Citizenship Amendment Act: News
01 Oct 2023
Jawaharlal Nehru University'Bhagwa jalega', 'free Kashmir' graffiti slogans surface on JNU walls
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi has once again found itself in the spotlight after some "objectionable" graffiti slogans surfaced on campus walls.
12 Jul 2023
Tahir HussainDelhi riots: Tahir Hussain gets bail, but won't be released
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Tahir Hussain in five of the 11 cases related to the 2020 Delhi riots.
04 Feb 2023
Sharjeel ImamJamia violence: Court clears Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal of charges
A Delhi court on Saturday cleared Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam and student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha of all charges related to the Jamia Milia Islamia University (JMI) December 2019 violence, reported Live Law.
09 Nov 2022
DY ChandrachudJustice Chandrachud takes oath as 50th Chief Justice of India
Justice DY Chandrachud was on Wednesday sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
17 Sep 2022
Jamia Millia Islamia UniversityAfter de-enrollment, Jamia bans Safoora Zargar from entering university campus
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) issued an order banning its former scholar and Delhi riots accused Safoora Zargar from entering the university campus.
12 Sep 2022
Supreme Court Of India#NewsBytesExplainer: Status of CAA case that Supreme Court hears today
The Supreme Court (SC) is expected to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, on Monday.
08 Sep 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaSupreme Court to hear pleas challenging CAA on Monday
The Supreme Court will likely hear a batch of petitions contesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, on Monday, according to Live Law.
02 Aug 2022
Ministry Of Home AffairsWill implement CAA after COVID-19 booster vaccination drive: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the government will implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019, or the CAA, after the COVID-19 booster vaccination drive is over, The Indian Express reported.
09 Apr 2022
Ministry Of Home AffairsCAA rules delayed further; Home Ministry seeks 6 months more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has requested an extension of six months to prepare the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 (CAA).
24 Mar 2022
National Register of CitizensUmar Khalid denied bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case
In a "larger conspiracy" case relating to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Thursday denied bail to activist Umar Khalid.
20 Feb 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP government to refund Rs. 22.4L collected from anti-CAA protesters
The Uttar Pradesh government will refund Rs. 22,37,851 that was collected from protesters for allegedly damaging public property during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests (CAA) in 2019.
18 Feb 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP government withdraws recovery notices issued to anti-CAA protesters
The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it had taken back over 270 notices issued for the recovery of damages to public properties during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in 2019.
22 Nov 2021
National Register of CitizensOwaisi threatens to turn UP's streets into Delhi's Shaheen Bagh
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday demanded the scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki.
28 Sep 2021
Delhi Police2020 Delhi riots were pre-planned, pre-meditated conspiracy: Delhi HC
The February 2020 Delhi riots were a "pre-planned" and "pre-meditated" conspiracy to disturb law and order in the city, the Delhi High Court said Monday.
09 Sep 2021
DelhiDelhi riots: Court discharges man of an offense
Discharging a man of an offense in the northeast Delhi riots last year, a court said that even though communal riots cases have to be considered with the utmost sensitivity, common sense should not be given a go-by.
04 Sep 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi HC grants bail to 5 in 2020 riots case
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to five people accused in the murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
23 Aug 2021
National Register of CitizensAnti-CAA protests: Sharjeel Imam denies inciting violence
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens (NRC), told a Delhi court on Monday that he cannot be hammered with sedition as his speeches did not call for violence.
27 Jul 2021
Nityanand RaiGovernment seeks extension till January 9 for framing CAA rules
The Central Government has sought an extension till January 9 for framing rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by Parliament in 2019, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
21 Jul 2021
GuwahatiCAA, NRC have nothing to do with Hindu-Muslim divide: Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is in Assam on a two-day visit, said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have nothing to do with the Hindu-Muslim divide and communal narrative surrounding the two issues were being peddled by some to gain political mileage.
07 Jul 2021
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh: Six Pakistani migrants granted Indian citizenship
Six Pakistani migrants, living in Madhya Pradesh for decades, have been granted Indian citizenship on Wednesday under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), officials said.
29 May 2021
IndiaCentre invites CAA-like citizenship applications in 5 states
The Indian government on Friday issued a notification, allowing refugees from three neighboring countries residing in specified districts of five states to apply for an Indian citizenship.
03 May 2021
Delhi Police2020 Delhi riots 'reminiscent of carnage during partition,' says Court
A court in Delhi has called the 2020 Delhi riots "reminiscent of carnage during the days of partition" while rejecting the anticipatory bail petition of a man accused of attacking a boy of a different community.
23 Mar 2021
Lok SabhaTime to frame CAA rules extended by Parliament
The government has been granted time till April 9 by Lok Sabha and July 9 by Rajya Sabha to frame rules under the citizenship law.
03 Feb 2021
Ministry Of Home AffairsHome Ministry gets time till July to frame CAA rules
The rules for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed in 2019, are under preparation, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Parliament on Tuesday.
23 Jan 2021
West BengalNDA committed to preserving Assam's culture: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a massive rally in Sivasagar in Assam, wherein he gave over one lakh land allotment certificates.
29 Dec 2020
Mumbai'Free Kashmir' poster: Mumbai Police files 'C Summary' report
The Mumbai Police has submitted a 'C summary' report before a metropolitan court in a case filed against a woman accused of holding a "Free Kashmir" poster during a protest at the Gateway of India in January this year, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
22 Dec 2020
Narendra ModiPM Modi attends AMU's centenary celebrations, calls university 'mini India'
In his speech during the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called the varsity a mini India.
12 Dec 2020
FarmersShah meets cops, security officials to avoid violence in Delhi
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday met with senior government, police, and security officials, and discussed measures to pre-empt any chances of violence on Delhi's borders in connection with the ongoing farmers' protest, according to reports.
07 Oct 2020
Delhi PolicePublic places can't be occupied indefinitely: SC on Shaheen Bagh
In a declaration having far-reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said public places can't be occupied indefinitely, as it gave the verdict in the Right to Protest v/s The Right to Mobility matter, linked to the Shaheen Bagh sit-in agitation.
22 Sep 2020
IndiaHow were Delhi riots planned? Police explains alleged conspirators' role
In its charge-sheet related to Delhi riots, that broke out in February 2020, the Delhi Police claimed that seeds for the violence were sowed after the results of the 2019 general elections were declared and that the conspirators wanted to topple an elected government.
16 Sep 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi riots: 17,000-page chargesheet names 15 people, all anti-CAA protesters
The Delhi Police has named 15 people in a chargesheet filed in connection with the deadly violence that ravaged the national capital's Northeast region in February this year.
17 Aug 2020
Narendra ModiDozens from Shaheen Bagh, site of anti-CAA protest, join BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Sunday several residents of Delhi's Shaheen Bagh locality have joined the party at an induction ceremony. The locality had grabbed national headlines earlier this year over a months-long protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
30 Jul 2020
IndiaSix months of coronavirus pandemic, six months that changed India!
On January 30, television screens flashed reports of the first coronavirus patient in India - a student from Kerala who had returned from China's Wuhan.
29 Apr 2020
IndiaUSCIRF slams India over religious freedom, New Delhi dismisses findings
Claiming that religious minorities aren't being treated well in India, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday urged the Donald Trump administration to label it as a "country of particular concern".
25 Mar 2020
IndiaTerrorists barge into gurudwara in Kabul, kill at least 11
In a despicable incident, terrorists, armed with guns, barged inside a gurudwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and rained bullets, killing at least 11 on Wednesday, several reports said.
24 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaCoronavirus lockdown: After 100+ days, Shaheen Bagh protest site cleared
With Delhi tightening its curbs to restrict public movement and seriously discouraging gatherings, the Shaheen Bagh protest site was cleared this morning by the police, nearly 101 days after women started a sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
22 Mar 2020
India TodayShaheen Bagh: Petrol bomb hurled near protest site; none injured
A petrol bomb was thrown in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh near an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest site, police officials confirmed on Sunday.
21 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaShaheen Bagh protesters to defy Janata curfew, agitation will continue
Putting theirs and the lives of dozens at risk, the protesters of Shaheen Bagh have decided to continue their agitation tomorrow when the entire nation has been requested to follow Janata curfew to reduce the transmission of coronavirus.
17 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaCAA constitutional, doesn't violate fundamental rights: Centre tells Supreme Court
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in the Parliament in December is constitutional and doesn't violate the fundamental rights of citizens, the BJP led Centre told the Supreme Court in a counter-affidavit filed in response to pleas challenging the law.
16 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceJamia violence: Entered university to protect 'innocent students', says police
Three months after violence rocked Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University and brought disrepute for the Delhi Police, cops told a court on Monday that they entered the campus to protect "innocent students".
16 Mar 2020
Arvind KejriwalAmid coronavirus scare, Kejriwal bans large gatherings in Delhi
Amid the growing threat of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak in India, large gatherings were banned in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday.
12 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaNo law supports UP's name and shame posters: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh government under which law did it put up banners, carrying names, photos, and addresses of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters who are accused of inciting violence.
11 Mar 2020
Intelligence BureauMeenakshi Lekhi says Delhi violence was in making for months
Days after violence rocked Northeast Delhi killing more than 50 people and injuring nearly 200, the riots were discussed in the Parliament with both Congress and BJP attacking one another.
09 Mar 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaRemove 'name and shame' hoardings, Allahabad HC orders UP government
In a major setback for the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed it to remove hoardings that carried details of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters, accused of inciting violence.
09 Mar 2020
LucknowEx-IPS officer, 'named and shamed' in Uttar Pradesh, speaks up
The decision of the Yogi Aditynath government to name and shame protesters of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) puts their life at risk, said former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SR Darapuri, who also featured in the hoardings that were put up in Lucknow.
08 Mar 2020
Yogi AdityanathAllahabad HC order tomorrow on UP's 'name and shame' hoardings
The Allahabad High Court on Sunday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for installing hoardings with the names, photos, and addresses of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters.
08 Mar 2020
Delhi Police'84 riots survivor saved 60 Muslims during Delhi violence
As a violent mob ravaged Northeast Delhi two weeks ago, a man and his son saved as many as 60 lives in the Gokulpuri locality.
07 Mar 2020
Ministry Of External AffairsHindu American Foundation accuses USCIRF of spreading misinformation about CAA
A top Hindu body in the United States, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), has accused the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) of spreading misinformation about the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
07 Mar 2020
Prakash JavadekarAsianet, Media One back on air as government lifts ban
The ban on two Malayalam channels, Asianet News and Media One, was lifted on Saturday, ahead of the stipulated 48-hour window.
06 Mar 2020
KarnatakaKarnataka: Nothing seditious in school play, rules court
A court in Karnataka has noted there was nothing seditious in the play that was performed at a school in Bidar on January 21, as it granted bail to all accused.
06 Mar 2020
IndiaDelhi violence: New video of shooting from hospital terrace emerges
Recently, shocking visuals of a group of miscreants shooting from the terrace of a hospital in Northeast Delhi had emerged.
06 Mar 2020
Madhya PradeshMP: Congress MLA resigns, increases woes of CM Kamal Nath
Congress took a sigh of relief in Madhya Pradesh, thinking the worst was over as six MLAs, whom it claimed were "poached" by the BJP, returned home.
05 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi riots: New video shows mob cornered cops, pelted stones
At the peak of last week's violence in Northeast Delhi's Chand Bagh area, the Delhi Police found itself helpless, a new video shows.
04 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceHate-speech case: CJI slams petitioner Harsh Mander for decrying SC
Fuming at petitioner Harsh Mander, who wanted FIRs against politicians who indulged in hate speech, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will first take up the matter where he allegedly made derogatory remarks against the top court.
03 Mar 2020
Donald TrumpDelhi riots: 122 homes, 301 vehicles damaged, says interim report
With the dust on one of the worst communal clashes to hit Delhi settling, officials are assessing the damage and the details are staggering.
02 Mar 2020
Delhi Riots#DelhiViolence: Property gutted, riot-victims struggle to show proofs for compensation
Last week, residents of riot-hit areas of Northeast Delhi struggled to stay alive, and now the victims are trying to pick up the pieces.
01 Mar 2020
MeghalayaMeghalaya: Violence over CAA, Inner Line Permit leaves 2 dead
Curfew remained imposed in Shillong's Cantonment Beat House and areas under the jurisdiction of Lumdiengjri and Sadar police stations on Sunday after two people were killed in fresh clashes, officials said.
01 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceHeavy police deployment at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh; Section 144 imposed
The Delhi Police on Sunday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Shaheen Bagh, where protesters have staged a sit-in demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act since mid-December.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceThey were in thousands: ACP, injured in riots, recalls horror
This week's Hindu-Muslim riot in Northeast Delhi took the lives of more than 40 people, including a head constable and an IB officer, injured hundreds, and ravaged property worth lakhs.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi High CourtSchools in Northeast Delhi to stay shut till March 7
Schools in Northeast Delhi have been ordered shut till March 7, officials of the Directorate of Education (DoE) said on Saturday, according to PTI.
29 Feb 2020
Anurag Thakur'Goli maaro...' slogan raised at Rajiv Chowk station, six detained
The spiteful slogan — Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro sa***n ko, has spilled beyond rallies and public meetings. This was proved today when a bunch of men raised the slogan at the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station, in the heart of Delhi.
29 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Why 80,000-strong force couldn't stop riots
The Delhi Police, that has more than 80,000 personnel, was not prepared to handle the violence that hit Northeast Delhi this week. While rioters went on a rampage, cops couldn't figure out how to deal with them.
28 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceShahrukh, who fired at Delhi police, escaped; kin untraceable too
On Monday, hours before US President Donald Trump arrived in Delhi, a daunting image was plastered across TV news channels.
28 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi riots: Toll climbs to 38, Centre says situation improving
This week, India's national capital, Delhi, was rocked by Hindu-Muslim riots, in which 38 people were killed and hundreds were injured.
27 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi violence: 2 SITs to probe case; all FIRs transferred
Days after communal violence erupted in Northeast Delhi, two Special Investigation Teams (SITs) were formed on Thursday to probe the case.
27 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceDelhi violence: Haryana minister says riots are 'part of life'
At a time when politicians should stay away from passing remarks that might amplify violence in New Delhi, a minister in Manohar Lal Khattar's government has shown that's perhaps too much to ask.