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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi has called for the statewide shutdown to protest against CAA and the proposed National Register of Citizens; barring stray incidents of stone pelting and attempt to disrupt road traffic in Mumbai, there was not much impact of the bandh in the metropolis

Delhi saw as many as 12,652 demonstrations, and protest marches until December 15, 2019

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee termed her meeting with PM Modi as \"courtesy visit\" and said she has raised issues regarding the due financial assistance that the state is yet to receive

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Former Union minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha to take out a protest march against the CAA-NRC today. He was accompanied by the whos who of politics

The candle march started from Lal Kuan, moved through Chawri Bazaar and concluded at Gate No 1 of the Jama Masjid. The crowd sat on the stairs of the mosque shouting slogans. The symbolic protest ended with the singing of the national anthem

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is against the constitution and needs to be scrapped by the Supreme Court

When Industrialist Kishore Mariwala contacted the chartering company's office in Phuket, Thailand, the receptionist enquired if he was from India and if he was a Hindu

Citizenship Amendment Act: Launching an awareness programme in support of the amended citizenship law, Shah accused the Congress and other opposition parties of running a misinformation campaign

If social conflict and mutual suspicion rise, it will hurt the economy, said Chidambaram. He also warned against a constitutional crisis in states that are opposing the National Population Register

UP has seen the most violent turmoil over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's citizenship law, which activists say is discriminatory towards the Muslim community

Travel-related bookings have gone down as much as 5 to 40 per cent across the country. Metros like Delhi and Bengaluru, which recently saw violent protests against the amended citizenship law, have been affected the most

A German exchange student was told to leave the country this week after taking part in two rallies against the law

The amended Citizenship law coupled with NRC could affect the Status of Muslim minority in India,says US research report

Anti-CAA protests: Ramdas said all the three services have an internal code prescribing that they must be neutral and not partisan, adding that these rules have been the bedrock of the armed forces for decades

Unlike the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), Population Register (PR) or National Population Register (NPR) does not exist in Citizenship Act of 1955; it exists in 2003 Rules for preparing NRIC alone and hence, it is misleading to claim that the two are not linked or that NPR has an independent standing of its own in law - it doesn't

Anti-CAA protests: A home department spokesperson on Thursday put the death toll at 19 in the violence, which left 288 policemen injured, including 61 who received firearm injury

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said there is no link between National Register of Citizens and National Population Register

NPR approved by Union Cabinet: The National Population Register will now be updated along with the house-listing phase of Census 2021 from April to September 2020 in all the states and union territories apart from Assam