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Jamia students stage protest against police action, demand CBI inquiry New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) A group of Jamia Millia students stood shirtless in the bone-chilling cold outside the university gates on Monday and formed a human chain to protest the police action against their colleagues a day earlier.

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DL-LD CITIZENSHIP Situation tense in Jamia Millia Islamia, 50 detained students released

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) As many as 50 detained students of Jamia Millia Islamia were released early Monday even as the situation in the University remained tense after violent protests over the amended Citizenship Act, police said.

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Citizenship Act protests: Two cases filed by Delhi Police New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Two cases have been registered in connection with violence at Jamia Millia Islamia and adjoining areas on Sunday following protests against the amended Citizenship Act, according to Delhi Police.

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CITIZENSHIP-LD CAMPUSES-PROTEST From Lucknow to Hyderabad, protests across campuses against police crackdown in Jamia

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Unrest over the police crackdown in Delhi's Jamia Miiia Islamia and the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act rippled in angry waves through the country on Monday with demonstrations in several campuses, including in Hyderabad, Lucknow and Mumbai.

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Citizenship Act: Several DU students boycott exams, hold protests New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Several Delhi University students on Monday boycotted exams and held protests to express solidarity with students of Jamia Millia and AMU protesting against the amended Citizenship Act following which heavy force has been deployed at the Arts Faculty.

DMC seeks information from students injured in Jamia protests

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) on Monday sought information from students and others injured during the Jamia protest against the amended Citizenship Act.

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21 arrested in connection with clash following anti-CAA protest at AMU Lucknow, Dec 16 (PTI) Twenty-one people have been arrested in connection with the students-police clash at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) during the protest against the amended citizenship law, police said on Monday.

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UP-CITIZENSHIP-PROTEST Citizenship Act protests: Students of Lucknow seminary indulge in stone-pelting

Lucknow, Dec 16 (PTI) Students of Islamic seminary Nadwatul Ulama here on Monday tried to take out a protest outside the institute's campus against the amended Citizenship Act and indulged in stone pelting

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Citizenship Act, NRC weapons of mass polarisation: Rahul Gandhi New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens as "weapons of mass polarisation" unleashed by fascists on India and said the best defence against them is peaceful satyagraha.

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SC to hear pleas alleging police atrocities on students protesting against CAA New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday pleas which have alleged police atrocities on students holding protests against the amended Citizenship Act at the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamial Millia Islamia University here.

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SC-CITIZENSHIP CONGRESS SC to hear on Dec 18 plea of Cong, ex-Tripura Maharaja challenging Citizenship Act

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on December 18 pleas of the Congress and former Maharaja of Tripura Pradyot Kishor Deb Barman challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

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Anti-Citizenship Act stir: Protests rage in Bengal, curfew eased in Assam Kolkata/Guwahati, Dec 16 (PTI) Tempers ran high in West Bengal for the fourth day on Monday over the new citizenship law, with many highways and railway lines blocked by protesters amid reports of arson, loot and attacks on

policemen.

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On 7th anniversary of Nirbhaya case, rape conviction rate low at 32 per cent New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Seven years after the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape that shook the entire nation, the conviction rate in rape cases in the country is as low as 32.2 per cent despite laws dealing with sexual assault being made stringent in the aftermath of the incident.

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JH-POLL-LD PERCENTAGE J'khand polls: 28.56 per cent polling recorded till 11 am

Ranchi, Dec 16 (PTI) An estimated 28.56 per cent of over 47 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 11 am on Monday in the fourth phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in 15 constituencies, Election Commission (EC) officials said.

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US-TRUMP-IMPEACHENT Key Democrat says impeachment needed to stop 'a crime in progress'

Washington, Dec 16 (AFP) A key Democratic lawmaker said Sunday that President Donald Trump's misconduct amounted to "a crime in progress" that threatens US democracy, as the full House prepares for a historic vote on impeachment. TDS TDS

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