Day: December 17, 2019

Protests marked 2019 in many of Delhi's universities

Citizenship law: Students, opposition leaders step up protests; SC rejects inquiry panel plea

11:06 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: Students, opposition leaders and activists across regions stepped up their protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Tuesday even as at least 29 persons were arrested for violent clashes over the last couple of days in Jamia Millia Islamia and parts of UP, while the Supreme Court rejected plea for setting up […]

21 people injured in Seelampur violence

11:03 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: Twenty-one people, including 12 policemen and six civilians, were injured in violence that erupted during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act in Delhi’s Seelampur on Tuesday, police said. According to a police officer, two FIRs have also been registered at Seelampur and Jafrabad police stations in connection with the violence. Three personnel […]

Man held in Delhi for stalking Telugu film actress

Maha: Man held for stalking, threatening radio jockey

10:58 pm December 17, 2019

Mumbai: A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stalking a city-based radio jockey and threatening to circulate morphed photos of her on social media, police said on Tuesday. The Mumbai police’s cyber crime cell on Monday nabbed Vijay Alexander, a cab driver from Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh, an official said. The police acted on […]

Oppn ‘stoking’ fear among Muslims: BJP

10:55 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: Accusing opposition parties of “stoking fear” among Muslims over the amended citizenship law, the BJP on Tuesday described their memorandum to the president to express concern over the tense situation in parts of country as “ironical and farcical”. BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said the Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Left […]

AIADMK MP removed from Jamath post in TN

10:52 pm December 17, 2019

Chennai: AIADMK Rajya Sabha member A. Mohammedjan has been removed from a key post in a Muslim body by it in his native Ranipet district in the backdrop of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu voting in favour of amendments to the Citizenship Act in Parliament, police sources said. Mohammedjan, a former state Minister, was […]

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