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Delhi court sends Sharjeel Imam to police custody for a day over case of violence during anti-CAA protest in New Friends Colony
•A Delhi court sent Sharjeel Imam, arrested on sedition charge last month, to one day custody of Delhi Police on Monday in a separate case related to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that turned violent at the New Friends Colony on 15 December.
Delhi Police announces reward of Rs 1 lakh for information on accused in 15 December anti-CAA violence near Jamia Millia Islamia
•Protestors had torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with police in New Friends' Colony near Jamia Millia Islamia during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act on 15 December.
Media professionals issue statement of solidarity amid anti-CAA protests, ask govt to 'refrain from attacking students'; full text
Fp Staff •As simultaneous protests raged in multiple cities on Thursday with thousands-strong crowds of students, activists and others defying prohibitory orders to voice their dissent against the newly amended citizenship law, 164 media professionals and communicators issued a statement in firm solidarity with students and protesters across the country.
Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in West Bengal as long as I am alive, says Mamata Banerjee
•Hitting out at the proposed NRC, Mamata Banerjee questioned why people will have to prove their citizenship once again.
Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy blames father of 8-yr-old killed during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Varanasi
Fp Staff •On Sunday, Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy blamed the father of an eight-year-old boy who was killed during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Varanasi on Friday.
Daily Bulletin: Bhim Army chief detained amid anti-CAA protest; Chinese Foreign Minister arrives in India, will meet NSA Ajit Doval
Fp Staff •Here are today's top stories: CAA protests in Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad taken into police custody; RJD calls for Bihar bandh on today to protest Citizenship Act; and more
Citizenship Amendment Act protests Updates: Police not letting lawyers inside Dariyaganj station, claims lawyer; 40 detained after demonstration turns violent
Fp Staff •Citizenship Amendment Act protests LIVE Updates: Advocate Ali Zia Kabir Choudhary, who has been to the Dariyaganj Police Station where over 40 students are likely to have been detained after a demonstration in the area turned violent, informed Firstpost that the police isn't letting advocates inside the police station
Amid anti-CAA protests, govt official says anyone born in India before 1987 or parents who were born before 1987, are Indians
•The clarification came amid the protests against the CAA and the several versions being circulated on social media about the recently enacted law.
At anti-CAA stir in Chicago, Indian-Americans and students say citizenship law a step towards 'rupturing India's social fabric'
•Indian-American Muslim Council, in a statement, strongly condemned the alleged 'brutal crackdown' on students of Jamia and AMU
Anti-CAA protests at Jama Masjid: Thousands take to streets post afternoon prayers with Tricolour, read out Preamble to Constitution
Fp Staff •Carrying tricolour and 'Save Constitution' banners, thousands of people rallied in the national capital