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Feb 11, 2021 12:48 PM IST A bench of justices N V Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose dismissed Akhil Gogoi's bail plea, saying, "We will not consider the petition at this stage."
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Feb 03, 2021 06:20 PM IST India's fall in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index 2020 was attributed to the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the subsequent riots in Delhi and an 'increasing influence of religion' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure.
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Feb 03, 2021 04:04 PM IST Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 was notified on December 12, 2019 and it came into force with effect from January 10, 2020.
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Dec 09, 2020 07:21 PM IST Maintaining that all the residents of the state are citizens of the country and no one can change that, Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of trying to play divisive politics using the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Oct 28, 2020 11:12 AM IST In an order, a Delhi court said that "vociferous agitation in the guise of Citizenship Amendment Bill", coupled with other activities of violence, would show it was meant to cause or intended to cause disaffection against India.
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Oct 26, 2020 10:32 AM IST Referring to India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Khan said that Muslims are being denied their citizenship rights.
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Sep 02, 2020 09:55 AM IST On September 1, the Allahabad High Court quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the NSA and ordered his immediate release.
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Aug 24, 2020 02:44 PM IST The AASU and the AJYCP have formed a 16-member advisory committee, which is expected to create a detailed roadmap for the proposed political party, with an emphasis on the full implementation of the Assam Accord
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Aug 17, 2020 09:37 AM IST Dr Khan was arrested in January for delivering the speech at Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019.
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Jul 21, 2020 12:31 PM IST Akhil Gogoi, who tested positive COVID-19 along with 54 other inmates of Guwahati Central Jail earlier this month, has been shifted to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital following a massive public outcry.
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Jun 26, 2020 08:00 AM IST “These measures are inconsistent with the country's long tradition of secularism and with sustaining a multi-ethnic and multi-religious democracy,” according to the policy paper -- ‘Joe Biden's agenda for Muslim American community' posted recently on hos campaign website.
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Jun 17, 2020 05:22 PM IST Many of these refugees are waiting for India to grant them citizenship as the process has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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May 27, 2020 12:44 PM IST PM Narendra Modi’s focus remains on big reforms, structural changes and in the ease of doing business. This will help India in the post-COVID-19 world
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May 27, 2020 09:52 AM IST COVID-19 was a good opportunity for the Centre to repair relations with the states and rebuild trust. Instead, it seemed keener to use the crisis to emphasise its dominance, and show who the boss was
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May 26, 2020 01:12 PM IST For the past 12 months the BJP-led NDA government’s actions have been bold, and have seen strong and polarising reactions. Its response to the Coronavirus crisis has left a lot to be desired
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May 20, 2020 11:15 AM IST Under-Secretary-General Adama Dieng said although the objective of CAA, to provide protection to minority communities is commendable, it is concerning that this protection is not extended to all groups
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Mar 24, 2020 08:08 AM IST Shaheen Bagh area has witnessed a sit-in protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed pan-India National Register of Citizens for around 100 days.
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Mar 17, 2020 02:50 PM IST The central government, in its 129-page affidavit in response to the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of CAA, termed the legislation legal and asserted that there was no question of it violating constitutional morality.
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Mar 06, 2020 09:03 AM IST It is not uncommon for courts at different levels, going right up to the Supreme Court, to observe in quite a few cases that they pay heed to the ‘collective conscience’. Whether such subscription is called for or the accent has to be on purely legal matters is highly debatable.
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Mar 06, 2020 08:14 AM IST The Centre, should it choose to end the crisis, can agree to the 2010 NPR form and put out a list of NRC documents. That in itself will go a long way towards ending the protests. It will still be seen to be firm on the CAA and can claim that as a victory.
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Mar 05, 2020 03:15 PM IST The new citizenship law passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
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Mar 04, 2020 10:57 AM IST "The UK government also have concerns about the potential impact of the legislation (CAA),” said Adams, the Minister for Asia who was standing in for UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is on a visit to Turkey.
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Mar 04, 2020 10:30 AM IST BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye posted the suspension letters on his Twitter handle today.
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Mar 04, 2020 08:40 AM IST The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has approached the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the hearing on the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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Mar 03, 2020 04:15 PM IST The interim report by the district administration was prepared on the basis of inputs shared by 18 teams till morning of March 2. These numbers are likely to go up when the final report is submitted.