West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday likened the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register to "black magic: and called the BJP a "party of Dushasanas' and "off-spring of Delhi Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq".
While speaking to ANI, a protestor Nazia, whose 4-month-old son passed away last week after acquiring a severe cold and congestion following exposure to the chilly winter at Shaheen Bagh protest, on Tuesday demanded to take back CAA.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that the Centre has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Citizens at national level.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has once again said that he will not allow the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the State.
Speaking to ANI, DCP South-East Delhi Chinmoy Biswal informed that no permission was allowed to demonstrate in and around Shaheen Bagh against ongoing protest over CAA.
On suspicion of NRC and NPR survey, villagers of Jhagarua in Bihar's Darbhanga held hostage private company employees on Feb 01.
A man fired bullets at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh on January 01.
Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens protests continued to hit India. At least two people died in WB's Murshidabad after clash broke out between supporters of pro and anti-CAA protests. The two deceased have been identified as Anirudh Biswas and Maqbool Sheikh. The protest took place on January 28. On the other hand, 15 people got injured in Bihar's Sitamarhi between two groups- one protesting against CAA and NRC and the other supporting it. Police personnel have been deployed in the area to control the situation.
An armed man, claiming to have links with a political party, entered the protest area at Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday and threatened the agitators, according to eyewitnesses. A video clip of the alleged incident which is doing the rounds on social media shows a gun-wielding man being overpowered by the protesters.
Maharashtra bandh is not likely to majorly impact Mumbai. Though security arrangements in Mumbai have been strengthened in the wake of statewide bandh called by Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).
Actor Nandita Das too has joined the raging debate over protests at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Speaking on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), Das said more places like Shaheen Bagh are coming up across the country.
Speaking on CAA amid continuing protests taking place in the country, BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose said, "Our job is to explain to people that we are right and they are wrong. You cannot be abusive. Just because we have numbers today we cannot do terror politics. Let us go to people explaining benefits of CAA."
In his complaint, Ved Bhushan, who travels daily from Greater Noida to his Delhi workplace via Kalindi Kunj, rued that he, his relatives and other residents of his area "since 35 days had to take alternate routes causing immense inconvenience due to this illegal protest".
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh said on Sunday that the government is committed to implementing the proposed nationwide NRC and will send back 1 crore Bangladeshi Muslims living in the state illegally.
A viral video has emerged showing kids speaking about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register for Citizens (NRC). In the video, the children can be seen using objectionable language against the prime minister and home minister of India.
The couple, Mohit Mishra and Sonam Pathak, who are tying knot on February 3, have added a Hindi line in bold letters on their wedding card saying, 'We support CAA and NRC'. Their wedding card has become the talk of the town.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to fast-track citizenship for six persecuted minority communities -- Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians -- who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014 from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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.
The petitioner, a Maharashtra-based NGO called Minority Front, sought a direction from the top court to declare the NPR notification unconstitutional
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