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Anti-Citizenship Act protests in West Bengal: Protesters block roads, railway tracks in Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Birbhum districts
• 5 years agoSporadic incidents of violence were reported from Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of West Bengal which is witnessing protests against the amended Citizenship Act
'They thrashed us, many lost a lot of blood': Jamia Millia Islamia students narrate 'brutal' action by Delhi police during protest against Citizenship Amendment Act
Sukanyar • 5 years agoThe baton-charge didn't stop in the streets, but the police personnel chased the students inside the Jamia campus and thrashed them. In response to the attack, few students resorted to stone-pelting
Dispur schoolboy killed in Assam protests wanted to be a drummer; candles illuminate street darkened by violence
Niloybhattacherjee • 5 years agoDivision over Citizenship Act widens within JD(U): Nitish Kumar ignored appeal to not support CAB, says party leader Pavan Verma
• 5 years agoJDU general secretary Pavan Verma revealed that he had cautioned party chief Nitish Kumar against supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, now an Act, but his appeal went in vain
Priyanka Gandhi slams Centre over Citizenship Act, crimes against women at Bharat Bachao rally, urges people to unite against injustice
• 5 years agoOne who doesn't fight against injustice in the country will be judged as a coward in the history, said Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday while speaking on crimes against women
Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act sentiments dominate burial of teenager killed in violent Assam protests; AASU says no agitations after sunset
• 5 years agoAnti-citizenship bill sentiments ran high in Guwahati on Friday at the burial of a 17-year-old Christian youth who died in an alleged firing incident while he was returning from a protest venue, with many locals hailing him as a "martyr".
Citizenship Act protests in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent as students, cops clash; several, including policemen, injured
• 5 years agoThe Jamia Millia Islamia University turned into a battlefield on Friday after police and students, who wanted to march to Parliament House to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act
With Citizenship Act protests refusing to die in Assam, Centre deploys eight columns of Indian Army, Assam Rifles
• 5 years agoA total of eight columns of the Army and Assam Rifles have been deployed in Assam, including capital Guwahati to control the ongoing violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the amended Citizenship Act
From 'they can't read your tweet' to 'hire kabootar from Maine Pyaar Kiya', Twitterati suggests ways BJP, Modi can help Assamese protesting CAB
Fp Staff • 5 years agoNarendra Modi's tweet assuring 'the brothers and sisters of Assam that they have nothing to worry after the passing of CAB' received severe flak by the Twitterati who slammed the prime minister for tweeting a message to a populace which did not even have access to internet and mobile data. Violent protests have rocked northeastern states since 7 December, however, protests escalated overnight in Assam after the Lok Sabha on 9 December passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Amid anti-CAB protests in Assam, BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma rehashes 2016 playbook against AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal
Kangkan Acharyya • 5 years agoEven as the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill faces protests in Assam, the state is seeing a rehash of the campaign against Badruddin Ajmal by Himanta Biswa Sarma