People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law
5 years ago

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law

India Today  

People of the Assamese community in London was joined by other Indians to protest against the amended Citizenship Act outside the Indian High Commission. Demanding revocation of the law, they held a protest gathering against the Act that threatens the linguistic and cultural identity of the Assamese people in Assam, Karuna Sagar Das, a prominent face in the diaspora in London, told PTI. AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi thanked the Assamese community in London for raising awareness against the law. "We are grateful to the Assamese community in London for registering their protest against the law and we urge our brothers and sisters in other countries as well to raise their voice," Gogoi told PTI.

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Assam students stages massive protest against CAA, threatens to intensify agitation
10 months ago

Assam students stages massive protest against CAA, threatens to intensify agitation

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad on Tuesday staged a massive protest opposing the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam. Instead, we demand that ILP be enforced in Assam without further delay.” Meanwhile, opposition parties in Assam have sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the state later this week to apprise …

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit
11 months ago

Assam witnesses anti-CAA protest ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Hindustan Times  

Assam witnessed a protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act ahead of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on Saturday. Members of the Co-ordination Committee Against CAA, Assam staged a protest at Guwahati’s Lakhidhar Borah Khetra on Saturday afternoon, and it was attended by Sahitya Academy award winning writer Hiren Gohain and other eminent citizens from …

News18 Afternoon Digest:Don't Need Miya Muslim Vote, Says Himanta Sarma Ahead of Assam Polls; Participating in Protests Can Now Cost You Govt Job, Passport in Bihar, Uttarakhand and Other Stories
3 years, 11 months ago

News18 Afternoon Digest:Don't Need Miya Muslim Vote, Says Himanta Sarma Ahead of Assam Polls; Participating in Protests Can Now Cost You Govt Job, Passport in Bihar, Uttarakhand and Other Stories

News 18  

Don?t Need Miya Muslim Vote, They are Very Communal, Says Himanta Sarma Ahead of Assam Polls Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, state health, education, and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the BJP does not need votes from the Bengali-origin Muslim community in the state elections, often referred to as the ‘Miya’ Muslims to win …

In Touch with Indian Mission in London and Metropolitan Police: UK High Commission on Protest in Support of Farmers
4 years, 1 month ago

In Touch with Indian Mission in London and Metropolitan Police: UK High Commission on Protest in Support of Farmers

News 18  

In the wake of protest in London in support of farmers’ agitation in India, the British high commission on Monday said it is in touch with the Metropolitan Police and the Indian mission there on the issue. Thousands of protesters from various parts of the UK held a demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in central London on Sunday as …

Police detain over 100 anti-CAA protesters in Assam
4 years, 10 months ago

Police detain over 100 anti-CAA protesters in Assam

India Today  

The police on Saturday detained over 100 people who protested against the Citizenship Act in Guwahati. Terming the new citizenship law as "unconstitutional, undemocratic," the protesters raised slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government at the Centre and state. The protesters also demanded the Assam Legislative Assembly to take a decision against the Act. The protesters also demanded the …

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati
4 years, 11 months ago

Hundreds of women protest against citizenship law in Guwahati

India Today  

Continuing its protest against the contentious Citizenship Act, hundreds of women on Sunday staged a protest against the law in Guwahati, Assam. Assamese actress Barsha Rani Bishaya who led the protest, said Assam is not a dumping ground for the illegal foreigners. Barsha Rani Bishaya added that Assam is protesting against the citizenship law because it is a "threat to …

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act gives no parameters to measure religious persecution; political will needed to mitigate fear among Assamese

Firstpost  

When the Act says that the persecuted minorities will be given citizenship, it makes one wonder how the level of persecution would be measured. The Assam Accord, signed on 15 August 1985, included the promise by the Central government that it would ensure “constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards…to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of …

Opposition slams Centre for trying to 'fool people' over NPR; protests continue in Delhi, Assam over CAA
5 years ago

Opposition slams Centre for trying to 'fool people' over NPR; protests continue in Delhi, Assam over CAA

Firstpost  

Even as protests against the amended citizenship law continued in different parts of the country, the Union government approved a proposal to update the National Population Register The Centre faced strong criticism from Opposition leaders for denying any links between the National Population Register and the contentious National Register for Citizens with Congress, TMC leaders and activists pointing to official …

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam
5 years ago

Opposition steps up anti-CAA protests: 'Satyagraha' at Raj Ghat, massive rally in Chennai; demonstrations in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam

Firstpost  

The Opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, Raj Ghat in Delhi, and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstrations were held against the contentious law in several states by students and other citizens. The Opposition on Monday stepped …

Opposition steps up protests against CAA: DMK leads massive rally in Chennai, Congress holds 'satyagraha' at Rajghat; Uttar Pradesh PFI chief arrested
5 years ago

Opposition steps up protests against CAA: DMK leads massive rally in Chennai, Congress holds 'satyagraha' at Rajghat; Uttar Pradesh PFI chief arrested

Firstpost  

The opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat and its ally DMK leading a massive rally in Chennai, while scattered demonstration were held against the contentious law in several states by students and others New Delhi/Chennai/Guwahati: The opposition on Monday stepped up …

23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law
5 years ago

23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Violent protests against India’s citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants swept the country over the weekend despite the government’s ban on public assembly and suspension of internet services in many parts, raising the nationwide death toll to 23, police said. Six people were killed during clashes in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, and police said Saturday that over …

CAA protesters gather at Gandhi statue in London
5 years ago

CAA protesters gather at Gandhi statue in London

India Today  

Hundreds of students and other groups gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square in London on Saturday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens in India. On Wednesday, several hundreds from around the UK gathered with placards and Tricolours outside the Indian High Commission in London for one of the …

Protests show govt failed to dispel confusion in significant section of society: LJP
5 years ago

Protests show govt failed to dispel confusion in significant section of society: LJP

India TV News  

BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party said on Friday that protests against the amended citizenship law and NRC make it clear that the Union government has "failed" to dispel confusion among a significant section of society. LJP president Chirag Paswan, whose party had backed the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, noted that the protests are happening in various parts of the …

India’s protests against citizenship law: All the latest updates
5 years ago

India’s protests against citizenship law: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Indians defy curbs, internet blocks to protest as anger over a new ‘anti-Muslim’ law grows. Mass protests against a contentious citizenship law continue across India amid fears the legislation is part of the Hindu nationalist government’s agenda to marginalise the country’s 200 million Muslims. In Pictures: Pan-India citizenship law protests Hundreds of protesters were detained across India as people defied …

Citizenship Act: Life in Assam back on track as the state remains peaceful
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: Life in Assam back on track as the state remains peaceful

India TV News  

Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the new citizenship law. Islamic outfit Popular Front of India's Assam unit chief Aminul Haque and another office bearer were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the violence during protests over the citizenship law, police said. Also, the …

Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity
5 years ago

Protests unabated as North East flocks together against Citizenship Amendment Act to protect unique linguistic and cultural identity

Firstpost  

Despite no government response to the demands, students across the region continue to protest with full support from their teachers, senior citizens, intellectuals, civil society organisations and the general public. Guwahati: From Assam and Manipur to Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, people across North East have taken to the streets in non-violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, and they have …

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: life in Assam back on track as State remains peaceful

The Hindu  

Normal life is back on track in Assam with the state remaining peaceful after several days of violent protests against the Citizenship Act, 2019. Islamic outfit Popular Front of India ’s Assam unit chief Aminul Haque and another office bearer were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged role in the violence during protests over the citizenship law, police said. Also, …

Students, workers' groups protest over Citizenship Act in UK
5 years ago

Students, workers' groups protest over Citizenship Act in UK

India TV News  

Hundreds of students and representatives from diaspora and workers’ groups gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens. The protest, organised by the India Society of the School of Oriental and African Studies and supported by other universities including London School of Economics, involved sloganeering …

AASU returns to centre stage as Assamese elites, commoners repose faith in student body to lead fight against Citizenship Amendment Act
5 years ago

AASU returns to centre stage as Assamese elites, commoners repose faith in student body to lead fight against Citizenship Amendment Act

Firstpost  

Despite the protests in Assam largely being a spontaneous affair, it is AASU to whom people in Assam look for leadership in such moments of crisis. The previous round of protest actually remained confined to formal members of social organisations, students of a few government colleges and universities, opposition parties, civil society elites, and the sympathetic media that inflated the …

Citizenship Act: Assam govt to bring in law to protect land rights of ethnic people
5 years ago

Citizenship Act: Assam govt to bring in law to protect land rights of ethnic people

India Today  

The growing agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Assam has prompted the state government to come out with safeguards for land rights for the indigenous people. The people in Assam are protesting against the CAA over concerns that the new law allowing citizenship to persecuted minorities from the neighbourhood including Bangladesh will be a threat to Assamese identity. "Assam …

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates
5 years ago

India citizenship law protests: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court delays hearing of pleas challenging the new law to January 22 amid widespread protests across the country. Tuesday, December 17 Why Indians are protesting against new law It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Fresh protests held across India Fresh protests …

Violent protests over Citizenship Act: How Indian police control riots?
5 years ago

Violent protests over Citizenship Act: How Indian police control riots?

India Today  

Protests over Citizenship Amendment Act, passed last week by Parliament, continue in parts of the country. The Delhi Police entered the Jamia campus on Sunday evening following stone-pelting and arson by a mob, which, police say, had joined the protest march taken out by Jamia students demanding roll back of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Police have taken action in many …

CAA protests: Police detain AASU leaders, over 2,000 protesters in Guwahati
5 years ago

CAA protests: Police detain AASU leaders, over 2,000 protesters in Guwahati

India Today  

Police had detained over 2,000 protesters and the leaders of All Assam Students' Union who took part in a protest rally 'Gana Satyagrah' organised by the students' union in Guwahati on Wednesday. Thousands of people from different communities, artists, cultural activists, and Assam government employees took part in the 'Gana Satyagrah' to protest against the Citizenship Act, 2019 at Latasil …

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?
5 years ago

Why are so many Indians protesting against the citizenship law?

Al Jazeera  

As protests continue in Assam, New Delhi and other areas, Al Jazeera looks at three reasons why people are on streets. It has been a week of violent protests across India over a controversial “anti-Muslim” citizenship law, which critics say violates the country’s secular constitution. Residents now fear the new citizenship law will provide protection to Bengali-speaking Hindus left off …

Assam CAA protest: 4 dead in police firing, 175 arrested, more than 1400 detained
5 years ago

Assam CAA protest: 4 dead in police firing, 175 arrested, more than 1400 detained

India Today  

Two more people succumbed to their injuries in Guwahati, taking the death toll in Citizenship Amendment Act related protests to 4 in Assam. The Assam Police has so far arrested 175 people and detained 1,460 protesters for indulging in violent agitations across the Northeastern state. Talking exclusively with India Today TV, the Director-General of Assam Police, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said, …

In Pictures: Students hold solidarity protests across India
5 years ago

In Pictures: Students hold solidarity protests across India

Al Jazeera  

Protests over a new citizenship law based on religion have spread to college and university campuses across India as critics said Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with India’s founding as a secular republic. Anger with Modi’s Hindu nationalist government was further fuelled by the allegations of police brutality at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia …

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law
5 years ago

People of Assamese community protest in London against citizenship law

India TV News  

People of the Assamese community in London was joined by other Indians to protest against the amended Citizenship Act outside the Indian High Commission. Demanding revocation of the law, they held a protest gathering against the Act that threatens the linguistic and cultural identity of the Assamese people in Assam, Karuna Sagar Das, a prominent face in the diaspora in …

CAA protests: Students lay seige to police HQ after violence near Jamia University
5 years ago

CAA protests: Students lay seige to police HQ after violence near Jamia University

India Today  

The protesters agitating against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police on Sunday evening and set afire DTC buses and a fire tender in New Friends' Colony in south Delhi. pic.twitter.com/mfYIj37YS3 ANI December 15, 2019 09.20 pm: Protest outside police HQ after violence near Jamia University Scores of people gathered outside the old Delhi Police Headquarters to protest the force's …

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act
5 years ago

Assamese in Hyderabad protest new Citizenship Act

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: People of Assamese origin protested on Sunday at Dharna Chowk against the Citizenship Amendment Act as they fear that 13 lakh Bangladeshi Hindus will be granted citizenship in their state which will dilute the native culture. An Assamese protestor said, “The NRC has clearly shown that there are 19 lakh illegal citizens in Assam. Our culture and our traditions …

Amid protests in North East over Citizenship Amendment Act, US, UK, France, Canada, Israel issue travel advisories
5 years ago

Amid protests in North East over Citizenship Amendment Act, US, UK, France, Canada, Israel issue travel advisories

Firstpost  

Visit of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe scheduled from 15 to 17 December in Guwahati has also been cancelled and Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has also cancelled his three-day visit to India Amid protests in the North East against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the US, UK, France, Canada and Israel have issued travel advisories asking their citizens to …

Anti-CAA Protests In Assam: Curfew Relaxed In Guwahati Today; B'desh Cancels Ministers' Trips To India
5 years ago

Anti-CAA Protests In Assam: Curfew Relaxed In Guwahati Today; B'desh Cancels Ministers' Trips To India

ABP News  

Guwahati: The curfew imposed in the wake of the protest over the Citizenship Act 2019, has been relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm by the administration. The protests broke out in Guwahati and other parts of Assam following the passage of Citizenship Bill 2019 in Parliament on Wednesday, and it becoming an Act thereupon after the Presidential …

Four dead, several injured in Assam as stir against Citizenship Act enters fourth day; AASU takes battle to SC
5 years ago

Four dead, several injured in Assam as stir against Citizenship Act enters fourth day; AASU takes battle to SC

Firstpost  

Guwahati, the epicenter of protests, witnessed a mass gathering with thousands from different walks of life, including celebrities, eminent personalities, district workers and government teachers participating in the All Assam Student Union’s 10-hour mass hunger strike and raising their voices against the Act. On Friday, the stir in Assam against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act entered its fourth straight day …

Students in Indian capital protest ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law
5 years ago

Students in Indian capital protest ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship law

Al Jazeera  

Police use tear gas and batons to disperse students in New Delhi who marched to Parliament to protest against new law. Clashes have erupted between students and the police in the Indian capital of New Delhi over a contentious new citizenship law, which critics say is “anti-Muslim” and violates India’s secular constitution. “Jamia has turned into a war zone… They …

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised
5 years ago

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised

Op India  

Protests rage on in Assam for the fourth consecutive day against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 which sailed through both the Upper and Lower house and awaits the President’s assent before becoming a law. As the protests swell, an angry mob in Assam’s Chabua district has set BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire and went on the rampage torching …

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests rage through Assam, two killed in police firing

The Hindu  

Violent protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued across several districts in the Brahmaputra Valley on Thursday with an indefinite curfew imposed in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Tezpur. Five persons, including a police officer, sustained bullet wounds when a mob attacked the house of Adivasi BJP leader and Union Minister Rameshwar Teli in Duliajan late on Wednesday. Meanwhile, panic buying of …

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes Act after Presidential nod even as violence rips through Assam
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill becomes Act after Presidential nod even as violence rips through Assam

India Today  

Vehicles torched, railway stations set on fire, policemen pelted with stones, houses of politicians attacked, highways and airports blocked and international visits cancelled, the scenario Assam witnessed on Thursday was similar to a country under siege. Protesters violated curfew in several parts of Assam to stage violent protests against amendment in Citizenship Act Areas under two police stations in Meghalaya …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protest: Assam governor appeals for calm amid violent protests
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protest: Assam governor appeals for calm amid violent protests

India Today  

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Thursday appealed to the people to maintain peace in Assam, the hotbed of protests against the Citizenship Bill. In a statement, Mukhi urged them to maintain restraint as they have always shown patience and political maturity in the past. Mukhi said the approval of the Bill by Parliament has shown that the Centre is committed …

Anti-CAB protests in Assam: Curfew imposed in Guwahati; mobile internet services suspended in 10 districts after thousands take to streets
5 years ago

Anti-CAB protests in Assam: Curfew imposed in Guwahati; mobile internet services suspended in 10 districts after thousands take to streets

Firstpost  

A day after a total shutdown in Assam to protest against the CAB, fresh protests erupted in the state on Wednesday while the legislation was being debated in the Rajya Sabha. Curfew has been imposed in Guwahati for an indefinite period, while mobile internet and data services have been suspended in ten districts including Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Lakhinpur, till 7 …

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Internet to be suspended in ten districts of Assam for 24 hours
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Internet to be suspended in ten districts of Assam for 24 hours

The Hindu  

Internet services will be suspended in ten districts of Assam for 24 hours, beginning 7 p.m. on December 11, State government officials said, amid massive protests over the Citizenship Bill. Internet services will be suspended in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Kamrup and Kamrup, according to a notification issued by Additional Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna. Internet …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Here's why Assam is burning

India Today  

It is Hong Kong in Guwahati. Though the BJP has tried to hard sell the bill projecting it as a strategy to protect the Hindu identity of Assam against the influx of Muslims from Bangladesh, it failed to take into account the fear among the Assamese people of cultural hegemony of Hindu Bengalis. And if Miyah poets were not enough …

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

Why Assam is protesting against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

The Union government is likely to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 in Parliament today, one that has been a source of serious contention in the Northeast-especially Assam. Though the bill covers refugees from three nations, the people in the Northeast fear that it will primarily benefit the illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh who have settled in "large numbers" …

Assam Congress MLAs protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill inside Assembly
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam Congress MLAs protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill inside Assembly

India Today  

A day after the Union cabinet cleared the Citizenship Bill, 2019 for tabling in the Parliament, Congress MLAs on Thursday staged a protest against the bill at the Assam Assembly campus during the ongoing winter session. Terming the bill unconstitutional, the Assam Congress MLAs demanded the government to scrap the bill immediately. The Congress MLAs led by opposition leader Debabrata …

Various organisations, students protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam
5 years, 1 month ago

Various organisations, students protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam

India Today  

Various organisations, students of Assam protested against the Citizenship Bill across the state and said that it is an unconstitutional and anti-national bill. On the other hand, the activists of All Assam Students’ Union an influenced student body of Assam, burnt effigies of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma, Atul Bora, Keshab Mahanta and state BJP …

Assam farmers' body, ULFA protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

Assam farmers' body, ULFA protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

People are carrying out massive protests in Assam and other parts of North East against the proposed Citizenship Bill. On Friday Assam's farmers organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, pro-talk leaders of United Liberation Front of Assam and many other organisation staged protests against the Citizenship Bill in Guwahaiti, Assam. Thousands of KMSS -- an influential farmers organisation in Assam -- …

AASU takes out rally in Assam against Citizenship Amendment Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

AASU takes out rally in Assam against Citizenship Amendment Bill

India Today  

The All Assam Students' Union and 30 other indigenous organisations on Thursday evening took out torchlight processions across Assam in protest against the proposed Citizenship Bill. In Guwahati, hundreds of AASU and other indigenous organisations workers, supporters took part in the protest processions and shouted slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government and demanded to scrap the bill. The …

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