold the protest at Tannery Road against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

CAA "No Threat To Muslims", Population Register "Essential": Rajinikanth

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday February 5, 2020

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is no threat to Muslims and if they face trouble, "I will be the first person to raise voice for them", superstar Rajinikanth today, making his stand clear on the law that has triggered protests across the country. He also termed the National Population Register "essential".

Uproar In Rajya Sabha Over CAA, House Adjourned

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 4, 2020

Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated disruptions on Monday as members from opposition parties raised slogans against the government and demanded a debate on the Citizenship Amendement Act and NPR.

Kolkata's Shaheen Bagh-Like Protest Enters 23rd Day, Gets Support From Artistes, Politicians

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 29, 2020

A sit-in agitation by 60 Muslim women at the Park Circus Maidan, christened as ''Kolkata's Shaheen Bagh'', entered its 23rd day on Wednesday with the protestors firm to carry on with their stir against the CAA indefinitely.

Country Shouldn't Be Divided In The Name Of Religion, Says BJP MLA Narayan Tripathi On Citizenship Law

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Tuesday January 28, 2020

On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the citizenship law was brought to "correct a historical injustice and fulfil a promise to minorities in the neighbouring countries", an MLA of his BJP from Madhya Pradesh opposed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA and said the country should not be divided in the name of religion as it is ag...

''States That Passed Anti-CAA Resolution Ruled By 1 Party'': Ajit Pawar

India News | ANI | Tuesday January 28, 2020

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, said that resolutions against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been passed in States like Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal as they are ruled by one party, unlike Maharashtra.

"Jinnah Is Winning": Shashi Tharoor Attacks Centre Over Citizenship Law

India News | ANI | Sunday January 26, 2020

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday that Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah's victory will be complete if the Citizenship Amendment Act leads to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in which a large section of the population would be deprived of its rights if it fails to prove its citizenship.

India's Strong Reaction To European Union's 6 Resolutions On CAA, Kashmir

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday January 27, 2020

India is facing a major diplomatic backlash from the European Union parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Brussels for the India-EU summit in March.

Efforts Being Made To Normalise Islamophobia: Arundhati Roy

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 25, 2020

Drawing a parallel between Nazi Germany and present-day India, author-activist Arundhati Roy said she was happy to see that students have come out on the streets in large numbers to protest against the government's "divisive" citizenship law and proposed nationwide NRC.