Armed man threatens Shaheen Bagh protesters to end agitation, overpowered
4 years, 11 months ago

Armed man threatens Shaheen Bagh protesters to end agitation, overpowered

India TV News  

An armed man, claiming to have links with a political party, entered the protest area at Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday and threatened the agitators, according to eyewitnesses. The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Shaheen Bagh, primarily led by women, has been witnessing supporters flocking in thousands everyday. Shaheen Bagh Official, a Twitter handle which posts updates from the protest site, wrote at 6 pm, "An official and urgent appeal from Shaheen Bagh: armed anti-social elements have entered the protest area. Please reach Shaheen Bagh and sites across Delhi in large numbers".

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Protests weren't organic: Delhi Police oppose bail plea of 2020 riots accused
1 week ago

Protests weren't organic: Delhi Police oppose bail plea of 2020 riots accused

India Today  

The Delhi Police opposed bail pleas filed by several accused in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, during a hearing in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad argued that the Shaheen Bagh protest lacked local support and was orchestrated by bringing people from other areas. Prasad further contended that …

Delhi’s protest hub Shaheen Bagh calm but tense after CAA comes into force
10 months ago

Delhi’s protest hub Shaheen Bagh calm but tense after CAA comes into force

Hindustan Times  

Shaheen Bagh, a locality which was once the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship Act protests for more than three months between late 2019 and early 2020, was on Tuesday bustling with pedestrians and vehicles — it was business as usual for this corner of southeast Delhi, a day after the Centre implemented the contentious law that paves the way for citizenship …

Security tightened in Shaheen Bagh, many areas over CAA
10 months ago

Security tightened in Shaheen Bagh, many areas over CAA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The security in the national capital was heightened, especially in communally sensitive areas, after the Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for implementing the Citizenship Act on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Joy Tirkey said police personnel patrolled and checked sensitive areas extensively. Tirkey said 29 ‘Aman Committee’ meetings were convened to dispel misconceptions about the CAA …

Why Haldwani protest has become Shaheen Bagh-like political flashpoint in Uttarakhand
2 years ago

Why Haldwani protest has become Shaheen Bagh-like political flashpoint in Uttarakhand

India Today  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court's order asking residents of Haldwani to evacuate from 29 acres of "railway" land. This is because the high court order might lead to the demolition of schools, temples, banks, mosques and about 4,000 houses seen as encroachments on government land. On Wednesday, Uttarakhand's former chief minister and Congress leader Harish …

Why Haldwani protest has become Shaheen Bagh-like political flashpoint in Uttarakhand
2 years ago

Why Haldwani protest has become Shaheen Bagh-like political flashpoint in Uttarakhand

India Today  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court's order asking residents of Haldwani to evacuate from 29 acres of "railway" land. This is because the high court order might lead to the demolition of schools, temples, banks, mosques and about 4,000 houses seen as encroachments on government land. On Wednesday, Uttarakhand's former chief minister and Congress leader Harish …

Delhi riots not organic but planned by PFI & SDPI, special public prosecutor tells HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi riots not organic but planned by PFI & SDPI, special public prosecutor tells HC

Firstpost  

The submission was made by the police while opposing the bail plea of former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid in connection with an Unlawful Activities Act case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the Delhi riots in February 2020 New Delhi: The Delhi Police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the protests at Shaheen Bagh in the backdrop …

Video: AAP MLA in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh amid protests against demolition
2 years, 8 months ago

Video: AAP MLA in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh amid protests against demolition

Hindustan Times  

Protests have erupted in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh – a site of the contentious Citizenship law stir – amid an anti-encroachment drive on Monday. Municipal Corporation of Delhi workers in presence of Delhi Police during an anti-encroachment drive, at Shaheen Bagh area in New Delhi. Protesters reportedly raised slogans against the BJP-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation as well as the central …

Anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh begins amid protests: Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

Anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh begins amid protests: Reports

Op India  

Amidst conflicting reports that the anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh had come to a halt due to a lack of police protection, news agency ANI has reported that the Delhi police will provide sufficient force to carry out the operation. Delhi Police will be providing force to remove the MCD encroachment in the Shaheen Bagh area today pic.twitter.com/iGiVvQiBCh — ANI …

News18 Exclusive: Pakistan narco-terrorism angle in Rs 100 crore Shaheen Bagh drug bust
2 years, 8 months ago

News18 Exclusive: Pakistan narco-terrorism angle in Rs 100 crore Shaheen Bagh drug bust

Firstpost  

“We can’t rule out that this money has been used to fuel protests and anti-India sentiments recently,” top NCB sources told CNN-News18 The drug bust in which the Narcotics Control Bureau seized about 50 kg of heroin from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on Thursday, has the involvement of Pakistan, CNN-News18 reported. These seizures are important, as they expose the blueprint of …

How Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, famous for anti-CAA protest, is backing Karnataka’s hijab stir
2 years, 11 months ago

How Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, famous for anti-CAA protest, is backing Karnataka’s hijab stir

Firstpost  

Shaheen Bagh earned popularity in 2019-2020 when thousands of people from all walks of life had collected for over 100 days to protest against the Centre’s Citizenship Amendment Act The Karnataka hijab row seems to only be growing further with now protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. Protests at Shaheen Bagh On Wednesday, Muslims of Shaheen Bagh took to the …

A tale of two protests: farmers’ protest and Shaheen Bagh
3 years, 11 months ago

A tale of two protests: farmers’ protest and Shaheen Bagh

The Hindu  

India has experienced two successivewinters of discontent, winters which on the one hand have given a glimmer of hope to the larger society and, on the other, exposed the strong-arm tactics of the government. Urging the farmers to shed their “stubborn attitude”, Tomar had said: “Except for the demand of repealing the laws, the government is ready to consider seriously …

Photos: Shaheen Bagh, a year after anti-CAA protests
4 years ago

Photos: Shaheen Bagh, a year after anti-CAA protests

Hindustan Times  

Photos: Shaheen Bagh, a year after anti-CAA protests A year after what was one of the largest and most prominent protests against the Citizenship Act in the country; Shaheen Bagh wears an uneasy calm. Shop owners suggest that the stigma of protests and police presence coupled with the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown have changed the dynamic of the otherwise …

1 year since cycle of violence, which led to the Delhi anti-Hindu riots
4 years ago

1 year since cycle of violence, which led to the Delhi anti-Hindu riots

Op India  

As Macbeth said, “Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.” And this was perhaps proven true during the ides of December 2019, when Islamists and the Left came together to burn the country. While violence brewed in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, Sonia Gandhi, the President of Indian National Congress held a ‘Bharat Bachao’ rally in which, among other …

‘Shaheen Bagh returns’: Netizens say as protesting ‘farmers’ served biryani
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Shaheen Bagh returns’: Netizens say as protesting ‘farmers’ served biryani

Op India  

Amidst the ongoing protest by ‘farmers’ against the farms bills passed by the Modi government, a video shared by Times of India has gone viral on social media which shows Biryani being served to ‘farmers’ camping in Ghazipur, Delhi. Netizens were quick to draw equivalences between the ongoing farmers’ protest at Delhi border areas and the anti-CAA protest at Shaheen …

'Shaheen Bagh 2.0': Biryani is 'Anti-national' Again after Visuals of Protesting Farmers Eating Go Viral
4 years, 1 month ago

'Shaheen Bagh 2.0': Biryani is 'Anti-national' Again after Visuals of Protesting Farmers Eating Go Viral

News 18  

When anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest demonstration was held at a stretch for weeks in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh locality, biryani became a point of attack to discredit the protests which was led by women. As latest as in Sepetmber, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind ‘Kejriwal was “feeding Biryani to Shaheen Bagh protesters” during one …

Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh protest: Public spaces cannot be occupied 'indefinitely', says apex court
4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh protest: Public spaces cannot be occupied 'indefinitely', says apex court

Firstpost  

A three-judge bench observed that while dissent and democracy go hand in hand, protests must be carried out in the designated areas The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that occupying public places like Shaheen Bagh for protests is not acceptable and such a space cannot be occupied “indefinitely”. A bench comprising Justices SK Kaul, Krishna Murari, and Hrishikesh Roy held …

Shaheen Bagh 'Dadi' Among Time's 100 Influential People. Here's Why She's a 'Symbol of Resistance'
4 years, 3 months ago

Shaheen Bagh 'Dadi' Among Time's 100 Influential People. Here's Why She's a 'Symbol of Resistance'

News 18  

The octogenarian Bilkis is one of the five Indians who made it to the list of 100 most influential people for the year 2020 in the Time magazine. Bilkis Bano was among several other elderly women of Shaheen Bagh, who came to be known as Dadis of Shaheen Bagh as they emerged as a strong voice of the anti- Citizenship …

Delhi Riots ‘Conspiracy’ Charge Sheet: Everything You Need to Know
4 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Riots ‘Conspiracy’ Charge Sheet: Everything You Need to Know

The Quint  

On the afternoon, Sharjeel Imam, along with Arshad Warsi from SOJ and others, started moving towards establishing a 24x7 protest, or a chakka jam, at Shaheen Bagh. This part of the charge sheet is interesting, it alleges that "local residents of Shaheen Bagh were initially against the protest but Sharjeel Imam threatened them with dire consequences if they did not …

Shaheen Bagh 'dadi' Bilkis named in Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People
4 years, 3 months ago

Shaheen Bagh 'dadi' Bilkis named in Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People

India Today  

Bilkis, an 82-year-old woman who was at the forefront of the Shaheen Bagh protests in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act, has been named by the Time Magazine in its list of ‘100 Most Influential People of 2020’. Bilkis, one of the ‘dadis’ of Shaheen Bagh, became the face of the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests that went on to trigger …

Shaheen Bagh | Balance right to protest with right to movement: Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

Shaheen Bagh | Balance right to protest with right to movement: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to protest needs to be balanced with the right to movement of the public. A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was hearing a petition filed over seven months ago to shift the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protestors of Shaheen Bagh, most of them mothers and their children, to an alternative site …

Shaheen Bagh protests \'scripted\' by BJP for electoral gains, says AAP
4 years, 4 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protests \'scripted\' by BJP for electoral gains, says AAP

Deccan Chronicle  

A day after several activists who were part of the Shaheen Bagh protest joined the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party claimed the agitation was “scripted” by the saffron party for electoral gains in the Delhi Assembly elections. The AAP’s allegation comes a day after several Muslims from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area, the epicentre of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment …

Anti-CAA Protests Spin-off: So Have Any 'Prominent' Shaheen Bagh Activists Joined BJP?
4 years, 4 months ago

Anti-CAA Protests Spin-off: So Have Any 'Prominent' Shaheen Bagh Activists Joined BJP?

News 18  

On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit announced that nearly 200 people from the Muslim community had joined it. The Aam Aadmi Party did a press conference on Monday, saying “now that prominent Shaheen Bagh activists have joined the BJP, it’s clear that the Shaheen Bagh protests were But is Shahzad Ali, a "prominent Shaheen Bagh activist"? Ritu Kaushik, …

Shaheen Bagh 'activist' Shahzad Ali joins BJP
4 years, 4 months ago

Shaheen Bagh 'activist' Shahzad Ali joins BJP

India TV News  

Ulema Council Secretary Shahzad Ali, who reportedly played a role in the Shaheen Bagh protest that started last winter against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday along with other members from the minority community. Delhi BJP's minority face Nikhat Abbas, who was present on the occasion, said: "The BJP carries all religions and castes …

Delhi Police increases security at Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar amid reports of protests being resumed
4 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police increases security at Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar amid reports of protests being resumed

Op India  

A contingent of Delhi Police has been deployed at New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area after there were reports that anti-CAA lobby was planning to resume its protests from Wednesday, June 3, 2020 demanding scraping of Citizenship Amendment Act and Unlawful Activities Act. Nationwide protests planned from June 3 According to the reports, a force of 100 policemen have been deployed …

Shaheen Bagh agitators write to Supreme Court, seek probe into ‘forcible removal and destruction’ of protest site
4 years, 9 months ago

Shaheen Bagh agitators write to Supreme Court, seek probe into ‘forcible removal and destruction’ of protest site

Firstpost  

Shaheen Bagh protestors on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Supreme Court seeking an investigation into alleged forcible removal and destruction of their protest site on 24 March and have sought a direction from the apex court for citizens’ rights. New Delhi: Shaheen Bagh protestors on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Supreme Court seeking an investigation into alleged “forcible …

Shaheen Bagh Protesters Complain To SC About Police Action; Say 'Dismantling Of Structures Reeks Of Strong Vendetta'
4 years, 9 months ago

Shaheen Bagh Protesters Complain To SC About Police Action; Say 'Dismantling Of Structures Reeks Of Strong Vendetta'

Live Law  

Taking strong objection to the action of Delhi police in forcibly removing the structures at the protest site at Shaheen Bagh, the protesters have submitted a statement before the Supreme Court through the court-appointed interlocutors.The protesters state that the police action carried out on Wednesday morning citing lockdown measures due to COVID-19 was highly unwarranted, as they. Taking strong objection …

How Shaheen Bagh lost the plot | HT Editorial
4 years, 9 months ago

How Shaheen Bagh lost the plot | HT Editorial

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police cleared Shaheen Bagh of protesters on Tuesday. Since mid-December, those opposed to the Citizenship Act and a possible National Register of Citizens congregated at Shaheen Bagh — an otherwise inconspicuous corner in south Delhi. Shaheen Bagh was distinctive — the protest was led by Muslim women; it became a model for movements elsewhere in the country; it …

COVID-19 Pandemic Must Receive Priority, Says SC Appointed Interlocutors After Clearance Of Shaheen Bagh Protest Site
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 Pandemic Must Receive Priority, Says SC Appointed Interlocutors After Clearance Of Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

Live Law  

Following the clearance of Shaheen Bagh protest site by police on Tuesday morning in view of the lockdown imposed in Delhi due to COVID19 pandemic, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde and Advocate Sadhana Ramachandran - who were appointed by the Supreme Court as interlocutors in the issue- released a statement.Hegde and Ramachandran urged everyone to the see the issue not as …

Coronavirus lockdown: Delhi police clears Shaheen Bagh protest area
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: Delhi police clears Shaheen Bagh protest area

Op India  

The Shaheen Bagh drama has finally come to an end after the Delhi Police cleared the area. DCP of South East Delhi said, “People at the protest site in Shaheen Bagh were requested today to clear the site as lockdown has been imposed. Protest site has been cleared.Some protestors have been detained https://t.co/lVgXzL9WD6 pic.twitter.com/0uBdwGHKMw — ANI March 24, 2020 A …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Police remove anti-CAA protestors from Shaheen Bagh as Delhi govt imposes lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Police remove anti-CAA protestors from Shaheen Bagh as Delhi govt imposes lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread

Firstpost  

Police cleared the Shaheen Bagh protest site on Tuesday as a lockdown was imposed in Delhi amid the coronavirus outbreak Police cleared the Shaheen Bagh protest site on Tuesday as a lockdown was imposed in Delhi amid the coronavirus outbreak. A few women had continued the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on Monday despite a …

Coronavirus: Shaheen Bagh protests in Delhi suspended in wake of lockdown orders
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Shaheen Bagh protests in Delhi suspended in wake of lockdown orders

India TV News  

The anti-CAA protestors in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh were requested by Delhi Police on Tuesday to clear the site as lockdown has been imposed in the wake of coronavirus spread. Police also detained some agitators in Shaheen Bagh who refused to vacate the site for unlawful assembly amid the lockdown orders. The police personnel requested them to vacate the site as …

Shaheen Bagh protest site cleared by police as Delhi goes under coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protest site cleared by police as Delhi goes under coronavirus lockdown

India Today  

The Shaheen Bagh protest site, where hundreds of women were stationed for several months for the agitation against Citizenship Amendment Act, has been cleared by Delhi Police personnel. #WATCH Delhi Police clears the protest site in Shaheen Bagh area, amid complete lockdown in the national capital, in wake of #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/N6MGLTLs5Z ANI March 24, 2020 Before the evacuation Delhi Police …

Complaint filed against Shaheen Bagh Protesters in wake of Covid19 scare
4 years, 9 months ago

Complaint filed against Shaheen Bagh Protesters in wake of Covid19 scare

Op India  

In an important development, 4 public-spirited persons — three lawyers and a law student have lodged a complaint against the indefinite protests staged at Shaheen Bagh to resist the new citizenship law. One of the complainants shared a copy of the complaint on Twitter Shaheen Bagh might soon become a hotbed for CoVID-19 with news emerging that one suspected patient …

Delhi riots: Shaheen Bagh women demand fair probe, compensation of Rs one crore for victims of violence
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots: Shaheen Bagh women demand fair probe, compensation of Rs one crore for victims of violence

Firstpost  

“There should be an inquiry about how the people came to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh and during the violence,” a group of women at Shaheen Bagh said at a late-night press conference. “We want a fair probe into the violence in Jaffrabad, Shiv Vihar and Maujpur.” New Delhi: The women of Shaheen Bagh demanded on Friday a fair probe in …

Delhi police arrests PFI leaders over anti-CAA protests
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi police arrests PFI leaders over anti-CAA protests

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police has arrested Popular Front of India president Parvez Ahmed and its secretary Mohammad Illiyas, for allegedly fuelling protests at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh. The police crackdown comes on the heels of the Enforcement Directorate acting against the organisation for alleged money laundering and financing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests across the country. Earlier this month, the ED …

Shaheen Bagh turns empty as media stops covering it
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh turns empty as media stops covering it

Op India  

Days after Islamist mobs ran riots in Delhi, engaging in arson, vandalism, stone-pelting, brutally massacring innocent Hindus and damaging public properties running in Lakhs, the Shaheen Bagh protestors, who have been occupying the protest site in Delhi for almost 3 months, causing grave inconvenience to the lakhs of daily commuters, seem to have vacated the protest site now. Since December …

CAA: Shaheen Bagh dadis put riders
4 years, 10 months ago

CAA: Shaheen Bagh dadis put riders

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: As parts of northeast Delhi continued to suffer in the aftermath of the worst communal clashes in the national capital in more than three decades, a large number of people at Shaheen Bagh, which has been the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, on Sunday said that they were ready to call off their 75-day long agitation …

Heavy security, Section 144 in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh after northeast violence
4 years, 10 months ago

Heavy security, Section 144 in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh after northeast violence

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Sunday deployed heavy security in the city's Shaheen Bagh area, which has been the epicentre of protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, for nearly 100 days now. The police today also imposed Section 144, which does not allow assembly of four or more people, in the area, in the aftermath of communal violence in the …

High alert in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, Section 144 imposed as ‘precautionary measure’
4 years, 10 months ago

High alert in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, Section 144 imposed as ‘precautionary measure’

India TV News  

Section 144 imposed in Shaheen Bagh area on Sunday, days after Delhi witnessed multiple incidents of violence. The Delhi Police made heavy deployment of security personnel in Shaheen Bagh, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months. The Hindu Sena had on Saturday called off its protest, …

Shaheen Bagh protest: Heavy police deployment as precautionary measure, say officials
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protest: Heavy police deployment as precautionary measure, say officials

Live Mint  

Delhi police made a heavy deployment of security personnel in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months, as a precautionary measure on Sunday, officials said. The police deployment has come after a fringe right-wing group, Hindu Sena, gave a call to …

Hope, belief and the candles of Shaheen Bagh
4 years, 10 months ago

Hope, belief and the candles of Shaheen Bagh

The Hindu  

It can be safely presumed that an American President was invited to our shores because we wanted him to see for himself our ‘new India’. Shaheen Bagh also saw Muslims innovatively using ‘national’ symbols — the Constitution, the Flag and the Anthem — to assert their rights as citizens and as a religious minority. Soon ‘Shaheen Bagh’ became a secular …

Shaheen Bagh protests: SC rebukes Delhi Police, says timing 'unconducive' to hear matter; hearing deferred to 23 March
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protests: SC rebukes Delhi Police, says timing 'unconducive' to hear matter; hearing deferred to 23 March

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court Wednesday deferred the hearing of the Shaheen Bagh matter to 23 March as it took note of the sensitive situation in Delhi over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act The Supreme Court Wednesday deferred the hearing of the Shaheen Bagh matter to 23 March as it took note of the sensitive situation in Delhi over the contentious Citizenship …

SC to hear petition seeking safety of anti-CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh today
4 years, 10 months ago

SC to hear petition seeking safety of anti-CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh today

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on February 26 an application for a direction to the Delhi police to ensure the safety of anti-Citizenship Act protesters at Shaheen Bagh, who are mostly women, in the light of violent clashes which rocked the Capital and left several dead in northeast Delhi. The court said it would take up the application on …

Shaheen Bagh Protests: Interlocutors File Report, SC Defers Hearing To Wednesday
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh Protests: Interlocutors File Report, SC Defers Hearing To Wednesday

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to February 26 the hearing on a plea seeking clearance of road blockade due to the sit-in protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. Last week, the bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph had set up a mediation team helmed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde to hold talks with the protesters. …

Shaheen Bagh interlocutors file report in Supreme Court
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh interlocutors file report in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors senior advocate Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran on Monday handed over a report of their four-day endeavour to coax Shaheen Bagh protesters to shift their agitation against the Citizenship Act to an alternative site, conveniently out of the way of traffic and public movement. On February 17, the Supreme Court upheld the fundamental right of mothers, children …

Shaheen Bagh Is A Confluence Of Faiths & Peaceful Assembly, Police Made Unnecessary Blockades: Wajahat Habibullah Tells SC
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh Is A Confluence Of Faiths & Peaceful Assembly, Police Made Unnecessary Blockades: Wajahat Habibullah Tells SC

Live Law  

Former CIC Wajahat Habibullah has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court after visiting Shaheen Bagh and interacting with the protestors at the site.Habibullah has depicted the confluence of different faiths at the protest site and the strong bond between the peaceful protestors, united for the purpose of the common intention of opposing the CAA-NRC-NPR. Former CIC Wajahat Habibullah has …

Hyderabad top cop says Shaheen Bagh-type sit-in will not be allowed, warns of action if public inconvenienced – Firstpost
4 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad top cop says Shaheen Bagh-type sit-in will not be allowed, warns of action if public inconvenienced – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Amid continuing anti-CAA protests in parts of the country, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Saturday said no Shaheen Bagh type stir would be allowed in the city Hyderabad: Amid continuing anti-CAA protests in parts of the country, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Saturday said no Shaheen Bagh type stir would be allowed in the city. Nothing like Shaheen …

Shaheen Bagh ‘protestors’ give 7 conditions to lift occupation of road
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh ‘protestors’ give 7 conditions to lift occupation of road

Op India  

A delegation of Shaheen Bagh women “protestors” on Saturday has set seven conditions to SC-appointed interlocutor Sadhana Ramachandran to end their illegal occupation of the public road on the fourth day of the mediation talks, reports Republic TV. According to the reports, the ‘protestors’ of Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of anti-India and anti-Hindu propaganda in the name of anti-CAA protests, …

Supreme Court needs to look at human aspect of Shaheen Bagh
4 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court needs to look at human aspect of Shaheen Bagh

Deccan Chronicle  

While providing its good offices to deal with the subject of the peaceful Shaheen Bagh protest — which has become politically complex on account of the Union government’s obduracy — and naming three well-intentioned interlocutors, the Supreme Court has just been lazily liberal. Once the traffic angle — the so-called “Shaheen Bagh effect” on road traffic in one of the …

Shaheen Bagh mediation: Talks between SC-appointed interlocutors and protesters make no headway on day two
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh mediation: Talks between SC-appointed interlocutors and protesters make no headway on day two

Firstpost  

Talks between the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors and protesters over vacating the road at Shaheen Bagh made little headway on Thursday as the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act demonstrators remained firm on continuing with their sit-in at the site. New Delhi: Talks between the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors and protesters over vacating the road at Shaheen Bagh made little headway on Thursday as the …

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