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Blood and water: The strange link between CAA and a 1958 Bollywood classic

The contentious CAA and protests against it find echoes in Yahudi

Priyanka hits out at Amit Shah, asks youth to 'understand the chronology'

Amit Shah had reportedly said first CAB will come, then NRC and not just for Bengal but for the entire country.

NPR and NRC like a tax on poor people of India, says Rahul Gandhi

He was responding to a query on the Centre's claim that the NPR has no link with NRC

Hundreds gather outside Delhi's Jama Masjid to protests against CAA

The protesters, who were carrying placards that read 'Save the Constitution, don't divide India', appealed to the people to remain non-violent.

CAA is not anti-minority; opposition is misinforming people: Hardeep Puri

Union Minster Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not alter India's secular credentials and accused opposition parties of spreading "misinformation" on the new law. "As opposition parties mount an anti-govt campaign using CAA as the lightening rod to spread misinformation, inflame passions, mobilise forces inimical to India's interests & incite violence," he tweeted. "CAA neither alters nor challenges rights of any Indian citizen, irrespective of religion, caste, creed, sect, ethnicity or race. The narrative that it threatens religious minorities in India is ignorance at best, & treacherous at worst," he said. Puri added that the opposition against the new citizenship law was riding on a false narrative. "CAA does not mean that Muslims who are otherwise persecuted in these countries cannot apply for Indian citizenship - in fact, in the last five years, PM Modi's govt has granted citizenship to nearly 600 Muslims from these countries," he

Flag marches, police deployment in parts of Delhi as anti-CAA protests loom

Heavy police deployment is in place in Jamia Nagar, Jama Masjid and Chanakyapuri, the police said.

Norwegian woman asked to leave India after joining CAA protest in Kochi

Johansson had reportedly said in a Facebook post that she had participatedin the "Peoples Long March" against the CAA

CAA protests: Paramilitary forces, drones deployed in UP for Friday prayers

The order also says that foot-patrolling and flag-march should be carried out in all the districts

CAA, NRC 'may affect status' of Muslims in India: US Congressional report

The December 18 report also said that for the first time in independent India's history, a religious criterion has been added to the country's naturalization process.

With focus on NRC, CAA, govt wants to implement Hindu Rashtra: Chidambaram

Chidambaram said that countrywide protests against the CAA should not be portrayed as an issue between the government and Muslims

State battles no indicator of national politics

It would be wrong to assume Modi government can be defeated after BJP's performance in Jharkhand

CAA, NRIC and the uncertain climate

While there is no clarity as to how NRIC will be implemented or funded, the bigger question that goes a-begging is what should be India's policy towards migrants and refugees

CAA stir: Protests continue unabated in Assam; won't relent, say agitators

Congress has kickstarted an 800-km 'padyatra' from Sadiya in eastern Assam to Dhubri in the western end of the state, reached Demow in Sivasagar district with thousands of participants

CAA, NPR not linked to NRC, Oppn carrying out false propaganda: Ram Madhav

False propaganda has been unleashed by the opposition parties to malign the BJP-led government at the Centre as they have no issues to raise, he said

Year in Review: Events that made biggest political news in India in 2019

From revocation of J&K's special status to the Citizenship Amendment Act, Business Standard lists six defining events of 2019 that became the biggest political issues in India

Oppn 'spoiling atmosphere' with protests against citizenship law: Amit Shah

Shah also accused the opposition of misleading and confusing people over CAA and NRC

'Reign of terror' in UP; false charges framed on CAA protests: Activists

"A reign of terror is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh," Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said.

Days after arrest, NIA raids activist Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati

Akhil Gogoi is an active leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti which is a peasant organization based in Assam

Govt's refrain on NRC is a tactical retreat after protests: Prashant Kishor

Kishor, on his part, has been demanding an "official announcement" from Congress president Sonia Gandhi that NRC will not be implemented in the states ruled by her party

Inciting students to violence isn't leadership: Army chief on CAA protests

Leaders emerge from crowds but are not those who lead people in "inappropriate directions", added the Army chief