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New Delhi: A day after three were killed in violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, on Thursday, several protests are lined up for Friday. The Delhi Police has already issued a traffic advisory to streamline traffic.
Around 1,200 protesters were detained on Thursday for defying prohibitory orders in the Red Fort Area. While Yogendra Yadav, Sandeep Dixit, Umar Khalid were detained from Delhi, historian Ramachandra Guha was detained in Bengaluru.
In the wake of the violent protests, Internet, voice and messaging services by Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance Jio were also suspended in parts many of Delhi-NCR. Services were restored later in the day.
In Uttar Pradesh, Internet services have been suspended in a number of places. In Prayagraj, it is banned till 10 AM on Friday. In Lucknow, the state administration has suspended Internet and messaging system for next 45 hours from 3 PM on Thursday. Internet services in Meerut and Bareilly have also been suspended till December 21.
In Aligarh also, net services will remain down in the wake of protests. Mobile Internet services have been suspended in Ghaziabad for 24 hours in view of violent protests. Karnataka has also suspended internet for 48 next hours in Mangaluru city and Dakshina Kannada District.
Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad at Delhi's Jama Masjid: Till the time,this black law is not withdrawn, the protest will continue. Since afternoon, the protest has been going on peacefully. People from the administration had entered Jama Masjid&lathi-charged people in the day. https://t.co/n8BcEb89cX pic.twitter.com/6rVrd2VcBJ
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
Madhya Pradesh: Internet services have been restored in Bhopal. #CitizenshipAct
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
Assam government: Curfew relaxed for 16 hrs tomorrow from 6 AM to 10 PM in Dibrugarh district. Restriction imposed on all country spirit shops and other establishments retailing liquor has also been relaxed. Sale of liquor will be allowed only from 12 noon to 4 pm.
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
Nationwide Citizenship Law Protests LIVE: 6 people have reportedly died in Uttar Pradesh during the violence. One person has been killed each in Meerut, Sambhal, Kanpur and Firozabad and two died in Bijnor as the protests turned violent. Around two dozen people have also been injured in the protests
Nationwide Citizenship Law Protests LIVE: Citizenship Act & NRC are against the poor. The poor they will be most affected by it. What will the daily wage labourers do? Demonstrations should be held peacefully, says Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Delhi Police PRO, MS Randhawa on protest at Jama Masjid: Protest going on since morning was peaceful. Around 6.30 pm, some outsiders came here&started pelting stones. We used water cannon. People were pushed back. Some policemen received injuries. Some people have been detained. pic.twitter.com/yOlAo8vS4L
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
#UPDATE Delhi Metro Rail Corporation: Entry & exit gates at all stations, except Jama Masjid, Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur have been opened.
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
#Delhi: Locals offer tea and roses to police personnel deployed for maintaining law & order following protest against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct, in Jafrabad area. pic.twitter.com/dghEZOFKqJ
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
FM Sitharaman: I wish to state that as & when NRC process will start, it will not start without consulting the stakeholders or talking to people. I find it very very surprising that responsible political parties are linking Citizenship Act to something which hasn't started yet. https://t.co/ua8dTIdr1q
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2019
District Magistrate of Ghaziabad: Internet services to remain suspended till 10 am tomorrow. All schools to stay closed.
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 20, 2019
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