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The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) has moved the Indian Supreme Court over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The UNHRC has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court over the CAA. This means that the global human rights body wants to be made a party in the existing pleas filed against […]
After more than three days of unprecedented violence in northeast Delhi, in which at least 24 people have died and at least 200 injured, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for “peace and brotherhood”, and said he has held an extensive review of the situation in various parts of the national capital. “I appeal to my […]
At least three people were killed including a policeman amid clashes between pro and anti citizenship law protesters hours before U.S. President Donald Trump’s maiden visit to the city. Police used tear gas and smoke grenades but struggled to disperse the crowds, as both sides hurled stones, about 11 miles from where Trump will meet […]
An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding a student, the first such incident in the capital during more than a month of demonstrations. Witnesses said the man holding a gun shouted slogans against the protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia University, before firing […]
A joint motion, combining five different resolutions tabled by Members of the European Parliament against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, was debated at the Plenary session in Brussels, with an expected vote on the motion on Thursday postponed until March. The debate opened with a statement by Helena Dalli, the Vice-President of the European Commission and […]
While making his annual speech at the Kerala assembly on Wednesday, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan paused for a second and made a surprise announcement. “I’m going to read this para because the Chief Minister wants me to read this. Although I hold the view this doesn’t come under policy or programme. Chief Minister has said […]
A 620-km-long human chain from the northern part of Kerala to the south was formed on January 26 — Republic day — by the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The LDF organised the human chain from Kasaragod in north Kerala to Kaliyakkavilai in the […]
Congress-ruled Rajasthan passed a resolution against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA in the state assembly urging centre to repeal the law amid countrywide protests. Rajasthan is the third state in the country to pass an anti-CAA resolution after Kerala and Punjab. Several BJP leaders were seen rushing to the well of the house, shouting […]
A whopping 144 petitions against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) were taken up for hearing by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice SA Bobde heard the petitions, most of which demand that the law be withdrawn. The court refused to put a stay on the CAA, which is […]
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said those protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act could continue doing so as the government would not withdraw the contentious legislation. Addressing a rally in Lucknow as part of the government’s efforts to reach out amid opposition over CAA, Shah said, “I want to say it again that the […]
The Kerala Assembly today passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, amid raging countrywide protests. The ruling CPI(M)-LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF supported the resolution while BJP’s lone MLA and former union minister O Rajagopal’s was the only dissenting voice. The house adopted the resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi […]