Nationwide protests against CAA and Jharkhand elections: India this week

Nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and national Register Citizens (NRC) that turned violent in many instances and Assembly election voting in Jharkhand; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Dec 22, 2019 4:27 PM IST

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A burning bus is seen after it was set on fire by miscreants during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, at New Friends Colony, in New Delhi. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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A relative mourns next to the dead body of Ishwor Nayak, 25, who was killed after police fired during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati, Assam. (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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Chief Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee leads a mega protest rally with thousands of supporters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), at Esplanade, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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An airplane passes over workers on the site of an under construction building at Jogeshwari in Mumbai, Maharashtra (Pramod Thakur / HT Photo)

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Deer lock horns during rutting season at Green Park in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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A Sikh devotee takes a dip in the sarover (water tank) on a foggy and cold day at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. (Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)

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People take pictures of seagulls at Marine Drive in Mumbai, Maharshtra. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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A police personnel fires tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Seelampur in East Delhi. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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A student of Jamia Milia University who was injured in police action at the university breaks down while recounting the incident during a press conference, at Press Club of India, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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An elderly voter leaves after casting her vote during the fifth phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections, in Dumka, Jharkhand. (PTI)

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People ride e-cycles, in Noida. NMRC launched 30 e-cycles for environment friendly last mile connectivity from metro stations. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)

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A bride and a groom pose for a photograph ahead of a mass wedding ceremony in Surat, some 270 km from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)

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New Delhi, India - Dec. 19, 2019: A demonstrator gives a rose to a police personnel during a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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A student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) who was injured in a police crackdown on the students after a protest on December 15, admitted in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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An elderly Kashmiri Muslim man prays inside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. A call to afternoon prayer rung out from the central mosque Srinagar for the first time in more than four months, ending a virtual ban on religious practice in the region’s biggest mosque. The Jamia Masjid was shut August 5. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)

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A murmuration of Rosy starlings, migratory birds is seen at Kumbhargaon, Bhigwan near Pune, Maharashtra. (Pratham Gokhale / HT Photo)

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A formation of Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI aircraft during successful culmination of the Air Force component of Ex INDRA 19 at Air Force Station Lohegaon, in Pune, Maharshtra. As part of this exercise the Indian armed forces and their Russian counterparts under took joint air, land and sea operations. (Pratham Gokhale / HT Photo)

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A man walks past graffiti against the new Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens is seen in Seelampur area, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Students at the Science Exhibition organized by KDMC Education Dept where around 67 schools participated at Holy Faith English School, Kalyan East, Maharashtra. The theme was Science and Technology for Sustainable development. (Rishikesh Choudhary / HT Photo)

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A cosplayer poses for a photograph during the Delhi Comic Con 2019, at NSIC Exhibition ground, Okhla, in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Bhopal: Protestors take part in a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. (PTI)

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party leader TR Baalu and other opposition leaders after a meeting President Ram Nath Kovind, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. A delegation of 12 opposition parties met President Kovind and urged him to ask the government to withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Children walks by the installation "Book Worm" a pre-fabricated pavilion to house books and spaces for reading, designed by Nuru Karim and supported by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangharalaya in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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Smoke ceases to subside at the Diva dumping ground, where frequent fires of both small and large magnitudes impact the dumping area and cause smog in Thane, Maharashtra. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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Migratory birds have started arriving at Okhla Bird Sanctuary, in Noida. (Sunil ghosh / HT Photo)

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People seen a crossing railways track on a cold and foggy morning, at the railway station in Amritsar, Punjab. (Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)

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Irish rock band U2 performs at D.Y. Patil Stadium, Nerul in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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A family spends time by the sunset on a cold evening near Parvati Road, Dhorvadi in Pune, Maharashtra. (Shankar Narayan / HT Photo)

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Long queues of vehicles are seen after the FASTags weren’t working properly, at Kherki Daula toll plaza, in Gurugram. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)