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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

The protests come even as the revised Citizenship (Amendment) Bill excluded all states with an Inner Line Permit (Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland) and the Sixth Schedule regions in Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya.

Amid anti-CAB protests in Assam, BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma rehashes 2016 playbook against AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal

Even as the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill faces protests in Assam, the state is seeing a rehash of the campaign against Badruddin Ajmal by Himanta Biswa Sarma

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is death sentence for North East, fear parties, student bodies ahead of battle beyond Parliament

When leaders owing allegiance to the BJP or to the NDA as allies in the North East have expressed strong reservations against the Bill, the BJP leaders in Assam or its ally AGP have completely chickened out in front of the central leadership of the national party.

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

Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) 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

Amit Shah to table Citizenship Amendment Bill for discussion and passage in Lok Sabha on Monday

In the afternoon, the home minister will introduce the Bill to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act and later in the day, it will be taken up for discussion and passage, according to the Lok Sabha's List of Business for Monday.

Assam NRC: Prominent students' organisation seeks updation of citizens' register in other states of North East

The NESO advisor warned that after the NRC updation process began in Assam, some illegal migrants shifted their base to other states of the North East.

Assam NRC: Congress ropes in Tarun Gogoi to restore lost ground, but move exposes party's disconnect with regional leaders

Gogoi’s effort to get hold of the NRC narrative did not meet his desired consequence as the Congress leadership began protesting the NRC in Parliament without calculating the consequences.

Assam, Meghalaya cops claim infiltration by five Islamic terror suspects, BSF denies

The porous Indo-Bangla border has become the escape route for the Bangladeshi militants, after the neighbouring country launched a massive search operation following terrorist attacks, says a source in Assam police. Assam has been alerted by the Meghalaya police of infiltration of five suspected militants through the Indo-Bangla border.