CAA protests in West Bengal: Protesters block NH 34 in Murshidabad, stage sit-ins at Shondaliya, Kakra Mirzapur stations to oppose amendments to citizenship laws
5 years ago

CAA protests in West Bengal: Protesters block NH 34 in Murshidabad, stage sit-ins at Shondaliya, Kakra Mirzapur stations to oppose amendments to citizenship laws

Firstpost  

Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad and North 24 Paraganas districts, and rural Howrah, police said Kolkata: Road and rail blockades continued in different parts of West Bengal on Saturday by people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act. In Howarh district’s Domjur area, the National Highway 6 was blocked as protester set tyers ablaze and ransacked several vehicles, the police said. The agitators are staging sit-ins on the tracks at Shondaliya and Kakra Mirzapur stations of the section since 6.25 am, a railway spokesperson said. Protests over the amended Citizenship Act reached the shores of West Bengal on Friday, with agitators resorting to violence and arson at railway stations and thoroughfares across the state, seeking immediate revocation of the law.

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Farmers’ protest LIVE: UP Police detains agitators at Greater Noida; Haryana suspends mobile internet, SMS
1 month ago

Farmers’ protest LIVE: UP Police detains agitators at Greater Noida; Haryana suspends mobile internet, SMS

Live Mint  

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March to state secretariat illegal, no permission given: Bengal police
4 months, 2 weeks ago

March to state secretariat illegal, no permission given: Bengal police

Hindustan Times  

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Day of protests: From Delhi to Ranchi, stir over Prophet remarks rocks India
2 years, 6 months ago

Day of protests: From Delhi to Ranchi, stir over Prophet remarks rocks India

Hindustan Times  

Massive protests erupted in several parts of the country on Friday over inflammatory comments by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled party leader Naveen Kumar Jindal. The agitations turned violent in many states, including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, with reports of police firing in the air, shelling tear gas to disperse crowds and resorting to …

Jahangirpuri Demolition Drive: Youth Congress Activists Protesting Outside Union Minister's Residence Detained
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri Demolition Drive: Youth Congress Activists Protesting Outside Union Minister's Residence Detained

News 18  

Indian Youth Congress activists were detained on Thursday while staging a protest near union minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s residence against the anti-encroachment drive conducted by the North MCD in violence-hit Jahangirupri a day before, officials said. Bulldozers had razed several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque in Jahangirpuri as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North …

Hindu activists protest against illegal mosque at Bengaluru railway station
2 years, 11 months ago

Hindu activists protest against illegal mosque at Bengaluru railway station

Op India  

A controversy has erupted in Bengaluru after Hindu activists in the city protested against the illegal conversion of public property inside the Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna railway station to a mosque. Hindu activists protest against illegal mosque at Bengaluru railway station The videos stoked massive controversy in the state, leading to which the civilians in the city protested against the illegal …

Stopped from Joining Protests in Delhi, UP Farmers Block Highway at Rampur-Moradabad Border; Mob Sr Cop's Car
4 years ago

Stopped from Joining Protests in Delhi, UP Farmers Block Highway at Rampur-Moradabad Border; Mob Sr Cop's Car

News 18  

Hundreds of protestors blocked a key highway leading to Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday after they were allegedly stopped by police from moving to the national capital to join the farmers’ stir against the new agriculture laws. The protesters, belonging to districts like Rampur, Pilibhit and Moradabad had gathered on the National Highway-24 at the Rampur-Moradabad border in …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Agitating Farmers Block National Highway In Haryana's Kurukshetra, Face Lathicharge | Know What Is The Protest About

ABP News  

#WATCH Haryana: Farmers block National Highway 44 near Kurukshetra in protest against the three recent agriculture ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet. The protesters sat on a dharna on the National Highway 22 to block the traffic, reports of traffic blocked by the farmers at various other roads around Kurukshetra also surfaced. News agency ANI shared the visuals of the …

Anti-CAA riot mongers gather in Patna to join Kanhaiya Kumar's rally
4 years, 10 months ago

Anti-CAA riot mongers gather in Patna to join Kanhaiya Kumar's rally

Op India  

While Delhi continues to burn with Islamists wreaking havoc, targetting the Hindus in the national capital, the left brigade had joined hands at the ‘Samvidhan Bachao, Nagrikta Bachao’ Maha Rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. It was joined by the usual coterie of self-proclaimed ‘liberals’, namely JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh, Rohit Vemula’s mother Radhika Vemula, actress and …

All anti-CAA protesters removed from Jaffrabad, Maujpur
4 years, 10 months ago

All anti-CAA protesters removed from Jaffrabad, Maujpur

The Hindu  

The women protesting against the Citizenship Act vacated a road outside Jaffrabad metro station on Tuesday evening, said a senior officer. Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa said all protesters and supporters of CAA have been removed from Jaffrabad and Maujpur areas. A protester, Naushad, said: “The outsiders creating problems in the area have also been removed.” Certain areas in the …

BJP leader gives 3-day ultimatum to Delhi Police to clear roads
4 years, 10 months ago

BJP leader gives 3-day ultimatum to Delhi Police to clear roads

The Hindu  

Before a clash broke out between pro and anti-Citizenship Act groups near Jaffrabad on Sunday evening, Delhi BJP leader Kapil Mishra at a demonstration said he has given a three-day ultimatum to the police to clear blocked roads. Addressing a pro-CAA crowd at Maujpur Chowk, Mr. Mishra, a former MLA from Karwal Nagar, said if the police fail to clear …

[CAA Protests] 'Section 144 Order Imposed In Bengaluru In December Illegal' : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 10 months ago

[CAA Protests] 'Section 144 Order Imposed In Bengaluru In December Illegal' : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the order had observed; "We are not concerned with the subject of the protests, our concern is about decision making process which undoubtedly curtails the fundamental rights. Issue whether permission granted can be revoked by passing order under section 144 and …

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: UP Dy CM Backs Cop Accused of Pushing Priyanka, Says 'She Lost Her Kin Yet Fulfilled Duty'
5 years ago

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: UP Dy CM Backs Cop Accused of Pushing Priyanka, Says 'She Lost Her Kin Yet Fulfilled Duty'

News 18  

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE Updates: Accusing Yogi government of taking ‘illegal steps’ during anti-CAA protests, Congress General Secretary for East UP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that she will move the High Court over administration’s move that has led to ‘anarchy’. Railway property worth Rs 80 crore was damaged during protests across the country against the amended citizenship law and recovery …

Rajasthan: Muslims burn Ajmer Dargah Diwan’s effigies after he asked them not to fear CAA, Sarwar Chisty demands act be repealed
5 years ago

Rajasthan: Muslims burn Ajmer Dargah Diwan’s effigies after he asked them not to fear CAA, Sarwar Chisty demands act be repealed

Op India  

On Friday, Muslim protestors burnt the effigy of the spiritual head of Ajmer Dargah, Dargah Deewan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan after he said Muslims living in India need not fear the CAA and had appealed to the government not to implement the law till discussions with protestors are held. During the protest, they also burnt an effigy of Deewan …

Massive protests at Delhi's Mandi House against Citizenship Amendment Act; Sec 144 imposed
5 years ago

Massive protests at Delhi's Mandi House against Citizenship Amendment Act; Sec 144 imposed

India TV News  

Protest against Citizenship Amendment Act once again has taken the centre stage as people gathered at Delhi Mandi House. Protesters displayed their agitation holding banners, posters against the Citizenship Amendment Act and gathered at Mandi House even as Section 144 has been imposed in the area. pic.twitter.com/ZDVZtIxwiJ — ANI December 24, 2019 Former Aam Aadmi Party leader and founder of …

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam
5 years ago

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam

Firstpost  

The Opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, Raj Ghat in Delhi, and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstrations were held against the contentious law in several states by students and other citizens. The Opposition on Monday stepped …

Massive protests against NRC, CAA at Millers Road in Bengaluru
5 years ago

Massive protests against NRC, CAA at Millers Road in Bengaluru

India TV News  

People gathered in huge numbers in Bengaluru on Monday to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to those against the law that lies were being spread by the opposition about CAA and NRC. While on Sunday, the city wintessed people taking to streets in the support for Citizenship Amendment Act, Monday saw thousands …

Anti-CAA protests in Kolkata: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind rally today; Presidency University students to march from Shahid Minar to Mahjati Sadan
5 years ago

Anti-CAA protests in Kolkata: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind rally today; Presidency University students to march from Shahid Minar to Mahjati Sadan

Firstpost  

According to sources, the police administration has increased vigil and beefed-up arrangements in trouble-torn areas to maintain law and order Kolkata: The situation in West Bengal was peaceful on Sunday morning, with no incidents of violence reported from any part of the state, police said. According to sources, the police administration has increased vigil and beefed-up arrangements in trouble-torn areas …

CAA protests: One dead in UP as violence erupts in Rampur, Kanpur; 15 arrested in Daryaganj violence sent to judicial custody
5 years ago

CAA protests: One dead in UP as violence erupts in Rampur, Kanpur; 15 arrested in Daryaganj violence sent to judicial custody

Firstpost  

The Congress, Left and other Opposition parties led demonstrations in many states including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and West Bengal, demanding that the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act be scrapped. Protesters set ablaze Yatimkhana police post in Kanpur and indulged in heavy brick-batting, leading to injuries to many people including policemen, a senior official said. Police and paramilitary personnel carried out …

West Bengal peaceful, no violence reported over new citizenship law
5 years ago

West Bengal peaceful, no violence reported over new citizenship law

India TV News  

The situation in West Bengal was peaceful with no incident of violence over the amended Citizenship Act reported so far on Saturday, police said. The state had witnessed violence and arson from December 13 to 17 during protests against the new citizenship law. The West Bengal BJP is scheduled to conduct rallies and marches in the city and various parts …

Anti-CAA riots turning extremely violent in cities of Uttar Pradesh
5 years ago

Anti-CAA riots turning extremely violent in cities of Uttar Pradesh

Op India  

The protests against the Citizenship Act have turned violent in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, Firozabad, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha and various other cities. | #NRCKaSach pic.twitter.com/cV8B3RjIAc — TIMES NOW December 20, 2019 According to News18, the violent mob attacked the police personnel in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. #CAAshowdown pic.twitter.com/9TrnXReJZr — News18 December 20, 2019 According to ANI, rioters threw stones at police forces …

Protests turn violent in Gorakhpur, Kanpur; Internet shut down in Bulandshahr
5 years ago

Protests turn violent in Gorakhpur, Kanpur; Internet shut down in Bulandshahr

India TV News  

The large-scale protests over Citizenship Act in and around Uttar Pradesh turned violent on Friday afternoon as protesters went on a rampage in six districts, pelting stones at the police, setting vehicles on fire and ransacking a number of police outposts. 5: 59 pm: 7 bikes, 1 police post set ablaze in UP's Firozabad At least seven bikes and one …

West Bengal peaceful, no fresh violence reported over CAA
5 years ago

West Bengal peaceful, no fresh violence reported over CAA

The Hindu  

The situation in West Bengal was peaceful with no fresh incident of violence over the Citizenship Act reported so far on Friday, police said. West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been at the forefront of opposing CAA and National Register of Citizens, is scheduled to hold a protest meeting in minority-dominated Park Circus area. Though several trains were …

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: Over 30 Detained Over Violence in Old Delhi, Protesters Demand Release
5 years ago

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: Over 30 Detained Over Violence in Old Delhi, Protesters Demand Release

News 18  

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: Six people have been killed in anti-Citizenship Act protests across Uttar Pradesh today as protesters clashed with the police in several cities, taking the death toll in the last 24 hours to seven. BJP ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has, meanwhile, refused to implement the contentious National Register of Citizens in his state amid …

Bengaluru IIM students defy ban orders, protest CAA
5 years ago

Bengaluru IIM students defy ban orders, protest CAA

India TV News  

Scores of Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore students on Thursday evening protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act, despite police ban and no permission from the school's administration. Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code since 6 a.m. on Thursday to Saturday midnight in view of the shutdown call by social and student organisations. A photograph …

India’s protests against citizenship law: All the latest updates
5 years ago

India’s protests against citizenship law: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Indians defy curbs, internet blocks to protest as anger over a new ‘anti-Muslim’ law grows. Mass protests against a contentious citizenship law continue across India amid fears the legislation is part of the Hindu nationalist government’s agenda to marginalise the country’s 200 million Muslims. In Pictures: Pan-India citizenship law protests Hundreds of protesters were detained across India as people defied …

Section 144 imposed in 44 districts of Madhya Pradesh
5 years ago

Section 144 imposed in 44 districts of Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

Section 144 has been imposed in 44 districts of Madhya Pradesh due to the ongoing protests against the new citizenship law. The new citizenship law, passed by Parliament and approved by the President last week, has triggered massive protests across the country. Protests against the new citizenship law and the proposed NRC swept through a dozen districts of Madhya Pradesh …

Delhi brought to standstill over CAA; Protest fire rages across country, turns violent in Lucknow, Mangaluru
5 years ago

Delhi brought to standstill over CAA; Protest fire rages across country, turns violent in Lucknow, Mangaluru

India TV News  

Massive demonstrations rocked major cities across the country as protestors hit the streets to vent their anger against the Citizenship Amendment Act, affecting internet and causing traffic disruptions. By Thursday evening, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for a United Nations referendum on National Register for Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Act. WEST BENGAL: CM Mamata leads anti-CAA movement; …

PHOTOS: From Delhi to Lucknow, anti-CAA protests turn violent
5 years ago

PHOTOS: From Delhi to Lucknow, anti-CAA protests turn violent

India TV News  

From Delhi to Lucknow, protests broke out in multiple cities across India against the newly amended citizenship law on Thursday. PHOTOS: From Delhi to Lucknow, anti-CAA protests turn violent Image Source : PTI Prayagraj: Police personnel detain Samajwadi Party workers during a protest against Citizenship Act, in Prayagraj New Delhi: Protestors hold placards during a demonstration against the Citizenship Act, …

Anti CAA protests: Protesters detained in several cities, Delhi protestors may have been mobilised from other states through WhatsApp
5 years ago

Anti CAA protests: Protesters detained in several cities, Delhi protestors may have been mobilised from other states through WhatsApp

Op India  

Section 144 has been imposed on Thursday across Uttar Pradesh, parts of Karnataka and Delhi in wake of the planned protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Few locations identified where officers have asked to provide local intelligence frequently https://t.co/bTFStfMcKA — ANI December 19, 2019 In Hyderabad as well, protesters have been detained by the Police. #Telangana pic.twitter.com/5nPiqPr3Kk — ANI December …

Section 144 in UP, Banglalore and other places over Anti-CAA protests
5 years ago

Section 144 in UP, Banglalore and other places over Anti-CAA protests

Op India  

Following the riots unleashed by Muslim mobs across Delhi and other parts of the country to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, the police and security forces have taken preventive measures under Section 144 of CrPC to counter violent protests that are allegedly planned in a few cities against the Citizenship Act on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Delhi police have not granted …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests on Dec. 19 | One dies of alleged firearm injury in Lucknow; two die in police firing in Mangaluru
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests on Dec. 19 | One dies of alleged firearm injury in Lucknow; two die in police firing in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

Several protesters hit the roads in many parts of the country — defying prohibitory orders in some States — against the proposed nationwide NRC and the recently passed amended citizenship law. Delhi | 9.30 p.m. 1,200 protesters detained in Delhi, released later Around 1,200 protesters, who staged a protest for scrapping of the amended Citizenship Act, were detained on Thursday …

West Bengal peaceful as no fresh violence reported over CAA
5 years ago

West Bengal peaceful as no fresh violence reported over CAA

The Hindu  

West Bengal was peaceful with no fresh incident of violence over the new citizenship law reported so far on Thursday, police said. Five persons were injured when crude bombs were hurled at a protest march taken out against the Citizenship Act, 2019 in North Dinajpur district, a police officer said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been at …

Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru in wake of Citizenship Act protest from today
5 years ago

Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru in wake of Citizenship Act protest from today

India TV News  

Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Bengaluru and Mangaluru in the wake of the ongoing protests against the amended Citizenship Act. Sensing trouble and anticipating that anti-social elements take disadvantage of the situation, we have decided not to allow any protests.” Bengaluru police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao told reporters that none should organise protests in the city from 6 AM tomorrow …

Violent CAA protests take 3 lives in 2 states, internet shutdown, restrictions send ripples in Delhi: Highlights
5 years ago

Violent CAA protests take 3 lives in 2 states, internet shutdown, restrictions send ripples in Delhi: Highlights

India Today  

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act raged across cities and turned violent in many parts, resulting in vandalism, destruction, arson and the deaths of at least three people. Internet shut down and restrictions that have so long affected other parts of the country reached the national capital on Thursday when protesters agitating against the Citizenship Act were detained in large …

Rajbongshis oppose CAA, but back NRC in north Bengal
5 years ago

Rajbongshis oppose CAA, but back NRC in north Bengal

The Hindu  

The Rajbongshis, the largest Scheduled Caste group of West Bengal, are all set to shut down parts of north Bengal from early January in protest against the Citizenship Act. Despite their differences, two political outfits representing the Rajbongshis — the Kamtapur People’s Party and the Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association — plan to hit the streets in at least two …

Anti-CAA protests: Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru for 3 days
5 years ago

Anti-CAA protests: Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru for 3 days

India TV News  

Bengaluru Police has imposed Section 144 in the city for the next three days starting tomorrow morning, Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao said on Wednesday evening. Thousands of Bengalureans have hit the streets of the city in recent days to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, calling the movement another 'freedom struggle'. Besides members of the Muslim community who have been …

Violent protests over Citizenship Act: How Indian police control riots?
5 years ago

Violent protests over Citizenship Act: How Indian police control riots?

India Today  

Protests over Citizenship Amendment Act, passed last week by Parliament, continue in parts of the country. The Delhi Police entered the Jamia campus on Sunday evening following stone-pelting and arson by a mob, which, police say, had joined the protest march taken out by Jamia students demanding roll back of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Police have taken action in many …

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates
5 years ago

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court delays hearing of pleas challenging the new law to January 22 amid widespread protests across the country. Tuesday, December 17 Why Indians are protesting against new law It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Fresh protests held across India Fresh protests …

SC to consider plea for probe into violence during anti-CAA protests
5 years ago

SC to consider plea for probe into violence during anti-CAA protests

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider a plea seeking a CBI or a court-monitored SIT probe into the violence during protests against the amended Citizenship Act across the country. The bench told advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the petitioner in the case, that it cannot assume the jurisdiction for anything happening all over the country as the situation and …

Won’t act as trial court, approach HC first: SC on anti-CAA violence in Murshidabad
5 years ago

Won’t act as trial court, approach HC first: SC on anti-CAA violence in Murshidabad

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners who had approached it to take cognisance of the violence over the citizenship act to knock on the doors of High Court first. Hearing a plea on the violence over the citizenship act in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, the apex court said that it couldn’t take note of everything happening in the country. …

Anti-CAA protestors can target residences of Amit Shah and other senior ministers: Intel report
5 years ago

Anti-CAA protestors can target residences of Amit Shah and other senior ministers: Intel report

Op India  

As the protests against the CAA have taken an ugly turn, the number of personnel guarding residences of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior ministers have increased after intel from central intelligence agencies suggest that these places might be likely targets of the violent protestors. “The protest might also erupt at places such as Vijay Chowk, Parliament Street, …

Anti-CAA protests in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's miscalculation limits space for political manoeuvering, will likely play into BJP hands
5 years ago

Anti-CAA protests in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's miscalculation limits space for political manoeuvering, will likely play into BJP hands

Firstpost  

The violence, arson and vandalism that continued unabated for more than three days in West Bengal following the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act has got Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee worried, but the blame for this ferocious unrest that resulted in inconvenience for lakhs of people, intimidated many and destroyed private and public property worth crores lies entirely at her door. …

Mamata Banerjee hits Kolkata streets against CAA, administers pledge to shun violence
5 years ago

Mamata Banerjee hits Kolkata streets against CAA, administers pledge to shun violence

The Hindu  

Amid reports of road and railway blockades from different districts of south Bengal on the fourth consecutive day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit the streets to protest against the Citizenship Act. Appealing to people from every section of society to join the rally from the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar on Red Road to Jorasanko Thakurbari, Ms. …

Internet snapped in 6 Bengal districts as protests against Citizenship Act continue
5 years ago

Internet snapped in 6 Bengal districts as protests against Citizenship Act continue

India TV News  

Internet services in six districts of West Bengal were suspended as protests over the amended Citizenship Act rocked parts of the state for the third consecutive day on Sunday. According to a senior government official, internet services were suspended in Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Howrah, North 24 Parganas and parts of South 24 Parganas districts in order to prevent rumor-mongering …

Mamata Banerjee leads mega protest rally, vows not to allow NRC, citizenship law in Bengal
5 years ago

Mamata Banerjee leads mega protest rally, vows not to allow NRC, citizenship law in Bengal

India Today  

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata on Monday along with thousands of partymen and vowed not to allow the proposed country-wide NRC and the amended Citizenship Act in West Bengal. The TMC supremo began the protest march from Red Road in heart of the city, and it is set to culminate at Jorasakho Thakur Bari, the residence …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Violence spreads in Bengal, Internet off in six districts
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Violence spreads in Bengal, Internet off in six districts

The Hindu  

Violence continued in West Bengal on Sunday despite repeated appeals by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for peace. Parties trade charges BJP State unit president Dilip Ghosh blamed the Chief Minister “ for protecting Bangladeshi extremist Muslims who instigated violence”. Understanding the Citizenship Bill, 2019 “Outsiders are conspiring to instigate communal violence in the State,” a government statement said. Movement of …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Toll rises to six in Assam; protesters block roads, railway tracks, torch vehicles in West Bengal
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Toll rises to six in Assam; protesters block roads, railway tracks, torch vehicles in West Bengal

Firstpost  

Protests against the Citizenship Act continued Saturday in various parts of the country, including in Assam, West Bengal, Delhi and Mumbai. An oil tanker driver was killed and his vehicle set ablaze in Assam’s Sonitpur district as protests became increasingly violent on Saturday amid a rail blockade, sit-ins and hunger strikes by different organisations across the state, officials said. West …

Anti-CAB protests: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya
5 years ago

Anti-CAB protests: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya

India TV News  

Protesters torched about five trains, three railway stations and tracks, and at least 25 buses on Saturday amid spiralling violence in West Bengal during the agitation against the amended Citizenship Act, while an oil tanker driver was killed in Assam's Sonitpur district. Citizenship Act: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, …

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Muslim mob continues rampage in Bengal, three more Railway stations and toll plazas set ablaze
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Muslim mob continues rampage in Bengal, three more Railway stations and toll plazas set ablaze

Op India  

The rampage of the Muslim mob continues in West Bengal under the watch of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as Islamists have now vandalised more railway stations and set fire to a toll plaza in Murshidabad district on Saturday during their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Anti-CAB protesters have set a toll plaza on fire at Suti crossing in West …

Violent protests continue in Bengal, several buses, railway station torched
5 years ago

Violent protests continue in Bengal, several buses, railway station torched

India TV News  

Violent agitations continued to rock parts of West Bengal for second consecutive day on Saturday as people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act set several buses on fire and torched portions of a railway station complex, officials said. Angry protestors torched around 15 buses, both public and private, and blocked traffic on the arterial Kona Expressway in Howrah that connect …

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