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    #IndiaDoesNotSupportCAA takes Twitter by storm

    31 Dec 2019

    #IndiaDoesNotSupportCAA has been the top Twitter trend since Monday night and was among the top four worldwide trends. It has been trending for most of Tuesday morning as the number one trend In India.

    India beefs up security amid outrage against new law

    24 Dec 2019

    An interior ministry official said the government expected all state security officials to be on duty on Christmas Eve and through the holiday week.

    Indian protesters stage shutdown against citizenship bill

    10 Dec 2019

    Hundreds of demonstrators closed down streets in northeastern India on Tuesday as part of an 11-hour shutdown in protest of legislation that would grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus and other religious minorities

    India tightens security for protests after Friday prayers

    27 Dec 2019

    At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the law, seen as discriminatory towards Muslims, was adopted on Dec. 11.

    VIDEO: India deploys troops to curb violent protests over citizenship law

    12 Dec 2019

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said the so-called Citizenship Amendment Bill that was approved by parliament on Wednesday was meant to protect besieged minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

    VIDEO: Dozens injured, 50 held as students' march against citizenship bill turns violent in Delhi

    13 Dec 2019

    A march by Left-wing students belonging to Jamia Millia Islamia university to Parliament turned violent on Friday after Delhi police in a bid to stop the protest lathi-charged the protesters.

    Japanese PM's India trip postponed amid violent protests

    13 Dec 2019


    "Both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually convenient date in the near future," Indian foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said in a statement.

    India’s main opposition party stages protest against new Citizenship Law

    23 Dec 2019

    The protest was led by Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi along with other senior party leaders. Around 2,000 people joined the protest at the Raj Ghat, a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, where the party demanded "protection for the constitution and the rights of people enshrined in it.”

    VIDEO: Muslims in fear as police crack down in India's heartland

    07 Jan 2020

    Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to oppose a new law that grants a path to citizenship for immigrants of every religion except Islam. Many say the law, passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government, discriminates against Muslims and undermines the country’s secular foundations.

    Protesters denounce PM Narendra Modi’s Kolkata visit

    12 Jan 2020

    Widespread street demonstrations, and occasionally deadly clashes, have gripped the Hindu-majority nation since the law was approved by parliament last month.

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