A number of spectators rose up to protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC during India-Australia ODI at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
Supreme Court lawyers on Tuesday held a protest march in the national capital against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). The lawyers marched from the Supreme Court till Jantar Mantar.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is the recent one to join the debate against Citizenship Act. Nadella's statement on CAA has gathered much political reactions, including from Meenakshi Lekhi, who said "literate need to be educated." Satya Nadella's statement comes at a time when the CAA is already witnessing widespread protests from across the country.
Kerala government led by Pinarayi Vijayan has moved Supreme Court against Citizenship Amendment Act saying the law is against the right to ewquality.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has voiced criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act. A Hyderabad native, Satya Nadella also spoke about his multicultural roots and the importance of technology and immigration in his life and career. Below is the full text from Satya Nadella's words.
So far, 94 people have been arrested by police for indulging in violence in different parts of Delhi in the last one month during protests against the CAA, a government official said.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading people on the amended Citizenship Act and the NRC.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said the new citizenship law would not be implemented in Maharashtra.
Government sources said the report containing the refugees' details and testimonies from a few from each district had been submitted to the home ministry and to the chief minister's office.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan took on a volley of questions on India TV's iconic show 'Aap Ki Adalat' with Editor-in-Chief and Chairman Rajat Sharma. Khan debunked the myths surrounding the new citizenship law and NRC. Watch full video of Arif Mohammad Khan in Aap Ki Adalat.
The protests in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh against anti-Citizenship law saw a mammoth of people on Sunday who promoted the concept of ''sarv dharm sambhav'' (equal respect for all religions or peaceful co-existance of all religions) in their huge demonstration.
"Maharashtra too will follow the decision of the Congress leadership," Shinde said. Earlier in the day, state Home minister Anil Deshmukh and Energy minister Nitin Raut had made similar statements while taking part in an anti-CAA rally in Nagpur
Kishor's remarks came after the government on Friday issued a gazette notification declaring that the CAA has come into force with immediate effect granting citizenship to six non-Muslim minority communities -- Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian -- who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014.
Clearing misconceptions on amended Citizenship Act or CAA allegedly being fuelled by opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday clarified that the law is about giving rights and not about taking them away.
A poster reading ‘Free Kashmir’ was spotted at a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Law in Chennai on Saturday
Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on Saturday termed the reports linking the cancellation of deputy foreign minister Shahriar Alam to the ongoing protests against the new Citizenship Act as “misleading”
Amit Shah dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Communists to show him any provision in the CAA, which would take away the citizenship of Muslims in the country.
In an unusual move, a court, while granting bail to 12 accused in the violent anti-CAA protest case, directed them to appear before the Investigating Officer concerned who would dispel their doubts about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
The much-talked about Citizenship Amendment Act has come into force. Ministry of Home Affairs issued notification in this regard late on Friday. In the gazette notification, the Union home ministry said the act under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, will come into force from January 10 that is, on Friday itself.
For the first time, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar will take to the streets here on January 24 to oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act, the organisers said here on Friday.
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