Citizenship Amendment Act

Amit Shah, other BJP leaders to carry out door-to-door pro-CAA campaign on January 5

On Sunday, Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the pro-CAA campaign in Delhi, BJP’s working president J P Nadda will visit households in Ghaziabad, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lucknow, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Jaipur.

Jan 05, 2020, 07:25 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi arrives in Muzaffarnagar, meets victims of violence during anti-CAA protests

Priyanka met Hussaini who was allegedly beaten up brutally by the police during the crackdown against anti-CAA protests.

Jan 04, 2020, 14:13 PM IST

Centre's next move will be to deport Rohingyas after implementing CAA: MoS Jitendra Singh

Singh said that the Citizen Amendment Act has become applicable across the country, including the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, since the day it was passed by the Parliament.

Jan 04, 2020, 08:42 AM IST

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests: More than 15 illegal Bangladeshis involved in Delhi's Seemapuri violence, says SIT

These people were living illegally in the Seemapuri area and those who have been identified will be arrested soon. The SIT of the Crime Branch, which is investigating the case since December 30, will go to Tihar Jail and interrogate about 55 accused arrested in the Delhi riots case.

Jan 04, 2020, 00:01 AM IST

Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP launches toll-free number to garner support; Centre clarifies 'Myths'

To curb misinformation being spread against the CAA, the government is circulating the "Facts" related to the law that aims to grant citizenship to members of six communities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis -- facing persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan and having sought refuge in India on or before December 31, 2014.

Jan 03, 2020, 20:32 PM IST

BJP will not move back even an inch on Citizenship Amendment Act: Amit Shah

Shah said this while speaking at a rally in Jodhpur to kick start the saffron party's national campaign to reach out to people and counter "misleading" information against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Jan 03, 2020, 15:37 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee holds anti-CAA rally in Siliguri; calls PM Modi 'Pakistan's ambassador'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people to join hands with her saying, ''I am fighting against #NationalRegisterOfCitizens and #CitizenshipAmendmentAct, join hands with me, requesting all people to come forward to save our democracy.''

Jan 03, 2020, 14:32 PM IST

UP police claim: Rioters attempted to burn 30 policemen alive during violence against CAA in Meerut

The SP of Meerut City has given shocking details about the violence against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) claiming that rioters tried to burn 30-35 policemen alive but somehow we saved them alive.

#CAA #UPProtests #MeerutCity #ZeeNews

Jan 03, 2020, 12:48 PM IST

New video shows anti-CAA protesters tried to set cops on fire in Meerut

AntiCAA protesters fired on the cops in which two RAF jawans and a local journalist were injured.

Jan 03, 2020, 12:27 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah to kick off BJP’s national CAA drive from Rajsthan today

The saffron party also appointed state in-charges to lead the party's outreach programme to counter opposition's campaign against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.

Jan 03, 2020, 09:38 AM IST

IIT-Kanpur constitutes panel to decide if Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed's poem hurt Hindu sentiments

The move came after some faculty member complaint that on Dec 17 some students sung a few lines of a poem by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz as a mark of protest against CAA and police crackdown on Jamia students. 

Jan 03, 2020, 07:30 AM IST

If Congress not behind anti-CAA violence, why haven't they condemned it: JP Nadda

JP Nadda offered prayers at the Swaminarayan Mandir where saints handed over a letter to the BJP leader in support of CAA.

Jan 03, 2020, 06:43 AM IST

Videos released show how Meerut cops were rescued during anti-CAA protests

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday released two videos showing as many as 30 cops locked inside a building and the violent protestors making a bid to set the house on fire purportedly to kill the policemen, during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Meerut.

Jan 02, 2020, 21:11 PM IST

Anti CAA Protesters in Meerut tried to burn 30 policemen alive

Uttar Pradesh Police का दावा किया है कि meerut में 20 December, 2019 को 'Citizenship Amendment Act' के खिलाफ भड़की हिंसा के दौरान दंगाइयों ने पुलिसवालों को एक घर में बंद करके जिंदा जलाने की कोशिश की थी. पुलिस ने meerut में हुए उपद्रव का video जारी किया.

#ZeeNews #CAA #Meerut #Protests #AntiCAAProtests

Jan 02, 2020, 20:34 PM IST

PM: Why these protesters are silent when minorities get tortured in Pak?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ने गुरुवार को Karnataka की रैली में Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) के विरोधियों का करारा जवाब दिया है. PM Modi ने कहा कि जब Pakistan में अल्पसंख्यकों पर अत्याचार हो रहे थे तब ये लोग चुप क्यों थे. #ZeeNews #PMModi #CAA

Jan 02, 2020, 16:12 PM IST

PM Modi hits out at Congress for opposing CAA, says Opposition doesn't speak against Pakistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (January 2) hit out at the Congress for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act and said that the Congress was opposing the Constitution while speaking at Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru. 

Jan 02, 2020, 15:34 PM IST

Kerala Assembly resolution against CAA is illegal, unconstitutional: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan

Two days after the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution seeking the withdrawal of Citizenship Amendment Act, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Thursday (January 2) said that the state government has no constitutional or legal right to pass such resolution because citizenship was a central subject. “This resolution has no legal or constitutional validity because citizenship is exclusively a central subject, this actually means nothing,” said Khan.

Jan 02, 2020, 13:43 PM IST

Amit Shah appoints state in-charges to counter opposition's anti-CAA campaign

 The ruling BJP has also decided to hold a public campaign to aware people regarding the new Citizenship Amendment Act. The campaign will start from January 5 and continue till January 15. 

 

Jan 02, 2020, 11:00 AM IST

Interest of indigenous Assamese will be safeguarded at any cost: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal remarked that he is also "son of this soil and will not compromise with the interest of indigenous people" at any cost.

Jan 02, 2020, 09:10 AM IST

If Hindus will not come to India where else they will go, Italy?: MoS Home G Kishan Reddy

Allaying fears of the Muslim community, Reddy said that there is nothing against them in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Jan 02, 2020, 06:30 AM IST