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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicAssam protests

Topic: Assam protests

Assam groups ready to resume anti-CAA protests next month, after Modi govt U-turn on farm laws

Assam’s anti-CAA stir had lost momentum after being halted due to exams and Covid. Outfits like AASU, AJP and Raijor Dal now intend to renew the agitation from 10-12 December. 

IIT professor, author, Yale postdoc — Assam academic questioned by NIA ‘for CAA violence’

There was an outcry this weekend as Arupjyoti Saikia was summoned by NIA for interrogation, reportedly in connection with anti-CAA violence in Assam last year.

‘AGP and BJP betrayed Assam’ — powerful students’ body AASU plans political party

AASU leadership argues that AGP, a byproduct of the Assam agitation, let the state down after it voted in favour of the citizenship law in Parliament.

If persecuted Ahmadiyyas, Shias seek refuge in India, we’ll vet their cases: Hardeep Puri

At ThePrintOTC, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri says those who perpetrated violence during protests against the citizenship law will be identified.

Supreme Court will examine constitutional validity of new citizenship law in January

The Citizenship Amendment Act provides citizenship rights to certain class of refugees who have come to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

PM says violence over citizenship act deeply distressing, calls for peace & unity

In a series of tweets, Modi asserted that the controversial legislation will not affect ‘any citizen of India of any religion’.

Prices of essential items drop as Guwahati gets back to normal, but tourists still stay away

Tour operators and hotels continue to face the brunt of the protests in Assam with many tourists cancelling their trips.

Curfew in Guwahati eases a week after anti-citizenship law protests rocked region

Assam has been on the boil for the past week as thousands came out on the streets to protest against the amended Citizenship Act.

How an ‘understanding’ crowd & a journalist helped solemnise 2 Assam weddings amid violence

Assam has been on the boil over the new citizenship law that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh & Afghanistan.

Have arrested 85 protesters & detained 2,000, more being identified via videos: Assam DGP

Assam DGP Mahanta says police not against democratic protests but adds people with 'evil intention' have joined the agitation, they will be acted upon.

On Camera

Takaichi channels Abe & wins over Trump

Trump calls Takaichi 'one of the greatest prime ministers' & offers her 'anything you want'.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.