Shaheen Bagh 'Jihadis' inciting division of India, will remove them on Feb 2: Hindu Sena
4 years, 11 months ago

Shaheen Bagh 'Jihadis' inciting division of India, will remove them on Feb 2: Hindu Sena

India Today  

Right-wing fringe outfit Hindu Sena on Wednesday threatened to remove all the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters from Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. Hindu Sena, in a press release, said it would remove all the "Shaheen Bagh Jihadis" at 11 am on February 2, 2020. - Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta The Hindu Sena said, "Millions of people are inconvenienced by the closure of the Shaheen Bagh road on the pretext of anti-CAA protests. SHAHEEN BAGH A HUB OF ANTI-NATIONAL VOICES: HINDU SENA CHIEF Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta said, "Lakhs of people are suffering because of the closure of the road due to the protests. - Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta Addressing the Shaheen Bagh protesters as "Jihadis", Vishnu Gupta said, "We have started mobilising people from neighbouring villages of Shaheen Bagh, Faridabad and Noida.

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The CAA protests and the birth of the Shaheen Bagh movement
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The CAA protests and the birth of the Shaheen Bagh movement

The Hindu  

March 20, 2024 08:30 am | Updated 11:19 am IST Till December 15, 2019, even old residents of Delhi did not have much of an idea about Shaheen Bagh. Women at the centre The Shaheen Bagh protest soon became a movement which not only spread across the country but also got international attention. Reams began to be written on the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'Jinnah's followers tried to incite violence in western UP': Yogi Adityanath at Jewar airport event
3 years, 1 month ago

'Jinnah's followers tried to incite violence in western UP': Yogi Adityanath at Jewar airport event

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hit out those instigating “riots” in western Uttar Pradesh describing them as the supporters of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the pre-Independence leader who is widely considered responsible for the partition of India in 1947 an event that saw communal riots on a massive scale. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony for the Jewar International Airport …

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 '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 …

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 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 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 …

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 …

Chanakya’s View: Shaheen Bagh should see the big picture
4 years, 9 months ago

Chanakya’s View: Shaheen Bagh should see the big picture

Deccan Chronicle  

Sometimes, when a global crisis occurs, as we are now seeing with the corona pandemic, it should compel people to behave differently. While the government is working to enforce this -- schools, colleges, malls, cinema halls, even offices partially -- have been closed, and non-government actors are enforcing human congregations at their own level, two sets of people appear to …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Mediators continue talks with Shaheen Bagh protesters
4 years, 10 months ago

Mediators continue talks with Shaheen Bagh protesters

The Hindu  

Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran on Thursday continued for the second day dialogue with the women protesters of Shaheen Bagh, who have been on a sit-in against the CAA-NRC-NPR regime since December 16. Citing demonstrations like the Rath Yatra, the Jat and the Railway demonstrations that had taken a violent turn, the protesters said that they had …

Aaj Ki Baat Feb 19 episode: Why vested political interests do not want Shaheen Bagh protest to end?
4 years, 10 months ago

Aaj Ki Baat Feb 19 episode: Why vested political interests do not want Shaheen Bagh protest to end?

India TV News  

On Wednesday, hours before the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors visited Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, a video surfaced from BJP IT Cell showing how human rights activist Teesta Setalvad was "tutoring" women protesters on what questions to ask the lawyers sent by the apex court. After watching Teesta's advice on the video, one thing is clear: that the Shaheen Bagh movement is …

Shaheen Bagh protesters adamant on no CAA, interlocutors to continue talks today
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protesters adamant on no CAA, interlocutors to continue talks today

India Today  

Three interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the Shaheen Bagh crisis met the protesters on Wednesday but the meeting remained inconclusive. Interlocutor delegation of advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran and former bureaucrat Wajahat Habibullah went to Shaheen Bagh to meet protesters following the Supreme Court order. At the over two-hour long deliberations between interlocutors and Shaheen Bagh …

Let us work together: Supreme Court-appointed mediators meet Shaheen Bagh protesters
4 years, 10 months ago

Let us work together: Supreme Court-appointed mediators meet Shaheen Bagh protesters

India Today  

The Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors visited Shaheen Bagh on Wednesday to initiate talks with the protesters after the court suggested that the agitation should be held in an alternative site where no public place is blocked. Delhi: Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran mediators appointed by Supreme Court speak to protesters at Shaheen Bagh. The protestors claimed that the all the roads …

Sit-in not causing inconvenience to commuters, claim Shaheen Bagh protesters
4 years, 10 months ago

Sit-in not causing inconvenience to commuters, claim Shaheen Bagh protesters

India Today  

A day after the Supreme Court expressed concern on blockade of a public road at Shaheen Bagh and suggested that the anti-CAA protesters shift to another site, several of those participating in the stir contested the claim that the sit-in was causing inconvenience to a large number of commuters. Several protesters on Tuesday said that the Shaheen Bagh-Kalindi Kunj road …

Shaheen Bagh blockade is troubling us, says Supreme Court
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh blockade is troubling us, says Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said people have a right to protest but not block public places causing inconvenience to others, as it asked senior lawyers Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran to talk to the anti-CAA and anti-NRC protesters at Shaheen Bagh and persuade them to shift to an alternative place. SC’s objection is to place of protest …

Shaheen Bagh protesters say they will hold dialogue with Centre about anti-CAA stand through SC-appointed interlocutors
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh protesters say they will hold dialogue with Centre about anti-CAA stand through SC-appointed interlocutors

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court’s appointment of two interlocutors to persuade the Shaheen Bagh protesters to move to another venue brought a little disappointment to the demonstrators though many of them believe there is finally an avenue to talk to the government about their dissent. New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s appointment of interlocutors to persuade the Shaheen Bagh protesters to move to …

AAP's Sanjay Singh says Centre can end Shaheen Bagh protest but is ‘keeping issue alive’ to avoid discussion on unemployment, economic slowdown
4 years, 10 months ago

AAP's Sanjay Singh says Centre can end Shaheen Bagh protest but is ‘keeping issue alive’ to avoid discussion on unemployment, economic slowdown

Firstpost  

The Centre can end the anti-CAA protest at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh but it is keeping the issue alive to avoid discussion on pressing issues like unemployment and economic slowdown, Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh claimed on Monday. Noida: The Centre can end the anti-CAA protest at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh but it is keeping the issue alive to avoid discussion …

Shah dilemma in Shaheen Bagh as Modi govt gets ready to hear anti-CAA protesters
4 years, 10 months ago

Shah dilemma in Shaheen Bagh as Modi govt gets ready to hear anti-CAA protesters

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered’ last week to talk to the protesters sitting-in at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act. This talk offer from Amit Shah saw a number of anti-CAA protesters including those sitting in at Shaheen Bagh undertake a march towards the home minister’s official residence at Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi. …

Shaheen Bagh: Protest but don't block roads, SC tells protesters; appoints mediator
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh: Protest but don't block roads, SC tells protesters; appoints mediator

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday told Shaheen Bagh protesters to come to a "reasonable solution" so that roads are no longer blocked. The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by advocate Amit Sahni, who had approached the high court seeking directions to the Delhi Police to ensure smooth traffic flow on the Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, which remains blocked …

Shaheen Bagh demonstrators return to protest site after Delhi Police denies permission for march to Amit Shah's residence
4 years, 10 months ago

Shaheen Bagh demonstrators return to protest site after Delhi Police denies permission for march to Amit Shah's residence

Firstpost  

Responding to Amit Shah’s open invitation for discussions on CAA, protesters at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi announced that they will rally till the Union minister’s residence in the National Capital on Sunday. The Delhi Police on Sunday denied Shaheen Bagh protesters permission to march to Amit Shah’s residence, asking them to secure an appointment first. Delhi: Protesters begin march from …

Actor Naseeruddin Shah instigates Muslim women protesting against CAA
4 years, 11 months ago

Actor Naseeruddin Shah instigates Muslim women protesting against CAA

Op India  

The hate for Modi amongst the ultra-left wing intelligentsia of the country is compelling them to uselessly speak against the Citizenship Amendment Law without actually understanding the nitty-gritty of the Law. One such esteemed member of the ‘anti-Modi’ brigade is Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah who on late Friday evening made a surprise visit to Bilal Bagh, Bengaluru’s Shaheen Bagh, where …

[Shaheen Bagh] 'Alternate Routes Deliberately Blocked To Cause Inconvenience', Azad Seeks Intervention In Plea Against Protest
4 years, 11 months ago

[Shaheen Bagh] 'Alternate Routes Deliberately Blocked To Cause Inconvenience', Azad Seeks Intervention In Plea Against Protest

Live Law  

Stating that the inconvenience caused by Shaheen Bagh protest is actually due to the unnecessary road blockades imposed by authorities, Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Wednesday filed an application seeking to intervene in the pending case in the Supreme Court for clearing the protest site. "The allegation of road blockade by the protests is just an excuse.The administration has …

What Shaheen Bagh's anti-CAA protest has achieved
4 years, 11 months ago

What Shaheen Bagh's anti-CAA protest has achieved

India Today  

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi began on December 15 with a group of women launching an indefinite sit-in demanding scrapping of the new citizenship law. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to issue any directive to Shaheen Bagh protesters or the government in connection with the anti-CAA protest. Days after Amit Shah's NRC declaration in Parliament, …

Shaheen Bagh votes to end ‘communal talk’
4 years, 11 months ago

Shaheen Bagh votes to end ‘communal talk’

The Hindu  

Shaheen Bagh, which has been the nucleus of anti-CAA protests in the city for over 50 days, saw people come out in large numbers to vote for an “end to communal talk”, on Saturday in the Delhi Assembly elections. We also do not want Ministers who use impolite language.” A 27-year-old homemaker, Nazneen Banu, said: “The Prime Minister, at one …

CAA protests: Relentless resistance
4 years, 11 months ago

CAA protests: Relentless resistance

The Hindu  

AT a rally in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, organised on January 21 in support of the controversial Citizenship Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated that there would be no going back on the legislation. The protest has spawned a range of cultural expressions that have included art, poetry and songs of resistance, including vernacular renditions of the revolutionary poet Faiz …

SC defers pleas against Shaheen Bagh protests, say don't want to influence Delhi Assembly polls; hearing on 10 Feb
4 years, 11 months ago

SC defers pleas against Shaheen Bagh protests, say don't want to influence Delhi Assembly polls; hearing on 10 Feb

Firstpost  

Shaheen Bagh has been at the core of the political narrative for Delhi Assembly election, especially after the incidents of shooting were reported near the protest area. The Supreme Court on Friday deferred hearing the petitions seeking directions to reopen the Shaheen Bagh-Kalindi Kunj stretch, which has been shut since 15 December, 2019, due to demonstrations against the contentious Citizenship …

NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain demands proofs of slogans against Modi and Shah at Shaheen Bagh, Twitterati do the needful
4 years, 11 months ago

NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain demands proofs of slogans against Modi and Shah at Shaheen Bagh, Twitterati do the needful

Op India  

Sreenivasan Jain, a senior journalist with NDTV and an ‘esteemed’ member of the left-liberal squad had recently, while interviewing Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, asked him to produce proof for his claim that children are being coached to shout anti-Modi and anti-Shah slogans in Shaheen Bagh, which has become the epi-centre of the anti-CAA protest by Islamists. Read: Shaheen Bagh …

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