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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

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.