CAA demonstration: 24 Congress leaders detained in Karnataka
Shivamogga/UNI: As many as 24 Congress leaders, including K B Prasanna Kumar, a former MLA, who were staging a protest at Mahatma Gandhi Park in the city on Monday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were detained by the police.
Violent protests on Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate : PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday described the ongoing violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as 'unfortunate'.
Will continue to protest until CAA is rolled back: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fiercest attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after a long time since the 2019 General Elections, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee held a mega rally protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC) here on Monday and said she will continue to agitate until the citizenship law is rolled back.
Mamata Banerjee holds mega protest rally against CAA, NRC in Kolkata
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, Mamata Banerjee, held a mega rally as a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC) here on Monday.
Students of Nadwa college protest against CAA, throw stones at police; situation normal now
Lucknow/IBNS: The protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act reached Lucknow on Monday with students of Nadwa college getting engaged in a face-off with police, throwing stones at them at a time north-east, West Bengal and Delhi are on the boil over the same issue.
After Pradyot, GMP to file SLP in SC against CAA
Agartala/UNI: While the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the petition of Pradyot Kishore Debbarman, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura, seeking exclusion of the state from the purview of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the tribal wing of opposition CPI (M) - Gana Mukti Parishad (GMP) will move another petition in the apex court against CAA amid tension in the state.
UP: Students of Nadwa college protest against CAA
Lucknow/IBNS: After violent agitation in north-east, West Bengal and Delhi, the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protest began at Nadwa college in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid ongoing protests in several parts of the nation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will participate in a mega rally here on Monday against the new controversial citizenship law, which was passed by the central government last week.
West Bengal: BJP urges Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to impose President's Rule
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: BJP state president and MP Dilip Ghosh on Sunday urged Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to recommend President's Rule in West Bengal in view of the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Prashant Kishor calls NRC as “Demonetisation of Citizenshipâ€
Patna/UNI: Inspired with the support extended to him by Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar despite his stand contrary to JD(U) on CAB, party leader and strategist Prashant Kishor today alleged that the National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) was equivalent to “demonetisation of citizenship.”
Arvind Kejriwal calls for peace; BJP-AAP blame each other for violence
New Delhi/UNI: Moments after the violence broke out during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in south Delhi areas, the blame game started between the BJP and AAP on Saturday, with both the parties accusing each other for the current situation, while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called for peace in the national capital.
Bharatiya Janata Party briefs PM on law and order situation in Bengal
Kolkata/UNI: With spate of violence in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) rocking West Bengal, the BJP leadership apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the law and order situation in the state when the latter made a brief halt at Andal airport in Burdwan district on way to Jharkhand for election campaign.
CAB demonstration hits Delhi: Jamia students' body denies involvement; CM appeals for calm
New Delhi/UNI: Denying any role in today's protest, Jamia Millia Islamia students's body stated that no student from their varsity participated in the agitation against Citizenship Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament earlier this week, which aimed to provide Indian citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Anti-CAA agitations hit Delhi: Protesters set buses on fire; police use tear gas
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: In protest against the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Parliament last week, protesters on Sunday clashed with police and also set 3 buses on fire in Delhi.
CAA protest: Improvement in Assam situation; train services severely hit
Guwahati/UNI: The overall situation in Assam arising out of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, showed further signs of improvement with curfew in Guwahati and Dibrugarh, among other places, relaxed for several hours today, though railway traffic remained severely hit owing to the agitations and internet services continued to be suspended.