CAA LIVE: 6 killed in Uttar Pradesh, protests turn violent in Delhi

Agitators defied prohibitory orders across regions, prompting authorities to detain activists and politicians on Thursday

4:09 PM

Indian-Americans, students hold protests in US

Indian-Americans and students held peaceful protests in Chicago and Boston, saying this is a step towards rupturing India's social fabric.

 

About 150 people marched to the Indian consulate from the Tribune Tower in Chicago

4:06 PM

Nitish reiterates his stand on NRC

NRC will not be implemented in Bihar, says Nitish Kumar

3:56 PM

Guwahati HC dismisses Assam govt's plea seeking review of resuming mobile internet

3:43 PM

Assam govt files review plea against Guwahati HC order to restore mobile internet

3:38 PM

Women take the centre stage

Nadia Khan, a 35-year-old housewife said: "The government has forced us to come out on the streets." "We are not scared of the government or the prime minister"

 

"What is happening in the country is wrong," Shabana, a 21-year-old student at Jamia Millia Islamia University

 

"This is not the issue of just one community," said another female protestor 

 

3:34 PM

Stone pelting in Gorakhpur

Protestors & police pelt stones at each other in Gorakhpur during protest

3:28 PM

Mamata appeals to PM Narendra Modi

It is not about victory or defeat, it is a matter of country's interests; withdraw CAA and NRC: Mamata Banerjee

2:29 PM

Bhim Army chief detained in Delhi

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is detained by the police in central Delhi when near when he tried to from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar to express his protest against the amended citizenship law. Hundreds of people have gathered near Jama Masjid to protest the law and the proposed National Register of Citizens. Azad was detained in Daryaganj, home to several publishing companies and a stone’s throw away from Jama Masjid.

2:21 PM

Mamata Banerjee's UN comment draws flak

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must apologise for suggesting a UN-monitored referendum on the amended citizenship law and the proposed National Register of Citizens, said union environment minister Prakash Javadekar. "It is shocking that Mamata Banerjee is talking about referendum. Who is the UN body to monitor the referendum? This is an insult to the 130 crore people of the country and their mandate," Javadekar told reporters in Delhi, according to PTI.

1:54 PM

Roses for khaki at Jama Masjid

1:51 PM

Bhim Army protest

Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad and members of his Dalit group protest near Jama Masjid, ignoring the police who denied them permission to march from the mosque to Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.

1:27 PM

Protesters gather outside Jamia Millia in Delhi

Hundreds of people gather outside Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi, continuing protests after a police crackdown on Sunday night injured more than 50 people. News agency PTI reports the protesters have posters decrying the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC).

 

12:44 PM

No one from Bangladesh will get to enter Assam by means of amended Citizenship Act

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said that the citizenship law did not encourage fresh influx from Bangladesh, but those that fled the neighbouring country and moved to the state decades ago due to religious persecution would be able to apply for Indian citizenship.

 

Allaying fears of the state's indigenous population, who are wary that the law would threaten their identity, Sonowal said "not a single person of Bangladesh will get to enter Assam through CAA".

 

"Only those people who have been living in Assam for decades having fled religious persecution in Bangladesh would be able to apply for Indian citizenship," he told reporters at a press meet here.

 

Once the process of filing applications for citizenship is over, a list of the claimants would be published, the chief minister stated.

 

The number would be "negligible", he insisted.

12:41 PM

Prohibitory orders in Northeast Delhi, police conducts flag march

Prohibitory orders were imposed in 12 police station areas of Northeast Delhi on Friday as police carried out a flag march in the district which witnessed violence during protests against the amended citizenship law three days ago, officials said.

 

The police also used drones to keep a tab on the law and order situation in the area.

11:33 AM

Aligarh DM sounds red alert, heavy security deployed in view of Friday prayers

A red alert was sounded and the city put under a heavy security cover in view of the first Friday prayers since the police crackdown on the students of Aligarh Muslim University protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act earlier this week.