Veteran CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died on Thursday following a prolonged illness. He was 83. Dasgupta is survived by his wife and daughter. He was suffering from lung cancer for last several months. Dasgupta, known for his oratory skills, is a veteran trade union leader of AITUC. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1985. He was also a member of the Lok Sabha from Panskura in 2004 and Ghatal in 2009.

Hundreds of Aligarh Muslim University students and teachers organised separate protest marches on Friday and handed over two memorandums to authorities, demanding immediate withdrawal of the amendments made to the Citizenship Act. The district administration has blocked internet services in Aligarh since midnight in view of protests to ensure peace and order. Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad has also announced a major protest in Delhi on December 17.

A delegation of BJP's women parliamentarians including Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday approached the Election Commission and demanded "strongest possible action" against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his comment on rape. Irani charged Gandhi with using rape as a 'political tool' in the wake of assembly polls in Jharkhand.

Security personnel, including CRPF jawans, reportedly barged into the office of a private TV channel of Assam, 'Prag News' and beat up its staffers with batons during protests against the amended Citizenship Act, claim staff of the channel. Managing Editor Pranoy Bordoloi told local media outlets that the act was completely unprovoked and there was no reason for them to enter a media office. The channel has demanded an unconditional apology from Assam police, adding that it was trying to suppress free press in the state, who were reporting on the unprecedented protests.

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a Bill that will allow awarding death sentences to criminals found guilty of rape and gang rape, and expediting trials in such cases within 21 days. The proposed new law has been named the 'Andhra Pradesh Disha Act Criminal Law Act, 2019 as a tribute to the veterinary doctor who was raped and murdered recently in Telangana. Under the law, fast track courts will take up cases of rape, gang rape, acid attacks, stalking, voyeurism, sexual harassment, and cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. It will also empower the state government to constitute a special police team, headed by a DSP-ranked officer, to investigate the specified cases.

Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University staged a protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill on Friday in New Delhi. Protesting students threw stones after which the police used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. The protesters had called for a march to the Parliament from the campus. Around 2,000 Jamia students in Delhi were protesting and many have been detained. Entry and exit at Delhi Metro's Patel Chowk and Janpath metro stations closed due to protests.

26 Army columns have been deployed in Assam to support the Central Armed Police Forces to help maintain law and order as protests continue. The number of deaths in the ongoing unrest in the state over the Citizenship Bill has gone up to at least&nbsp;three, with another youth's death in Dibrugarh. The United Nations has said it aware that the Indian Parliament have passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, along with the concerns that have been publicly expressed. The UN is closely analysing the possible consequences of the law.

Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his trip to Shillong where he was scheduled to visit the North East Police academy on Sunday. Meanwhile in escalating protests in Bengal, the Beldanga railway station complex in Murshidabad district was set on fire by people protesting against amended Citizenship Act. Public agitation has also disrupted train services in West Bengal. Nearly 200 to 250 people obstructed a railway line at Uluberia on Howrah - Kharagpur section.

Targeting the Centre over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has said till the TMC was in power, not a single person in her state would have to leave the country. TMC supremo, Didi added that BJP can't bulldoze states.&nbsp;
Announcing a series of protest rallies across Bengal from December 16-18, the CM also said that she has cancelled her visit to Delhi to attend a meeting on the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.
"We will never allow NRC exercise and Citizenship Act in Bengal. We will not implement the amended Act, even though it has been passed in Parliament. The BJP can't just bulldoze the states to implement it", she said.

Prime minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and several other ministers and MP on Friday paid tributes to those who lost their lives in the terror attack on Parliament 18 years ago. On December 13, 2001, terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Indian Parliament complex in New Delhi and opened fire. This resulted in the deaths of nine people. All the 5 terrorists were shot dead.

The Congress on Friday took the Citizenship Act battle to the Supreme Court. Party leader Jairam Ramesh filed a petition in the top court challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act passed by the Parliament. The Congress has alleging that the act violates right to equality by excluding Muslims on not granting citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries. Earlier in the day TMC&nbsp;MP Mahua Moitra&nbsp;too filed a plea challenging the act.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's visit to India that was scheduled to begin on Sunday has been deferred, MEA&nbsp;has confirmed. PM Abe and PM Modi&nbsp;were&nbsp;scheduled to meet in Guwahati, which is engulfed in violent protests since the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) act on Wednesday. A Japanese team had visited Guwahati on Wednesday to take stock of the preparations, news agency PTI&nbsp;had reported.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday rejected BJP's apology demand over his 'Rape in India' remark saying he will never apologise to the BJP. Under BJP attack inside Parliament, Gandhi said that PM Modi himself called India rape capital and the BJP protest was just a ploy to divert attention from sinking economy and protests in the Northeast. He later tweeted that PM Modi&nbsp;should apologise for burning&nbsp;northeast and destroying&nbsp;economy.

BJP&nbsp;on Friday demanded action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his 'Rape in India' comment at a rally&nbsp;in Jharkhand. BJP&nbsp;MPs&nbsp;created ruckus in Lok&nbsp;Sabha&nbsp;and claimed that&nbsp;Rahul&nbsp;Gandhi insulted India and country's women with his remark.&nbsp;

The US has urged India to protect the rights of its religious minorities in keeping with its Constitution and democratic values. A State Department spokesperson said that the US is closely watching the developments regarding the Citizenship Act, adding that respect for religious freedom and equal treatment under the law are fundamental principles of India and the US.

Amid violent protests in Assam, Chief Ministers of two Opposition-ruled states have said they will not implement the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill in their states. Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh outrightly rejected the imposition of the bill, saying&nbsp;how can a large section of the population&nbsp;be left out&nbsp;from the protection they have been getting since India&nbsp;was declared as&nbsp;a &lsquo;sovereign, socialist, secular,&nbsp;and a&nbsp;democratic republic&rsquo;.&nbsp;Speaking to the media, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan called the Bill unconstitutional and blamed the Centre of&nbsp;trying to divide India on religious lines. West Bengal Chief Minister&nbsp;Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee&nbsp;has already she will not allow CAB or NRC&nbsp;in Bengal.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Despite a clarification by the Indian govt, that no bill can impact India-Bangladesh ties, Bangladesh home minister Asaduzzaman Khan has also cancelled a scheduled visit. Khan was to visit Shillong to attend an event by the freedom fighters welfare trust for the support by people in the region for Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. Violent protests in northeast India, including in Shillong, after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill prompted the cancellation.

The Meghalaya government on Thursday withdrew mobile Internet and messaging services across the state for the next 48 hours due to deteriorating&nbsp;law and order situation triggered by protests over contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill.&nbsp;The district administration in the state capital&nbsp;Shillong&nbsp;also clamped curfew in areas under two police stations after protesters torched and&nbsp;vandalised&nbsp;vehicles on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma postponed a scheduled meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah as his cabinet colleagues failed to&nbsp;reach the Guwahati Airport to board a plane to Delhi.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Amidst death of two protestors in police firing, thousands of people defied curfew to hit the streets as the raging agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Bill saw the house of an MLA and a circle office being set ablaze, while the government removed two key police officers on Thursday.&nbsp;The army conducted a flag march in Guwahati and three districts, and the authorities extended the suspension on Internet services for another 48 hours from 12 noon on Thursday, even as most airlines cancelled flights to and from Dibrugarh and Guwahati, and train movement was halted. In an appeal to the people, state chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal called for maintaining peace and calm. But&nbsp;Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami said doubts expressed over&nbsp;the Bill are not baseless, and there is a strong possibility of it creating division if implemented.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday clarified that the lotus symbol on new passports ia an enhanced security feature to identify fake passports. As the Opposition members in the Lok Sabha alleged 'further saffronisation' and urged the government to withdraw&nbsp;the passports with the lotus emblem, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the national symbols will be used on rotation for the new security feature.

As Assam and other Northeast states continue to protest the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, President Ramnath Kovind on Thrusday gave his assent, turning the bill into an Act. It came into effect on Thursday, post publication in the official gazette as per the official notification. The Indian Union Muslim League has challenged the legislation in the Supreme Court, claiming it is in violation to the fundamental Right to Equality.&nbsp;

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