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TopicCAA protests

Topic: CAA protests

CAA-NRC threat to identity & livelihood, say Mira Nair, Naseeruddin Shah & others

In a note, 300 eminent personalities including Amitav Ghosh, TM Krishna & Romila Thapar said they stand in solidarity with those protesting against CAA-NRC.

In UP, 1,000 women booked in 8 FIRs as Lucknow, Prayagraj host their own Shaheen Bagh

While demonstrations in Etawah, Varanasi, Aligarh and Rae Bareli have been forcibly ended by shutting down protest grounds, they continue in Lucknow and Prayagraj.

Delhi Police books Shaheen Bagh protest organiser Sharjeel Imam for ‘inflammatory speech’

Police said Sharjeel Imam, who is a former JNU student, delivered "very inflammatory and instigatory speeches in his opposition to CAA and NRC".

Jadavpur student who tore up CAA at convocation takes NRC protest to YouTube

Debsmita Choudhury, a student of Jadavpur University, shot to fame when she tore up a dummy copy of the CAA at her convocation in December.

I am not a refugee — CAA brings much joy, some confusion for Pilibhit’s Bangladeshi Hindus

The CAA rules are yet to be framed but UP has started implementing the law, asking districts last month to draw up a list of eligible illegal immigrants.

Shaheen Bagh, JNU, Jamia. Now it’s Thiruvananthapuram’s turn to save India’s soul: Tharoor

This great city in Kerala is a microcosm of India’s cultural and ethnic diversity. It’s time to come out in support of Indians who are being targeted by Modi government.

Amit Shah CAA brinkmanship: Stoking more trouble or are there ways to assuage protesters?

Home Minister Amit Shah has said the Citizenship Amendment Act will not be withdrawn irrespective of people’s protests.

Citizenship Act will not be withdrawn despite protests, says Amit Shah

Addressing a pro-CAA rally in Lucknow, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said construction of a Ram temple touching the skies in Ayodhya will begin in three months.

Filmmaker Jahnu Barua, 9 other Assam personalities criticise CAA in letter to CJI

The 10 signatories said they hoped the Supreme Court will pay attention to protests against CAA 'in the interest of justice and healthy democracy'.

Intellectuals opposing CAA are devils, parasites: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh

Ghosh made the comments at a rally in Howrah Friday, a day after he was re-elected as West Bengal BJP president.

On Camera

Bihar is a state of opportunities, not challenges. Land record portal to water atlas

Under Nitish Kumar’s visionary Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Mission, Bihar became the first Indian state to launch the Gazetteer-cum-Atlas of Water Bodies, mapping over 550 rivers, 4,500 wetlands, and 1.06 lakh ponds.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.