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The protests against Citizenship Amendment Act intensified in New Delhi as thousands of people gathered at Jantar Mantar and Assam Bhawan to call an end to 'religious profiling'

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SC to hear on Dec 18 plea of Cong, ex-Tripura Maharaja challenging Citizenship Act

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on December 18 pleas of the Congress and former Maharaja of Tripura Pradyot Kishor Deb Barman challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

 

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it will hear the pleas along with other pending matters coming up for hearing on December 18.

 

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned for urgent listing the two pleas and said this petition should also be heard along with a similar plea filed by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which is coming up for hearing on Wednesday.

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Citizenship Act: Global criticism builds against Modi regime

If the public fallout of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the north-east is proving difficult to contain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah could hardly have expected its huge after-shocks internationally. After the constitutional recalibration of the status of Kashmir had raised critical media responses, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar observed that India’s reputation is not decided by “a newspaper in New York”...

 

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11:09 AM

We are not against peaceful demonstrations but we can't allow people to go on streets, indulge in rioting: SC on Citizenship Act protests.

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Citizenship Act protests: Two cases filed by Delhi Police

Two cases have been registered in connection with violence at Jamia Millia Islamia and adjoining areas on Sunday following protests against the amended Citizenship Act, according to Delhi Police.

 

The university had turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protest against the Act.

 

"One case has been registered at Jamia Nagar Police Station and another case registered at New Friends Colony Police Station," a senior police official said.

11:08 AM

We are not to be bullied like this, says SC when lawyers ask it to take cognisance of violence on Citizenship Act.

10:58 AM

The only thing we want is that rioting must stop: SC on violent protests against Citizenship Act

10:58 AM

SC agrees to hear on Tuesday batch of pleas alleging violence against peaceful protest of students opposing Citizenship Amendment Act.

10:57 AM

Citizenship Act protests: SC takes strong note of damage of public property and rioting during students' stir.

10:57 AM

Lawyers ask SC to take cognizance of incidents of attack on students protesting against amended Citizenship Act.

10:57 AM

Jamia students stage protest against police action

A group of Jamia Millia students stood shirtless in the bone-chilling cold outside the university gates on Monday to protest the police action against their colleagues a day earlier.

 

Slogans of "inquilab zindabad" rent the air as the group of around 10 students, accompanied by their fellow colleagues, took out a small march, demanding a CBI inquiry into the "police brutality".

 

"Our colleagues have been beaten up badly. The policemen entered bathrooms, libraries and beat up girls. Our protest is against the goons called Delhi Police," said a research scholar who did not want to be identified.

 

As a few women escorted an injured student to narrate their ordeal to the media, some people were seen asking them not to give any statements.

 

"We were inside the university when the police barged in. Around 20 policemen came from gate no 7 and 50 others came from the rear gate. We told them we were not involved in the violence. They didn't listen. They didn't even spare women," Khanzala, who suffered injuries to the legs and abdomen, said.

 

A women broke down as Khanzala showed his injuries to the media.

10:56 AM

Two cases registered in connection with violence in Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday: Delhi Police

10:55 AM

Citizenship Act protests: Youth Congress workers wave black flags at Manipur Guv

Youth Congress workers waved black flags at Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla on Monday morning at nearby aluva in protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

 

Heptulla was on her way to board a flight to Lakshadweep from the Nedumbassery airport when the incident occurred.

 

The protesters were removed by police after which the governor proceeded to the airport.

 

According to the amended Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants, but given Indian citizenship.

10:54 AM

Delhi HC declines urgent listing of plea against police action on students of Jamia Millia Islamia University.

10:52 AM

Govt is the real culprit : Ghulam Nabi Azad on CAA protests

On the ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 across the country and with incidences of clashes between protesters and police in Delhi last night, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that "real culprit" is central government that passed the 'unpopular' Bill in Parliament without thinking about its consequences.

 

"The real culprit is the government. It passed the unpopular Bill in Parliament on the basis of their numbers without thinking about its consequences," said Azad.

 

"The people are against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. There are protests everywhere be it West Bengal, Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh. The people are not ready to accept this," he added.

10:44 AM

Plea moved in HC against police action on students at Jamia Millia Islamia University on Sunday night.