Tag: CAB
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Angry protesters bring WB to grinding halt
The agitators threw stones at the trains at Uluberia Station while other burnt tyres and set fire on the tracks.
December 14, 2019 -
‘Won’t allow NRC, CAB in state’
Meanwhile, the CM held an emergency meeting at Nabanna today to take stock of the ongoing incidents of protests and road blocks over NRC and CAB immediately after returning from Digha.
December 14, 2019 -
‘Concerned about implications’: Top US official on India’s new citizenship law
Amid tensions in the northeast, the United States had earlier urged India to protect the rights of its religious minorities in keeping with its Constitution and democratic values.
December 14, 2019 -
Jamia Milia Islamia students clash with police after march opposing CAB stopped
According to the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014, facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.
December 13, 2019 -
Shiv Sena expresses concern over violence in northeast, attacks Centre for CAB
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party, which supported the bill in the Lok Sabha, but stayed away from voting on it in the Rajya Sabha, made the critical remarks in the editorial of its mouthpiece Saamana.
December 13, 2019 -
Japan PM Shinzo Abe likely to cancel India visit amid Citizenship Act protests: Report
Earlier on Thursday, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and the country's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan had also called off their respective visits to India.
December 13, 2019 -
Mixed reactions in West Bengal a day after passage of CAB
Earlier, on December 10, Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had assured that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and CAB will not be allowed in Bengal as long as the Trinamul Congress is in power.
December 13, 2019 -
Entire northeast ‘burning’ in protest against CAB: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
'It is the same as what has happened with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. What is happening in the northeastern states is a repeat of what has happened in J-K,' said the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
December 13, 2019 -
Will not implement unconstitutional and divisive CAB in Punjab: Amarinder Singh
Asserting his commitment to the protection of the Constitutional ethos of the country, Amarinder said the Congress, which has a majority in the State Assembly, would block the unconstitutional Bill in the House.
December 12, 2019 -
‘No internet, Assam can’t read your reassuring message’: Cong jibes at PM Modi
Amid violent protests, PM Modi took to Twitter to assure the people of the state that they have nothing to worry adding that no one can take away their rights, identity and culture.
December 12, 2019 -
Bangladesh foreign minister cancels India visit amid concerns over Citizenship Bill
India has, however, declined to link the cancellation of the visit with the passing of the Citizenship Bill.
December 12, 2019 -
Bengal CM misleading Muslims over CAB: BJP
The state unit is going ahead with its plan to accord as grand reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah for their “historic” step.
December 12, 2019 -
CAB protests: Thousands defy curfew in Assam; flights, trains cancelled, CM calls for peace
The passing of the Citizenship Bill in the Parliament has plunged Assam into deep chaos with locals hitting the streets in thousands, burning tyres and wooden logs prompting the administration to impose curfew in Guwahati.
December 12, 2019 -
‘Courageous step’: RSS praises PM Modi, Shah over passage of CAB in parliament
Bhaiyyaji Joshi asserted that the Bill provides an assurance of respectable life to the refugees who come to India.
December 12, 2019 -
‘Landmark day for India’: PM Modi after Citizenship Bill clears Rajya Sabha test
Amid raging protests, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed after a fierce debate in the Rajya Sabha with 125 votes in support while 99 against it.
December 12, 2019 -
‘No one can take away your rights’: PM Modi assures Assam on Citizenship Bill
Protests have erupted in the northeast, especially in Assam and Tripura, as the indigenous people are worried that the entry of these people will endanger their identity and livelihood.
December 12, 2019 -
Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Rajya Sabha, to be law soon
In an attack on Congress which echoed vehement opposition, Shah said, 'Statements of Congress leaders and Pakistani leaders coincide many times, as yesterday what the Pakistani Prime Minister said about the Bill and what the Congress leaders in this House said, were similar.'
December 11, 2019