Assam Citizenship Law Protests

Protests erupted across Assam with the Opposition parties slamming the Centre's decision to implement the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), paving the way for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh an

The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links and sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on his plea.

Assam leader Akhil Gogoi, who was jailed over protests against contentious citizenship law, this afternoon walked out of prison after nearly two years.

Hoping to cash in on the resentment against the centre's controversial citizenship law that sparked massive, violent protests in Assam last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA if voted to power in the state. ...

The centre has given itself time - till July 9 at least - to frame and implement rules relating to the controversial citizenship law, amendments to which were passed in December 2019 amid chaos in parliament and violent protests across the country

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visits to Assam over this weekend, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has decided to launch a state-wide protest on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that started a wave of agitation across the country in 2019 and riots in Delhi.

Assam activist Akhil Gogoi who has been charged with sedition for protesting against the amended citizenship law has been tested positive for coronavirus. He has been lodged in Guwahati jail for the last few months in connection with a case linked to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Of the five people who were killed during protests over the contentious citizenship law in Assam in December, only three died in firing by the police, the Assam government claimed on Monday. The two others, the Assam government said, died in attacks by troublemakers.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship law to maintain peace and harmony in the country.

42 scholars and academicians, including noted historian Ramachandra Guha, wrote yesterday to the NIA in support of IIT-Guwahati professor Arupjyoti Saikia, after he was summoned by the probe agency in connection with citizenship law protests

Assam Police has registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Sharjeel Imam, said to be one of the organisers of the anti-citizenship law protest at Shaheen Bagh, after videos of him allegedly calling for the state to be cut off from the rest of India surfaced online. Assam Police told NDTV that Sharjeel Imam, a student ...

After the Supreme Court, while hearing 140 petitions on the citizenship law, combined petitions from Assam and Tripura, groups protesting the law claimed a moral victory

Cornered by sustained protests against the citizenship law, the BJP-led Assam government has "suggested" the centre must have several "safeguards" and "checks" in the set of rules to be framed for its implementation

Assam minister and the BJP's key strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma weighed in on the debate over the citizenship law in the state, contending that 1971 was never the cut-off year for granting citizenship under the Assam accord - a key claim of those protesting against the new law.

The royal scion of Tripura, Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, is leading a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA. The official notification of the law has resulted in revival of protests in Tripura, a state that protesters believe is the most affected after Assam and West Bengal by implementation of the amended citizenship law.

Protests erupted across Assam with the Opposition parties slamming the Centre's decision to implement the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), paving the way for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh an

The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links and sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on his plea.

Assam leader Akhil Gogoi, who was jailed over protests against contentious citizenship law, this afternoon walked out of prison after nearly two years.

Hoping to cash in on the resentment against the centre's controversial citizenship law that sparked massive, violent protests in Assam last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA if voted to power in the state. ...

The centre has given itself time - till July 9 at least - to frame and implement rules relating to the controversial citizenship law, amendments to which were passed in December 2019 amid chaos in parliament and violent protests across the country

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visits to Assam over this weekend, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has decided to launch a state-wide protest on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that started a wave of agitation across the country in 2019 and riots in Delhi.

Assam activist Akhil Gogoi who has been charged with sedition for protesting against the amended citizenship law has been tested positive for coronavirus. He has been lodged in Guwahati jail for the last few months in connection with a case linked to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA.

Of the five people who were killed during protests over the contentious citizenship law in Assam in December, only three died in firing by the police, the Assam government claimed on Monday. The two others, the Assam government said, died in attacks by troublemakers.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday demanded that the centre withdraw the amended citizenship law to maintain peace and harmony in the country.

42 scholars and academicians, including noted historian Ramachandra Guha, wrote yesterday to the NIA in support of IIT-Guwahati professor Arupjyoti Saikia, after he was summoned by the probe agency in connection with citizenship law protests

Assam Police has registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Sharjeel Imam, said to be one of the organisers of the anti-citizenship law protest at Shaheen Bagh, after videos of him allegedly calling for the state to be cut off from the rest of India surfaced online. Assam Police told NDTV that Sharjeel Imam, a student ...

After the Supreme Court, while hearing 140 petitions on the citizenship law, combined petitions from Assam and Tripura, groups protesting the law claimed a moral victory

Cornered by sustained protests against the citizenship law, the BJP-led Assam government has "suggested" the centre must have several "safeguards" and "checks" in the set of rules to be framed for its implementation

Assam minister and the BJP's key strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma weighed in on the debate over the citizenship law in the state, contending that 1971 was never the cut-off year for granting citizenship under the Assam accord - a key claim of those protesting against the new law.

The royal scion of Tripura, Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, is leading a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA. The official notification of the law has resulted in revival of protests in Tripura, a state that protesters believe is the most affected after Assam and West Bengal by implementation of the amended citizenship law.