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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicCitizenship Amendment Act

Topic: Citizenship Amendment Act

Modi govt needs to give up its ‘stubborn stand’ on new citizenship law & NRC: Mayawati

The BSP president urged the Centre to withdraw its decisions saying that voices opposed to the CAA and NRC have started coming from within the NDA too.

11, including an 8-year-old, die in anti-citizenship law protests in Uttar Pradesh

Four deaths were reported from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, while the boy lost his life in a stampede in Varanasi when a violent mob was being chased by police personnel, officials said.

Delhi Police blame ‘outsiders’ as citizenship law protests turn violent in Daryaganj

Over 40 protesters were detained & raids are on to round up more people, who ran inside the narrow lanes of Daryaganj to evade arrest, said police.

‘For how long will you test a Muslim’s patience’ — academics say CAA protests to intensify

Muslim clerics & academics say protests against citizenship law at Jama Masjid and elsewhere show the community’s patience has reached a tipping point. 

NRC, what for? Nitish Kumar says it won’t be implemented in Bihar

Nitish Kumar is the first chief minister from NDA to have voiced disapproval of the proposed nationwide NRC which has triggered protests across the country.

The placards and songs that ruled the CAA protests across India

Thursday saw lakhs of protesters across the country raise their voice against the Citizenship Act. And they did so with some on-point slogans and songs.

Assam High Court dismisses govt review plea on order to resume internet services

Despite the Gauhati High Court ordering internet services be restored on Thursday, the state govt didn't issue any instruction to mobile operators to implement it until Friday.

Jama Masjid protesters chant ‘Hindustan zindabad’, Bhim Army chief gives police the slip

Bhim Army’s Chandrashekhar Azad held the Constitution and read out the Preamble before being detained, as large crowd demanded repeal of citizenship law.

Mangaluru cops detain 20 journalists to verify credentials, day after death of 2 protesters

Police had inputs that people posing as journalists came to Mangaluru from Kerala to incite violence. Karnataka home minister says 2 were pushed back.

Bengaluru DCP sings national anthem to pacify crowd protesting against Citizenship Act

Chetan Singh Rathode, the DCP of Bengaluru (Central), sang the national anthem along with protesters at the city's Town Hall.

On Camera

Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahinis continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.