Bathinda, Jan 02 (KMS): Protests in India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) continued on the first day of 2020 as activists of Punjab Students Union, Naujawan Bharat Sabha and Aam Aadmi Party’s student wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) held demonstrations in colleges across Punjab under the banner ‘Young …
Read More »India starts 2020 with celebrations amid CAA protests
New Delhi, Jan 02 (KMS): Celebrations and CAA protests were the two factors, which kicked off 2020 in India. There were celebrations across the country to ring in the new year and new decade. However, they were more muted than in previous years. For those who went out to celebrate, …
Read More »Citizenship Act protests: Ban Popular Front of India, Uttar Pradesh Police urge Union home ministry
Lucknow, Jan 01 (KMS): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said it had written to the Union home ministry seeking a ban on the Popular Front of India, a week after its chief and several other leaders were arrested in connection with violence in the state during anti-Citizenship Act protests. …
Read More »Protests Against India’s Citizenship Law Continue with No Signs of Abating
New Delhi, Jan 01 (KMS): The protests over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) entered their 20th day on Wednesday, showing no signs of abating either in India or abroad, as the Indian diaspora has held demonstrations in the US. The protest that started in India’s Northeast on 12 December …
Read More »100 Indian organizations unite to protest controversial Citizenship law
Mumbai, December 31 (KMS): Amid continuing India-wide protests, nearly 100 organizations from across the country have decided to fight against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as well as the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) under a single banner: We the People of India. …
Read More »IOK students, traders worst sufferers of internet suspension
Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, students and businesses are the worst sufferers as the internet services remain suspended since August 5, this year, when Modi-led Indian communal government repealed Kashmir’s special status, divided it into two union territories and put it under military siege. Hundreds of students, who …
Read More »Indian citizenship law: Thousands protest peacefully despite security clampdown
Meerut/Lucknow, Dec 28 (KMS): India deployed thousands of police and shut down mobile internet services across many cities on Friday to control protests against a new citizenship law, with flashpoint Friday prayers passing largely peacefully, a British wire service reported. However, thousands of demonstrators, waving Indian flags and holding placards …
Read More »Death toll reaches 27 in India’s citizenship protests
New Delhi, Dec 28 (KMS): At least 27 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested amid demonstrations in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a new law that allows immigrants of religious minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to seek Indian citizenship while excluding Muslims from that …
Read More »Indian Army Chief’s political remarks assailed
New Delhi, Dec 27 (KMS): Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday slammed the people calling for protests in the country against the new citizenship law, saying leadership was not about guiding crowds including students “to carry out arson and violence”. His remarks drew sharp criticism from some retired …
Read More »Week-long protests in India from January 1 against CAA, NRC, NPR; strike on Jan 8
New Delhi, Dec 27 (KMS): The Left parties in India on Thursday announced a seven-day nationwide protest from January 1 to 7 and a general strike on January 8 against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens. In a joint statement, the Communist …
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