CAB stir: Bandh agitators clash with security forces in Assam, train services affected
5 years ago

CAB stir: Bandh agitators clash with security forces in Assam, train services affected

India TV News  

Normal life came to a halt on Tuesday in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley due to a statewide bandh called by two students' organizations in protest against the Citizenship Bill, which has received Lok Sabha nod. Agitators had a scuffle with security forces near the Secretariat and Assembly buildings in Guwahati, when they were prevented from moving forward, police sources said. Vehicles - both private and public - stayed off the roads, the official sources said, adding that government-run Assam State Transport Corporation buses plied between Guwahati city and the LGB airport here, with police escort. The Citizenship Bill, piloted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, was comfortably passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday night as the ruling BJP enjoys a clear majority in the house.

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Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped
4 years ago

Students' organisations in Assam vow to continue anti-CAA protest till law is scrapped

India Today  

While the Centre is preparing to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 across the country, All Assam Students' Union and other students' organisations in the north-eastern region have intensified their agitation against the contentious law. North East Students' Organisation -- comprising All Assam Students' Union, All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union, Khasi Students' Union, Mizo Zirlai Pawl, Garo Students' Union, Naga …

Anti-CAA bandh rocks Bihar; rail, road traffic disrupted
5 years ago

Anti-CAA bandh rocks Bihar; rail, road traffic disrupted

India TV News  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday called for a bandh in Bihar against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Earlier, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had announced about Bihar Bandh to demonstrate against the new law, that grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and came to India on or before December …

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 …

Movement of trains, vehicles disrupted during bandh in Bihar
5 years ago

Movement of trains, vehicles disrupted during bandh in Bihar

The Hindu  

Movement of trains and vehicles have been disrupted at several places in Bihar during bandh call given by Left parties on Thursday in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register for Citizens. The bandh call also received support from the ‘mahagathbandhan’ parties and the Jan Adhikar Party led by former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav. Left …

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, …

Hiren Gohain: CAB serves the agenda of Hindu Rashtra
5 years ago

Hiren Gohain: CAB serves the agenda of Hindu Rashtra

The Hindu  

Dr Hiren Gohain has been in the forefront of the protest against the Citizenship Bill in Assam. This Bill has been introduced without regard for the feelings, sentiments and attitudes of the people of Assam, the citizens who are the permanent residents of Assam. It has been imposed by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh combine in a unilateral manner …

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Toll rises to six in Assam; protesters block roads, railway tracks, torch vehicles in West Bengal
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Act protests: Toll rises to six in Assam; protesters block roads, railway tracks, torch vehicles in West Bengal

Firstpost  

Protests against the Citizenship Act continued Saturday in various parts of the country, including in Assam, West Bengal, Delhi and Mumbai. An oil tanker driver was killed and his vehicle set ablaze in Assam’s Sonitpur district as protests became increasingly violent on Saturday amid a rail blockade, sit-ins and hunger strikes by different organisations across the state, officials said. West …

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 …

Anti-CAB protests: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya
5 years ago

Anti-CAB protests: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya

India TV News  

Protesters torched about five trains, three railway stations and tracks, and at least 25 buses on Saturday amid spiralling violence in West Bengal during the agitation against the amended Citizenship Act, while an oil tanker driver was killed in Assam's Sonitpur district. Citizenship Act: Spiralling violence in West Bengal; curfew relaxed in parts of Assam, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, …

Protests against citizenship law continue in Bengal, road and rail blockade at several places
5 years ago

Protests against citizenship law continue in Bengal, road and rail blockade at several places

India TV News  

Road and rail blockades continued in different parts of West Bengal on Saturday by people protesting against the amended Citizenship Act. The National Highway 34, one of the arterial roads that connect north and south Bengal, was blocked in Murshidabad. In Howarh district's Domjur area, the National Highway 6 was blocked as protester set tyres ablaze and ransacked several vehicles, …

Watch: Protests against CAB in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent amidst chants of Allaho Akbar, Nara-e-Taqbeer and La ilahi illilah
5 years ago

Watch: Protests against CAB in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent amidst chants of Allaho Akbar, Nara-e-Taqbeer and La ilahi illilah

Op India  

Following the historic passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act, there have been protests in some parts of the country, which are being now hijacked by the Muslim groups and are unleashing extreme violence across the country. On Friday, the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act took a communal turn in Delhi after ‘students’ of the controversial Jamia Millia Islamia University …

RJD calls for Bihar bandh on Dec 21 in protest against citizenship law
5 years ago

RJD calls for Bihar bandh on Dec 21 in protest against citizenship law

India TV News  

Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal has given call for a Bihar bandh on December 21 in protest against the amended Citizenship Act, alleging that it has blown the Constitution to smithereens. Tejashwi Yadav, Prasad's younger son and heir apparent, made the announcement late on Friday night, urging all political and non-political outfits having "faith in the Constitution and the principle …

Understanding Assam protests: About the need for NRC, not against CAB
5 years ago

Understanding Assam protests: About the need for NRC, not against CAB

Op India  

There are significant protests underway in Assam after the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. — Aniruddha Ghosal December 12, 2019 Thus, it can be safely said that the CAB has significant support even among the Assamese community. Their voices may get drowned by the protesters, however, the results of the General Elections clearly show that the …

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 …

With Citizenship Act protests refusing to die in Assam, Centre deploys eight columns of Indian Army, Assam Rifles
5 years ago

With Citizenship Act protests refusing to die in Assam, Centre deploys eight columns of Indian Army, Assam Rifles

Firstpost  

A total of eight columns of the Army and Assam Rifles have been deployed in Assam, including capital Guwahati to control the ongoing violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the amended Citizenship Act Guwahati: A total of eight columns of the Army and Assam Rifles have been deployed in Assam, including capital Guwahati to control the ongoing violent …

CAB Protest: Long queues at Guwahati markets as locals rush to stock up essentials
5 years ago

CAB Protest: Long queues at Guwahati markets as locals rush to stock up essentials

India TV News  

Goods flew off shelves as locals rushed to stock up essential items after shops and markets in Guwahati opened Friday morning amid reports that curfew has been relaxed, which were later dismissed by the authorities. Long queues were seen outside shops at the Uzan Bazar, Chandmari, Silpukhuri and Zoo Road areas with people coming out in their cars and two-wheelers …

Continued protests in NE, AASU calls for hunger strike
5 years ago

Continued protests in NE, AASU calls for hunger strike

Op India  

The indefinite curfew which was in force in Assam’s Dibrugarh municipal area following the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill has been relaxed for five hours on Friday. Reportedly, All Assam Students Union, the prominent students’ body in Assam which is leading the protests against the Citizenship Bill, has called for hunger strike today in Chandmari area of Guwahati. …

CAB protest: Curfew in Assam's Guwahati, Dibrugarh relaxed for few hours
5 years ago

CAB protest: Curfew in Assam's Guwahati, Dibrugarh relaxed for few hours

India TV News  

Curfew in parts of Assam was relaxed for a several hours on Friday amid protests against Citizenship Bill across Northeast. Restrictions in Assam's Guwahati have been relaxed for 7 hours - from 6 am to 1 pm; while curfew in Dibrugarh has been relaxed from 8 am to 1 pm today. Guwahati and Dibrugarh were placed under indefinite curfew even …

CAB protest: US issues travel advisory for its citizens in Northeast
5 years ago

CAB protest: US issues travel advisory for its citizens in Northeast

India Today  

Live blog Assam and the Northeast are up in arms against the Citizenship Amendment Bill that has now become and Act with the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind late on Thursday night. At least two protesters died on Thursday evening when police opened fire on protesters in Guwahati, the epicentre of the massive protests that have brought Assam to …

India CAB: Two killed in protests over controversial citizenship bill
5 years ago

India CAB: Two killed in protests over controversial citizenship bill

CNN  

Guwahati, India CNN — Hundreds of people joined a hunger strike in northeast India after a controversial citizenship bill was approved this week, which opponents worry will marginalize non-Hindu voices in one of India’s most ethnically diverse regions. “The passage of the citizenship amendment bill marks the victory of narrow-minded and bigoted forces over India’s pluralism.” Another leading Congress figure, …

CAB stir rips through nation: Bengal burns, Jamia violence ends in lathicharge, Assam remains on edge
5 years ago

CAB stir rips through nation: Bengal burns, Jamia violence ends in lathicharge, Assam remains on edge

India Today  

Protests against the amended Citizenship Act ripped through the nation as violent agitations reached West Bengal and Delhi even as Assam, which was on boil on Thursday, remained calm. West Bengal Burns Multiple Muslims organisations in West Bengal gave a clarion call to stage protests against the amended Citizenship Act after the Friday namaz. Muslim organisations had given protest call …

Want to assure brothers, sisters of Assam they have nothing to worry after CAB passage: PM Modi
5 years ago

Want to assure brothers, sisters of Assam they have nothing to worry after CAB passage: PM Modi

India TV News  

Against the backdrop of violent protests in Assam opposing the Citizenship Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of the state on Thursday that they have nothing to worry about the new law. In a series of tweets, in both Assamese and English, the prime minister said he personally and the Central government are "totally committed to constitutionally safeguard …

Anti-CAB Protests: Mobile internet, messaging services withdrawn in Meghalaya
5 years ago

Anti-CAB Protests: Mobile internet, messaging services withdrawn in Meghalaya

India TV News  

The Meghalaya government on Thursday withdrew mobile Internet and messaging services across the state for the next 48 hours due to deteriorating law and order situation triggered by protests over contentious Citizenship Bill, officials said. The district administration in the state capital has also clamped curfew in areas under two police stations in view of the "serious" deterioration of law …

Top news of the day: Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protesters defy curfew in Assam, Supreme Court dismisses Ayodhya review pleas, and more
5 years ago

Top news of the day: Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protesters defy curfew in Assam, Supreme Court dismisses Ayodhya review pleas, and more

The Hindu  

People defied curfew in Guwahati to protest against the Citizenship Bill as the situation remained tense throughout Assam, with the Army conducting flag march in the city. | Understanding the Citizenship Bill, 2019 Abdul Momin was one of the first foreign leaders to respond after Home Minister Amit Shah referred to ‘atrocities’ against Hindu women in Bangladesh during 2000 to …

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 …

Internet cut-off, people in Assam can’t read your ‘reassuring’ message: Congress to PM
5 years ago

Internet cut-off, people in Assam can’t read your ‘reassuring’ message: Congress to PM

The Hindu  

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his assurance to the people of Assam on Twitter after the passage of the Citizenship Bill in Parliament, saying the people in the state cannot read his “reassuring” message as the internet there has been cut-off. In a series of tweets, in both Assamese and English, the …

Citizenship Bill Protests LIVE: 2 Die in Guwahati as Police Fire on Protesters, Curfew and Internet Ban in Shillong
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill Protests LIVE: 2 Die in Guwahati as Police Fire on Protesters, Curfew and Internet Ban in Shillong

News 18  

Citizenship Bill Protests LIVE Updates: At least two persons died due to bullet injuries on Thursday after police opened fire on protesters in Assam’s Guwahati, officials said. The Railways has also suspended all local train services in Tripura and Assam, and short-terminated long-distance trains at Guwahati following protests in the two states over the passage of the Citizenship Bill in …

Morning news digest — December 12, 2019
5 years ago

Morning news digest — December 12, 2019

The Hindu  

Two columns of the Army were deployed in Guwahati and in Kanchanpur and Manu areas of Tripura on Wednesday as protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued for the second day. The U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Asia Subcommittee will hold a classified hearing on the situation in Kashmir on Wednesday, said the sub-committee chair Brad Sherman on Twitter …

Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam; CM Sonowal's residence stone-pelted
5 years ago

Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam; CM Sonowal's residence stone-pelted

India TV News  

As massive protests rocked Assam over the passage of Citizenship Bill in both the Houses, stones were pelted at the residence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Dibrugarh on Wednesday night. The anti-CAB protesters also vandalised the houses of BJP MLA Prasanta Phukan and party leader Subhash Dutta, officials said. Union minister Rameswar Teli's house in Assam's Duliajan attacked …

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 …

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights
5 years ago

Northeast boils, police open fire, train services hit as anti-Citizenship Bill stir rages in Assam: Highlights

India Today  

India's Northeast is up in arms. Violent protests continue unabated in Assam and Tripura even a day after Rajya Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Bill, pushing it one step closer towards becoming a law of the land. A day after the Citizenship Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha test, massive protests that started earlier this week continue to keep Guwahati and …

Citizenship Bill: India military deployed to Assam and Tripura and internet shut down as protests rage
5 years ago

Citizenship Bill: India military deployed to Assam and Tripura and internet shut down as protests rage

CNN  

CNN — Troops have been deployed to India’s ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Muslim minorities from three neighboring countries. People walk past vehicles set on fire by demonstrators protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati, India, …

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 …

Identity as Human Has Been Massacred: Adil Hussain on CAB
5 years ago

Identity as Human Has Been Massacred: Adil Hussain on CAB

The Quint  

The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they fled their native country due to religious persecution. According to the proposed legislation, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till 31 December 2014, after facing religious persecution there, will not be …

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 …

Violent anti-CAB protest in Assam: Mobile Internet services suspended
5 years ago

Violent anti-CAB protest in Assam: Mobile Internet services suspended

Op India  

Even as the upper house of the Indian parliament discusses and deliberates the provisions of the newly proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, the protest against the legislation have taken an ugly turn in the Northeastern state of Assam. Mobile Internet services have been suspended for 24 hours from 7 pm today to 7 pm December 12 in Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, …

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 …

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended
5 years ago

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended

The Hindu  

Two columns of the Army were deployed in Guwahati and in Kanchanpur and Manu areas of Tripura on Wednesday as protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued for the second day. Another column, requisitioned in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district, has been put on standby and the paramilitary Assam Rifles have been deployed in the Ananda Bazar area of Kanchanpur, where …

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 …

Citizenship Amendment Bill set to become Act after clearing Rajya Sabha test
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill set to become Act after clearing Rajya Sabha test

India Today  

With a majority of 125 is to 99 the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Wednesday after a marathon debate that extended for more than six hours. On the Opposition's questions about why Muslims have been excluded from the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Amit Shah said, "I am surprised that the people aren't appreciating the fact that six religions …

Assam on boil as Citizenship Amendment Bill passes Parliament test: Curfew imposed in Guwahati, Army on standby
5 years ago

Assam on boil as Citizenship Amendment Bill passes Parliament test: Curfew imposed in Guwahati, Army on standby

India Today  

The Citizenship Bill's passage through Parliament has divided the country into jubilations and protests. Curfew in Guwahati after violent protests The state government placed Guwahati under curfew, starting from 7 pm on Wednesday till 7 pm on Thursday, after tens of thousands of anti-CAB protesters descended on the streets of Assam, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos …

CAB protests: Internet blackout in parts of Assam from 7 pm
5 years ago

CAB protests: Internet blackout in parts of Assam from 7 pm

India Today  

The Assam government has decided to impose an internet blackout in 10 districts of Assam for 24 hours, starting at 7 pm on Wednesday. The blackout has been imposed in an effort to control the violent protests underway across the state against the Citizenship Amendment Bill under consideration by the Rajya Sabha. The violent protests were raging on in several …

North East erupts in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SMS, internet suspended in Tripura; protests in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal throw normal life out of gear
5 years ago

North East erupts in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SMS, internet suspended in Tripura; protests in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal throw normal life out of gear

Firstpost  

The protests come even as the revised Citizenship Bill excluded all states with an Inner Line Permit and the Sixth Schedule regions in Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya. An 11-hour North East bandh called by an umbrella body of students’ organisations of the region to protest the Citizenship Bill began at 5 am on Tuesday. A government notification, issued by the …

12-hour bandh in Northeast in protest against CAB; Manipur suspends stir
5 years ago

12-hour bandh in Northeast in protest against CAB; Manipur suspends stir

India TV News  

The 12-hour Northeast bandh called by an umbrella body of students' organisations of the region to protest against the Citizenship Bill began at 5 am on Tuesday. The North East Students' Organisation, backed by various other bodies and political parties, will observe the shutdown till 4 pm against the Bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Parties …

Massive anti-NRC rally in Kolkata
5 years, 1 month ago

Massive anti-NRC rally in Kolkata

The Hindu  

On a day Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Citizenship Bill, 2019 in Parliament, Kolkata witnessed a massive anti-NRC rally, organised by a leftist civil society platform, Joint Forum Against NRC. Participants said, “A country cannot be run by fear.” Many left parties, other than the CPI, participated in the rally, which was part of a month-long campaign against …

Protests erupt in northeast as it braces for bandh after Shah tables CAB in Parliament
5 years, 1 month ago

Protests erupt in northeast as it braces for bandh after Shah tables CAB in Parliament

Live Mint  

Guwahati/Kolkata: Forbidding clouds of anger and apprehension gathered over northeastern states on Monday, a day ahead of the shutdown called by NESO, an umbrella organisation of students in the restive region, despite Home Minister Amit Shah's painstaking efforts to allay their fears. The 48-hour Assam bandh called by the All Moran Students' Union to protest against the Citizenship Bill and …

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" …

Anti-CAB protests in parts of country as Centre readies to table bill in Parliament; North East bandh called on 11 Dec
5 years, 1 month ago

Anti-CAB protests in parts of country as Centre readies to table bill in Parliament; North East bandh called on 11 Dec

Firstpost  

Protests against the Citizenship Bill and a nationwide NRC have intensified with rallies and marches being held in Delhi, Assam, Manipur and parts of India over the weekend, and several more planned to start from Monday, the day the contentious bill set to be tabled in the Parliament Protests against the Citizenship Bill and a nationwide NRC have intensified with …

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