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12/31/2019 11:52:00 AM
India has been rocked by protests since the govt passed legislation easing the way for non-Muslim minorities from neighbouring Muslim-majority nations to gain Indian citizenship
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12/28/2019 2:47:43 PM
Rights groups have decried what they say have been mass detentions and excessive force in Uttar Pradesh, where officers have arrested more than 1,000 people
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12/27/2019 3:32:32 PM
Mobile internet was blocked in about a third of the state, including in parts of the capital, Lucknow after deadly protests since the citizenship law was passed in Parliament earlier this month
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12/26/2019 2:24:01 PM
While there is no threat to his big parliamentary majority, the 69-year-old Modi's reputation as a master strategist with his finger on the pulse of the people has taken a hit.
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12/25/2019 8:23:26 PM
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12/24/2019 9:15:00 AM
Modi has defended the new citizenship law and accused the opposition of pushing the country into a 'fear psychosis'
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12/22/2019 1:18:21 PM
Many Indians feel that the CAA discriminates against Muslims and violates the country's secular constitution by making religion a test for citizenship
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12/22/2019 10:52:24 AM
Anger has been growing over the law, approved by parliament on December 11, which gives religious minority members from three neighbouring countries an easier path to citizenship -- but not if they are Muslim
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12/21/2019 12:21:56 PM
The on-going demonstrations are the strongest show of dissent against Modi's government since he was first elected in 2014
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12/21/2019 11:53:33 AM
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12/20/2019 4:17:39 PM
Police had banned a proposed march from India's largest mosque to an area near Parliament in the capital of New Delhi
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12/19/2019 10:00:00 PM
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12/19/2019 3:19:56 PM
The law grants citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who moved to India before 2015
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12/18/2019 6:40:00 PM
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12/18/2019 11:48:17 AM
'Five generations of mine have lived in this village and today I am being told that I am an infiltrator because I am a Muslim,' said Rehman, 50, recently released from internment in Assam in northeast India
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12/18/2019 9:09:00 AM
The new law applies to Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally but can demonstrate religious persecution in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does not apply to Muslims.
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12/17/2019 8:08:00 PM
Police on Sunday fired shots in the air and lobbed more than 60 rounds of tear gas at protesters in Indian capital New Delhi
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12/15/2019 1:25:47 PM
For Islamic groups, the opposition, rights activists and others in India, the new law is seen as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist agenda to marginalise India's 200 million Muslims
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12/14/2019 2:22:07 PM
The law's enactment has stirred up protests across India, but the eastern part of the country, where movements against Bangladeshi immigrants have raged for decades, has been among the worst hit
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12/13/2019 2:51:04 PM
The new law will potentially grant citizenship to huge numbers of immigrants
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