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Jamia Millia Islamia students stage protests against CAA; varsity postpones all semester exams scheduled for today
Fp Staff •Agitated students of Jamia Millia Islamia University were heard sloganeering against Narendra Modi-led Central government and demanded the Act should not be implemented
Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC are two sides of same coin; both seek to alienate India’s Muslims
Angshuman Choudhury And Suraj Gogoi •If the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the graveyard of Indian citizenship, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 is the graveyard of Indian democracy
Amid protests in North East over Citizenship Amendment Act, US, UK, France, Canada, Israel issue travel advisories
Fp Staff •Visit of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe scheduled from 15 to 17 December in Guwahati has also been cancelled and Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has also cancelled his three-day visit to India
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Authorities extend internet suspension in Assam till Monday to curb 'misuse' of social media
•Internet services were suspended on Wednesday initially for 24 hours in ten districts of the state and then extended for another 48 hours across the state
Citizenship Act protests in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee requests people to not get involved in violence, take law in hands
•'Be sure that the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be implemented in Bengal', said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee
From putting AGP on back foot to stoking indigenous fears, Citizenship Act is shaping Assam's political dynamics ahead of 2021 polls
Kangkan Acharyya •Given the nature of the protests to the Citizenship Amendment Act, the issue is shaping the political dynamics of the Assam in various ways ahead of the 2021 polls.
Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Jamia Millia Islamia students call off university lockdown; varsity announces holidays till 5 Jan
•Jamia Millia Islamia University administration said those who indulged in violence and clashed with police were 'outsiders' and not students
As anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests rock Bengal, BJP goes all out to woo Matuas miffed by Assam NRC
Plaban Gupta •As West Bengal is rocked by anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests, battle lines have been drawn between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.
CAA protests in West Bengal: Protesters block NH 34 in Murshidabad, stage sit-ins at Shondaliya, Kakra Mirzapur stations to oppose amendments to citizenship laws
•Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad and North 24 Paraganas districts, and rural Howrah, police said
Anti-CAA protests in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee's miscalculation limits space for political manoeuvering, will likely play into BJP hands
Sreemoy Talukdar •The violence, arson and vandalism that continued unabated for more than three days in West Bengal following the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has got Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee worried, but the blame for this ferocious unrest that resulted in inconvenience for lakhs of people, intimidated many and destroyed private and public property worth crores lies entirely at her door.