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LIVE: Give Citizenship Act a chance, Amit Shah appeals to students

The protests against Citizenship Amendment Act intensified in New Delhi as thousands of people gathered at Jantar Mantar and Assam Bhawan to call an end to 'religious profiling'

Citizenship Act: IPL teams vigilant before auction amid unrest in Kolkata

Another franchise said that while there have been no official request sent to the BCCI to tighten securities at the venue of the auction, the 'wait and watch' policy is definitely being followed.

IIM Ahmedabad students join protests against police crackdown at Jamia, AMU

'To hear the soul, the sound has to be very loud,' read a placard held by students.

Anti-CAA protest: Priyanka leads Cong agitation against Jamia violence

The Congress general secretary was joined by leaders like Ahmed Patel, A K Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Randeep Singh Surjewala, besides hundreds of party workers

Congress calls for setting up Commission to look into Jamia violence

The police official also claimed that no bullets were fired by the police during the course of controlling the protest

Citizenship Act: IISc joins protest to slam police action in Jamia, AMU

A poster issued by IISc students read: "Call for a protest gathering at the public university most dear to successive Indian governments of the country."

Anti-CAA protests: Jamia demands probe, to file FIR against Delhi police

University Registrar AP Siddiqui said that the police officials have denied the rumour that students were fired upon during the incident

Citizenship Act: Centre responsible for violence across India, says Azad

He also alleged that the removal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir has "seen the "death" of wishes of people of the state and now what would one expect from the people who are "dead" now.

As anti-CAA protests rock Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal seeks time to meet Shah

In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said peace should be restored immediately

Anti-Citizenship Act stir: Protests rage in Bengal, curfew relaxed in Assam

A spokesperson for the railways said demonstrators have blocked the tracks on Sealdah-Diamond Harbour and Sealdah- Namkhana sections

In pictures: Protests against Citizenship Amendment Act across nation

Authorities in several Indian states are bracing for protests against a new law that grants Indian citizenship to undocumented migrants based on religion

Violent protests against citizenship law 'deeply distressing': Modi

Anger against the law has fueled protests across the country, from Assam to Delhi, to demonstrations in Bengaluru and Mumbai

New citizenship law throws life out of gear in many parts of the country

Though, passed with as many as 125 MPs voting in favour of it, the Act however, failed to convince large sections of India's population, especially those hailing from Assam

Citizenship Act protests: BJP flays state-wide hartal in Kerala on Dec 17

Kerala BJP alleged the hartal was being organised by some 'extremist groups' with the support of ruling Left Democratic Front and the opposition United Democratic Front

Can't take law in own hands: Kerala Guv asks protesters to shun violence

Protest marches were taken out past midnight on Sunday by members of various student outfits in Kerala, including the ruling CPI (M), SFI and DYFI

Citizenship Act protests: Irfan Pathan expresses concern for Jamia students

The university had turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus following protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which led to violence and arson

Situation tense in Jamia after violence, 50 detained students released

Protesters torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with the police near Jamia Millia Islamia, during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act

Citizenship Act protest: Entry, exit gates of all Delhi metro stations open

The entry and exit gates of all metro stations were opened and services had resumed at all stations, the DMRC said on Monday. In the wake of violence in southeast Delhi after a protest against the amended Citizenship Act, the Delhi Metro Rail corporation (DMRC) closed the gates of around 13 metro stations on Sunday evening, following advice from police. "Security Update Entry & exit gates at all stations have been opened. Normal services have resumed in all stations," the DMRC said in a tweet on Monday.

India braces for more protests as anger grows against new citizenship law

Political leaders in Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal all said publicly they will not implement the law, setting up a potential conflict with the federal government in New Delhi

Divide and rue

Contestations of identity is the last thing India can afford now