Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity
5 years, 3 months ago

Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity

Firstpost  

Despite no government response to the demands, students across the region continue to protest with full support from their teachers, senior citizens, intellectuals, civil society organisations and the general public. Guwahati: From Assam and Manipur to Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, people across North East have taken to the streets in non-violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, and they have vowed to continue with their efforts till the unpopular Act is withdrawn. Nobody from our fraternity resorted to violent means,” said Rahul Gautam Sharma, a History student of Cotton University, adding that the students are “not against the State, but the Citizenship Act”. Similar is the scene in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh where raising “Azadi” slogans, students and locals took out a peaceful march in Itanagar on Wednesday against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The students would study alongside protests, the artistes would continue to create and inspire, and also protest,” said AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya.

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Protests against CAA should continue: Zubeen Garg
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Protests against CAA should continue: Zubeen Garg

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati, Mar 26 Popular singer Zubeen Garg on Tuesday said the people of Assam would never accept the Citizenship Act or CAA, and protests against it should continue but without any bloodshed. He said he will continue opposing it on various forums, and also urged for concerted efforts in winning the legal battle to get the Act scrapped. Noting that …

Students Clash in Guwahati University over CAA
1 year ago

Students Clash in Guwahati University over CAA

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: A clash broke out between the Guwahati University Students' Union and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at Guwahati University on Monday where the University Students’ Union along with a few other student organizations had been protesting against the display of black flags and anti-CAA demonstrations within the university premises. The clash coincided with the ABVP State Students’ Leaders’ Conference …

Assam students stages massive protest against CAA, threatens to intensify agitation
1 year ago

Assam students stages massive protest against CAA, threatens to intensify agitation

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad on Tuesday staged a massive protest opposing the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam. Instead, we demand that ILP be enforced in Assam without further delay.” Meanwhile, opposition parties in Assam have sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the state later this week to apprise …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Assam’s Stand Against the CAA
1 year ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Assam’s Stand Against the CAA

The Hindu  

Assam faces another round of protests against the Citizenship Act of 2019 with a conglomerate of 16 political parties and about 30 NGOs announcing a series of agitations. The NGOs headed by the All Assam Students’ Union will also observe a 12-hour hunger strike on March 9 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State. “The Assamese people will …

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit
1 year, 1 month ago

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Hindustan Times  

Assam witnessed a protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act ahead of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on Saturday. Members of the Co-ordination Committee Against CAA, Assam staged a protest at Guwahati’s Lakhidhar Borah Khetra on Saturday afternoon, and it was attended by Sahitya Academy award winning writer Hiren Gohain and other eminent citizens from …

Members of the North East Students’ Organisation observing black day to mark the third anniversary of CAA
2 years, 3 months ago

Members of the North East Students’ Organisation observing black day to mark the third anniversary of CAA

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The North East Students’ Organisation comprising eight major student bodies in the region, observed ‘black day’ on Sunday to mark the third anniversary of the passage of the contentious Citizenship Bill. The organisations are Khasi Students’ Union, All Assam Students’ Union, Naga Students’ Federation, Mizo Zirlai Pawl, Twipra Students’ Federation, All Manipur Students’ Union, Garo Students’ Union and All …

Assam students union demands for repealing of Citizenship Amendment Act
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam students union demands for repealing of Citizenship Amendment Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The decision of the Central government to repeal the three farm laws after year-long protests may revive the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act movement once again in Assam with the powerful All Assam Students Union on Saturday asserting that like the three farms law, the Central government will have to repeal the “anti-people CAA”. Pointing out that repeal of the three …

Ahead of Assam polls, AASU launches fresh anti-CAA agitation
4 years ago

Ahead of Assam polls, AASU launches fresh anti-CAA agitation

India Today  

Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, All Assam Students' Union has launched fresh protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Apart from Guwahati, the students' organisation also held anti-CAA agitations in Biswanath, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Nagaon, Nalbari and other parts of the state. The AASU held the fresh anti-CAA agitation across Assam on Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra …

Assam students' union to launch anti-CAA protests during PM Modi and Amit Shah's visit
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam students' union to launch anti-CAA protests during PM Modi and Amit Shah's visit

India Today  

All Assam Students' Union has announced a series of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Assam. In a press conference, AASU president Dipanka Kumar Nath and General Secretary Sankar Jyoti Baruah said the students' organisation will launch a series of agitation programme from January 22 …

AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA
4 years, 3 months ago

AASU, NESO observe black day to protest against CAA

India Today  

Various organisations in Northeast India will re-launch agitation programmes to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act from Friday. The North East Students’ Organization will observe Friday as black day across the region as a sign of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. NESO, which comprises the All Assam Students’ Union, All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, Khasi Students' Union, Mizo …

Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped
4 years, 3 months ago

Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped

India Today  

While the Centre is preparing to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 across the country, All Assam Students' Union and other students' organisations in the north-eastern region have intensified their agitation against the contentious law. North East Students' Organisation -- comprising All Assam Students' Union, All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union, Khasi Students' Union, Mizo Zirlai Pawl, Garo Students' Union, Naga …

Police detain over 100 anti-CAA protesters in Assam
5 years ago

Police detain over 100 anti-CAA protesters in Assam

India Today  

The police on Saturday detained over 100 people who protested against the Citizenship Act in Guwahati. Terming the new citizenship law as "unconstitutional, undemocratic," the protesters raised slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government at the Centre and state. The protesters also demanded the Assam Legislative Assembly to take a decision against the Act. The protesters also demanded the …

How anti-CAA protests distort the truth
5 years ago

How anti-CAA protests distort the truth

New Indian Express  

Articles 5-11 of the Constitution clearly lay down the criteria for citizenship. Several amendments have refined the criteria, notably the Citizenship Act of 2003 that defined an illegal immigrant and disallowed citizenship to their progeny. The recent NRC update of 2019 was sanctioned by the Supreme Court.The NRC is a constitutionally mandated decree. Opposing it means opposing the Constitution and …

Thousands join anti-CAA protest in Chennai, demand Tamil Nadu govt to adopt resolution against law in ongoing Assembly session
5 years, 1 month ago

Thousands join anti-CAA protest in Chennai, demand Tamil Nadu govt to adopt resolution against law in ongoing Assembly session

Firstpost  

Chennai: A large number of anti-CAA protesters, majority of them Muslims, held a massive protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Chepauk, even as agitations were held across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The protest was held under the aegis of the Tamil Nadu Islamia Iyakkangal Matrum Arasiyal Katchigalin Koottamaippu, a federation of state Muslim outfits and political parties. #WATCH Chennai: …

Aligarh: Post Namaz and Quran Khawani, Muslim women protesting at Shajmahal raise ‘Azaadi slogans’, vow to continue anti-CAA agitation
5 years, 1 month ago

Aligarh: Post Namaz and Quran Khawani, Muslim women protesting at Shajmahal raise ‘Azaadi slogans’, vow to continue anti-CAA agitation

Op India  

Muslim women have been protesting against the CAA and the NRC at the Shajmahal Eidgah area in Aligarh. Yesterday these Muslim women protestors who have been agitating here since January 29, resorted to continuous sloganeering, raising ‘Azaadi slogans’ and anti-government, anti-CAA slogans, after offering ‘dua’ at the Shajmahal Eidgah post the afternoon Namaz and Quran Khawani. Read: Shaheen Bagh mob …

CAA protests: Univerity campuses wrongly become a battleground
5 years, 2 months ago

CAA protests: Univerity campuses wrongly become a battleground

Op India  

It is manifestly clear from an earnest reading of the Constitution of India, Article 14 in particular, that the Citizenship Amendment Act is neither anti-Muslim nor it violates Article 14 and 15 of the Indian Constitution. Read: Journalists use Nankana Sahib attack to claim CAA does not help persecuted minorities entering India after 2014, here is how they are wrong …

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati
5 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati

India Today  

Continuing its protest against the contentious Citizenship Act, hundreds of women on Sunday staged a protest against the law in Guwahati, Assam. Assamese actress Barsha Rani Bishaya who led the protest, said Assam is not a dumping ground for the illegal foreigners. Barsha Rani Bishaya added that Assam is protesting against the citizenship law because it is a "threat to …

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India
5 years, 2 months ago

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of demonstrators perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital on Friday to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants. Demonstrators carried placards and shouted slogans accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government of pursuing policies aimed at forcing people to prove their citizenship and putting Muslims …

Irfan says students have shown the way
5 years, 2 months ago

Irfan says students have shown the way

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Citizenship Amendment Act has come into force and it is the roadmap to create citizenship by ethnicity rather than citizenship by territory which the Constitution of India conceives. The state-level consultation meet was held to urge the state government to pass a resolution in the Assembly against the CAA and the National Register of Citizens. The home minister …

'Freedom Of Academic Space From State Violence Is Crucial For Democratic Debate': NLIU Bhopal Alumni Express Solidarity With Student Protests Against CAA
5 years, 2 months ago

'Freedom Of Academic Space From State Violence Is Crucial For Democratic Debate': NLIU Bhopal Alumni Express Solidarity With Student Protests Against CAA

Live Law  

Condemning the alleged police brutalities on the students in Delhi, Aligarh, Assam and other universities across India, during the anti-CAA protests, alumni of National Law Institute University Bhopal has issued a statement. We therefore stand in solidarity with the protestors and students at Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University, Dibrugarh University, Gauhati University, Cotton University, Assam, as well as students …

Jamia students paint road with anti-CAA graffiti, start 'School for Revolution'
5 years, 2 months ago

Jamia students paint road with anti-CAA graffiti, start 'School for Revolution'

India TV News  

Students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Thursday painted anti-CAA and anti-NRC graffiti on the road outside the varsity as their protest against the amended citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens entered its 21st day. Slogans like 'Jiyo aur jeene do ', '#No CAA, #No NRC', 'Mera desh, mera samvidhan ' were painted on the road outside Jamia along …

‘CAA is a threat to marginalised communities’
5 years, 2 months ago

‘CAA is a threat to marginalised communities’

The Hindu  

ON December 26, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi lent its voice to those against the Citizenship Act. The protest was held in central Mumbai’s Dadar where Prakash Ambedkar and his son Sujat addressed the crowds from a makeshift platform, telling them that the new law would target Muslims as well as marginalised communities such as Adivasis. Prakash Ambedkar said that it …

Citizenship Act protests: 498 identified as offenders in UP, property to be seized
5 years, 2 months ago

Citizenship Act protests: 498 identified as offenders in UP, property to be seized

India Today  

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has notified as many as 498 people for causing damage to public property during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests which turned violent last week. According to a circular, the state government has identified these people as anti-socials who caused damage to public and private property while taking part in anti-CAA protests in different …

Wrong to look at protests against Citizenship Amendment Act merely as 'Muslim outrage', says historian Irfan Habib
5 years, 3 months ago

Wrong to look at protests against Citizenship Amendment Act merely as 'Muslim outrage', says historian Irfan Habib

Firstpost  

The eminent historian said about the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act : ’this struggle is about India and about the future of democracy'. Aligarh: Noted historian Irfan Habib on Wednesday said it would be wrong to look upon the recent outburst of public sentiments against the Citizenship Act as merely a “Muslim outrage” as it would ultimately impact all …

Varsity accused of intimidating students for taking part in anti-CAA protest
5 years, 3 months ago

Varsity accused of intimidating students for taking part in anti-CAA protest

India TV News  

Activists alleged on Wednesday that Nirma University here tried to "intimidate" its students who took part in protests against the Citizenship Act and also advised their parents to `counsel' them. Activists of the 'Young India National Coordination Committee' and 'Campaign against CAA-NRC-NPA' on Wednesday shared with the media screen shots of text messages that the university purportedly sent to students …

Opposition slams Centre for trying to 'fool people' over NPR; protests continue in Delhi, Assam over CAA
5 years, 3 months ago

Opposition slams Centre for trying to 'fool people' over NPR; protests continue in Delhi, Assam over CAA

Firstpost  

Even as protests against the amended citizenship law continued in different parts of the country, the Union government approved a proposal to update the National Population Register The Centre faced strong criticism from Opposition leaders for denying any links between the National Population Register and the contentious National Register for Citizens with Congress, TMC leaders and activists pointing to official …

'CAA Unconstitutional, Divisive' : Former Students Of NLSIU, NUALS Release Statements [Read Statements]
5 years, 3 months ago

'CAA Unconstitutional, Divisive' : Former Students Of NLSIU, NUALS Release Statements [Read Statements]

Live Law  

Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act "unconstitutional", and condemning the police violence on student protests against the law, 538 former students of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and 432 former students of National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi have released statements.The statement by NLSIU alumni said :" As professionals trained in the. Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act "unconstitutional", …

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam
5 years, 3 months 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 …

Opposition steps up protests against CAA: DMK leads massive rally in Chennai, Congress holds 'satyagraha' at Rajghat; Uttar Pradesh PFI chief arrested
5 years, 3 months ago

Opposition steps up protests against CAA: DMK leads massive rally in Chennai, Congress holds 'satyagraha' at Rajghat; Uttar Pradesh PFI chief arrested

Firstpost  

The opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstration were held against the contentious law in several states by students and others New Delhi/Chennai/Guwahati: The opposition on Monday stepped up …

An act divided!: Citizenship (Amendment) Act
5 years, 3 months ago

An act divided!: Citizenship (Amendment) Act

New Indian Express  

“Many are saying minorities from our country will face deportations. CAA is not about Indian citizens, it is about refugees, and those crying social justice should be appreciating the move since a country like India is giving space for the persecuted. In Kalaburagi, almost 25,000 protesters and activists from various organisations took out protests despite prohibitory orders. This is a …

An act divided!: Citizenship (Amendment) Act
5 years, 3 months ago

An act divided!: Citizenship (Amendment) Act

New Indian Express  

“Many are saying minorities from our country will face deportations. CAA is not about Indian citizens, it is about refugees, and those crying social justice should be appreciating the move since a country like India is giving space for the persecuted. In Kalaburagi, almost 25,000 protesters and activists from various organisations took out protests despite prohibitory orders. This is a …

CAA protests: One dead in UP as violence erupts in Rampur, Kanpur; 15 arrested in Daryaganj violence sent to judicial custody
5 years, 3 months 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 …

CAA protesters gather at Gandhi statue in London, demand withdrawal of new citizenship law and plans to hold nationwide NRC
5 years, 3 months ago

CAA protesters gather at Gandhi statue in London, demand withdrawal of new citizenship law and plans to hold nationwide NRC

Firstpost  

Hundreds of students and other groups gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square in London on Saturday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens in India London: Hundreds of students and other groups gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square in London on Saturday to protest against …

1,100 academicians, intellectuals support Citizenship Amendment Act, 'congratulate' Parliament for 'upholding civilisational ethos of India'
5 years, 3 months ago

1,100 academicians, intellectuals support Citizenship Amendment Act, 'congratulate' Parliament for 'upholding civilisational ethos of India'

Firstpost  

Even as the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests continued across the nation on Saturday, with the death toll in demonstrations rising to six in Uttar Pradesh and arrests in Delhi and detentions in Maharashtra, 1,100 academicians, scholars and intellectuals from various universities of India released a statement in support of the Act. Even as the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests continued across …

Anti-CAA protests: 15 held in connection with Daryaganj violence sent to 2-day judicial custody
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: 15 held in connection with Daryaganj violence sent to 2-day judicial custody

The Hindu  

Thousands of people have been agitating in various parts of the country since December 11, when the contentious citizenship bill was passed in Parliament. — PTI New Delhi Jamia students protest outside university campus Jamia Millia Islamia students staged a demonstration yet again outside the varsity campus against amendments in the citizenship law, days after violent clashes between police and …

Anti-CAA protests: Anti Hindu slogans at IIT-K event, complaint filed
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Anti Hindu slogans at IIT-K event, complaint filed

Op India  

The anti-CAA protests which are being carried out across the country by certain sections of the population, especially Muslims, have already turned communal and violent. According to a report by Swarajya journalist Swati Goel Sharma, a faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has given a written complaint to the institute’s director, objecting to purported anti-India and communal statements made …

Students, activists, professionals stage anti-CAA stir at India Gate
5 years, 3 months ago

Students, activists, professionals stage anti-CAA stir at India Gate

India Today  

Braving the freezing cold, hundreds of students, professionals and civil society activists thronged the India Gate on Saturday evening to protest against the amended Citizenship Act. Amid heavy police deployment, the protesters raised slogans against the BJP government and sought revocation of the new legislation as it tears into the secular fabric of the country. "NRC and CAA together are …

People's unified voice will eventually prevail in anti-CAA movement: AASU
5 years, 3 months ago

People's unified voice will eventually prevail in anti-CAA movement: AASU

India TV News  

Asserting that people of Assam have shown solidarity with the movement against the amended citizenship law in an "unprecedented" way, AASU's chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya on Friday said unified voice of the masses will eventually prevail. The All Assam Students' Union, which led the historic Assam Movement from 1979-85, is also spearheading the anti-CAA movement which seeks revoking of the …

At anti-CAA stir in Chicago, Indian-Americans and students say citizenship law a step towards 'rupturing India's social fabric'
5 years, 3 months ago

At anti-CAA stir in Chicago, Indian-Americans and students say citizenship law a step towards 'rupturing India's social fabric'

Firstpost  

Washington: Indian-Americans and Indian students held peaceful protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the US cities of Chicago and Boston, saying this is a step towards rupturing India’s social fabric. “We are outraged by the violence and actively condemn the brutality inflicted upon students at Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University,” said the Indian students in Chicago. This …

CAA protests: What the government must learn from India's mass movements against citizenship reforms
5 years, 3 months ago

CAA protests: What the government must learn from India's mass movements against citizenship reforms

Firstpost  

As India confronts the largest protest movements seen since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, it’s important to understand the lessons of the past decades In December 1960, Mysuru had been decked to greet delegates from 50 universities around India, the biggest student festival the country had ever held. The scholar Margaret Cormack thought it was hormones: “Sexual segregation is …

12 districts report protests as agitation against CAA, NRC intensifies in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 3 months ago

12 districts report protests as agitation against CAA, NRC intensifies in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

What seemed to be a case of public indifference till late afternoon turned out to be large-scale rejection of the Centre's new citizenship law and the proposed NRC by late Thursday evening with at least twelve districts reporting varying levels of protests in Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal, Shajapur, Khandwa, Khargone, Seoni, Gwalior, Betul, Ratlam, Barwani, Sagar, Ujjain and Panna reported agitation …

Anti-CAA protests: Why political parties are hiding behind students
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Why political parties are hiding behind students

India Today  

With university students becoming the face of protests, agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act continues unabated. Curiously, political parties except the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee have generally been hiding behind the students, though almost all Opposition political parties have instructed their students and youth wings to supply the manpower required to make protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act look …

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Thousands take to streets across country; two dead in violence at Mangaluru, clashes reported in UP
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Thousands take to streets across country; two dead in violence at Mangaluru, clashes reported in UP

Firstpost  

During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, authorities resorted to barricading and clampdown on mobile services, including an unprecedented one in Delhi, while protesters also faced tear gas shelling and police batons at some places including in Uttar Pradesh, where incidents of arson and stone pelting gave the protests a violent colour. Authorities resorted to barricading and clampdown on mobile services, …

Assam BJP MLAs want misconceptions removed
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam BJP MLAs want misconceptions removed

The Hindu  

A group of 20 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on Thursday met Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal seeking creation of an atmosphere where the legislators can face the people for removing misconceptions about the Citizenship Act. Assam Accord The BJP’s Sootea MLA Padma Hazarika said the government must hasten the process of implementing Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, 1985, that …

Students try to foil media narrative about anti-CAA protests in universities
5 years, 3 months ago

Students try to foil media narrative about anti-CAA protests in universities

Op India  

Protests erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act in liberal enclaves within a select few Universities in India. Read: Khilafat 2.0: How Useful Idiots in the media and political parties were fooled by Jamia students associated with the ‘blood brother’ of a banned Radical Islamic outfit In a similar vein, leftists at IIT-Bombay issued a statement that gave one the impression …

Citizenship Act: Life in Assam back on track as the state remains peaceful
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Act: Life in Assam back on track as the state remains peaceful

India TV News  

Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the new citizenship law. Islamic outfit Popular Front of India's Assam unit chief Aminul Haque and another office bearer were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the violence during protests over the citizenship law, police said. Also, the …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests on Dec. 19 | One dies of alleged firearm injury in Lucknow; two die in police firing in Mangaluru
5 years, 3 months 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 …

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful

The Hindu  

Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the Citizenship Act, 2019. Islamic outfit Popular Front of India ’s Assam unit chief Aminul Haque and another office bearer were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the violence during protests over the citizenship law, police said. Also, …

Hundreds take to streets against CAA in Kochi
5 years, 3 months ago

Hundreds take to streets against CAA in Kochi

The Hindu  

Hundreds of students took to the streets of Kochi on Wednesday demanding the scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act. The campaign against the legislation began with the Students Federation of India taking out a march from the Ernakulam Maharaja’s College. Hours later, students from a few city colleges assembled at Rajendra Maidan and took out a Long March to the …

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