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Amnesty India urges Centre to stop using 'excessive force' against those protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act in northeastern states

The executive director of Amnesty International India Avinash Kumar urged both Centre, state governments to 'immediately engage with various sections of people for peaceful dialogue and repeal discriminatory amendments'

All North East parties except SDF vote in favour of CAB in RS; NPF leader KG Kenye says legislation was 'need of the hour' to free state from 'illegal migrants'

All Northeast-based parties, except Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), voted in favour of the crucial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Congress also opposed the Bill

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

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.

World Elephant Day: Pitted against humans, pachyderms in Assam battle insensitive crowd, constraints of tiny living space

Assam is no stranger to the sad syndrome where the fight for supremacy often ends with either the death of human beings or elephants.

Assam NRC: Muslims struggling to meet deadline to appear at Seva Kendras receive assistance from Hindus

Supreme Court is monitoring the NRC updating exercise and is firm on the 31 August deadline for the authorities to complete the process

Four more dead in Assam due to floods as toll rises to 86 since onset of monsoon; over 1,300 villages still deluge-hit

Four more people died on Monday due to floods in Assam, mounting the toll to 86 this monsoon season.

Assam floods: 90% of Kaziranga National Park submerged, 155 anti-poaching camps affected, says state govt

Ninety percent of the Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam is still submerged, affecting 150 anti-poaching camps, the state environment ministry said.

Floods claim 15 lives in Assam as 30 of state's 33 districts badly affected; Sarbananda Sonowal briefs Narendra Modi on situation

The situation in Assam deteriorated Monday as floodwaters submerged 30 of the 33 districts in Assam and death toll increased to 15, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation and assured of all assistance from the Centre

Flash floods affect 13,000 people, 43 villages in Assam; Brahmaputra river flowing above danger level

Flash floods caused by heavy rain in Assam in the last two days have swamped at least 43 villages and affected the lives of around 13,000 people.

Assam Police rescues 19 bonded labourers, including a child, from Golaghat; main accused absconding

Altogether 19 persons, including a woman and a child, working as bonded labourers were rescued by police in Golaghat district of Assam, a police officer said on Wednesday. The rescued people were engaged for various works at Anundoram Bora's house in the village. As per the complaint, brokers had supplied the labourers to Bora in exchange of money from various places of Assam.