Lucknow, Dec 27 (KMS): On December 20, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said his government will take revenge against those who are protesting against the CAA, a law protesters have said discriminates against Muslims. Since then, dozens of recovery notices have been issued to Muslims in Rampur and other …
Read More »More India protests as Hindu hardliners flex muscles
New Delhi, Dec 27 (KMS): Indians took to the streets again on Thursday in yet more protests against a citizenship law, a day after pro-government Hindu hardliners staged a show of force complete with horses, drums and batons. Two weeks of at times violent demonstrations have killed at least 27 …
Read More »Arundhati Roy asks Indians to oppose NPR and NRC
New Delhi, Dec 26 (KMS): Author Arundhati Roy on Wednesday said that the National Population Register will serve as a database for the National Register of Citizens, and asked citizens to oppose the first by furnishing wrong names and addresses. Roy, at a protest gathering at Delhi University, also alleged …
Read More »Citizenship Act: College teacher suspended, student expelled in Lucknow for protests
Lucknow, Dec 26 (KMS): A post-graduate college teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow was suspended for allegedly mobilising people to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act on campus. This came after a student was expelled for calling for protests in another Lucknow university. The first matter was reported from Shia Post …
Read More »Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath leads anti-CAA rally
Bhopal (India), Dec 26 (KMS): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath here on Wednesday led a rally of Congressmen in protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. Nath termed the CAA and the NRC as “anti-Constitutional”, ‘anti-people’ and ‘anti-religion” and reiterated his assertion that both the provisions …
Read More »South Africans protest against India’s citizenship law
Johannesburg, Dec 24 (KMS): Scores of South Africans protested Monday outside India’s consulate general in Johannesburg against a controversial new citizenship law that critics say could turn Indian Muslims into second-class citizens. Faatimah Laher, one of the protest organizers, said their aim was to show solidarity with protesters in India. …
Read More »UAE witnesses anti-CAA protest
Dubai, Dec 24 (KMS): In a rare display of public opinion in Dubai, a small demonstration has been held to protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law passed earlier this month. It is unclear as to whether or not the UAE has given a green light for …
Read More »At least 25 killed across India in anti-citizenship law protests
New Delhi, Dec 24 (KMS): More than two dozen people in India have died amid ongoing protests against a new citizenship law, which critics say discriminates against Muslims. At least 25 people have died across India in ongoing protests against the country’s new citizenship law. In the northern state of …
Read More »CAA protests: German student whose placard drew Nazi reference, asked to leave India
Mumbai, Dec 24 (KMS): A German student was asked to leave India days after he attended a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. During a protest in Chennai, he had carried a poster that made a reference to the Nazi rule in his own …
Read More »Anti-CAA, anti-NRC protests: Never seen such protests for an issue, says 94-yr-old Indian freedom fighter
Mumbai, Dec 24 (KMS): Indian Freedom fighter G G Parikh, 94, said that while the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is the largest public movement he has ever witnessed in Mumbai, caution must be exercised against the influence of RSS ideology. “We know that Muslims and Dalits will join …
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