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NPR, NRC against poor and minorities, I will not fill form: Akhilesh

All Indians should come forward to save the country from those violating the Constitution, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said

How a leaderless anti-CAA stir is mobilising volunteers, doctors & lawyers

Everything from a stage microphone to speakers to posters has been crowd-sourced

NPR, NRC will be more disastrous than demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi

'The basic idea of these exercises is to ask all poor people whether they are Indian or not', said Gandhi

CAA protests: Priyanka Gandhi accuses UP cops of manhandling her in Lucknow

Priyanka Gandhi claimed that the police tried to stop her, she was surrounded, held by the throat by a female cop

Anti-CAA stir: Women brave bitter Delhi cold with mattresses and tarpaulin

On Thursday, police appealed a co-ordination committee to convince the women to end the sit-in, but they didn't budge

Kerala Governor interrupted during speech for speaking about CAA protests

Some delegates shouted "Kerala Governor shame shame" as Khan concluded his speech

From NRC exercise to violent protests over CAA, 2019 kept Assam on the edge

More than 1.9 million people, a sizeable number of them Hindus, were excluded from the final NRC list that was published on August 31

Protected by Assam accord, CAA won't affect Indigenous people: Assam CM

The state government will also reach out to the people to dispel their misunderstandings about CAA, he said

Year in Review: Pulwama to CAA stir, 10 defining events for India in 2019

Days before the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events in economy, politics, space and judiciary that defined 2019 for India

Over 350 protesters including women detained outside UP Bhawan in Delhi

The Jamia Coordination Committee, which comprises students from various political groups active on the campus, had called for a "gherao" of the UP Bhawan

Highlights: Opposition rallies against CAA, NRC as BJP pushes pro-campaign

Thousands of police and paramilitary are on the streets in Uttar Pradesh to ensure peace for Friday prayers.

BJP lodges police complaint against Sisodia, AAP MLA over Jamia violence

"It needs to be thoroughly investigated which groups and organizations were behind the riots and investigation needs to be done and culprits should be arrested," he added.

Modi lying on detention camps, sanctioned Rs 46 cr for one in Assam: Gogoi

Gogoi said the Congress government in Assam he had headed had set up detention camps in the state as per a Gauhati High Court order

Rahul Gandhi is liar of the year, Cong trying to fan instability: Javadekar

The NPR does not involve any monetary transaction and its data is used to identify the poor so that government welfare schemes could reach the targeted people, he said

Govt's new citizenship exercises are like a tax on the poor: Rahul Gandhi

He said poor people would have to go to officers and show the documents, and give bribe

Blood and water: The strange link between CAA and a 1958 Bollywood classic

The contentious CAA and protests against it find echoes in Yahudi

Priyanka hits out at Amit Shah, asks youth to 'understand the chronology'

Amit Shah had reportedly said first CAB will come, then NRC and not just for Bengal but for the entire country.

NPR and NRC like a tax on poor people of India, says Rahul Gandhi

He was responding to a query on the Centre's claim that the NPR has no link with NRC

Hundreds gather outside Delhi's Jama Masjid to protests against CAA

The protesters, who were carrying placards that read 'Save the Constitution, don't divide India', appealed to the people to remain non-violent.

CAA is not anti-minority; opposition is misinforming people: Hardeep Puri

Union Minster Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act does not alter India's secular credentials and accused opposition parties of spreading "misinformation" on the new law. "As opposition parties mount an anti-govt campaign using CAA as the lightening rod to spread misinformation, inflame passions, mobilise forces inimical to India's interests & incite violence," he tweeted. "CAA neither alters nor challenges rights of any Indian citizen, irrespective of religion, caste, creed, sect, ethnicity or race. The narrative that it threatens religious minorities in India is ignorance at best, & treacherous at worst," he said. Puri added that the opposition against the new citizenship law was riding on a false narrative. "CAA does not mean that Muslims who are otherwise persecuted in these countries cannot apply for Indian citizenship - in fact, in the last five years, PM Modi's govt has granted citizenship to nearly 600 Muslims from these countries," he