Citizenship Act News

Posters bearing photographs, names, and addresses of anti-CAA protesters had come up in LucknowThe HC said placement of personal data of select few reflects colourable exercise of powers by the Executive

The move is likely to boost anti-CAA protests even as Supreme Court is set to hear the matter on 22 JanThe resolution against CAA was supported by both the ruling LDF and the Opposition UDF

The Congress leader claimed party worker Sadaf Zafar was arrested on 'baseless' chargesZafar was arrested in Lucknow on 19 Dec while she was live on Facebook from the spot where protests against the amended citizenship law had gone violent

PIL in Supreme Court seeks directions to declare Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 as constitutionalThe petitioner highlights incidents of violence across the nation

Congress leads protest against Citizenship Act, NRC while BJP holds rally in show of support for the ActJagan Mohan Reddy of AP joins a long list of CMs who have said they will not implement NRC

Directing people in ways inconsistent with their preferences tends to deliver poor results

Many domestic tourists were looking to spend their winter vacations abroad, as per tourism industry stakeholdersThe industry is skeptical that the ongoing protests would hit harder

Police also used water cannon on protesters gathered at the Jama Masjid after they started pelting stonesAnti-CAA protests were carried out in different parts of the national capital on Friday

'You cannot deny public's applications endlessly and their right to protest,' an advocate representing the protesters saidThe cancellation of permissions saw a backlash with activists and others defying Section 144 and asserting their democratic right to protest against CAA and NRC

Entry and exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia and Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh are closedCommuters had a harrowing time travelling across the NCR on Thursday as 20 metro stations were closed