Topic: Northeast protests on Citizenship Bill
‘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.
‘Citizenship Act communal, don’t trust Modi-Shah’ — AASU to fight law in court & on streets
AASU's chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya says Modi, Shah and Assam's BJP dispensation have gone back on the promises made to the people.
P Phanjoubam on ignorance of Northeast, Manu Joseph says Citizenship Act has bad optics
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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.
‘Peaceful protest is our right’ — normalcy returns to Guwahati but demonstrations continue
Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said the situation is under control, adding that police have nothing against peaceful protests.
UK, US, Canada warn citizens against travelling in NE amid Citizenship Act protests
The US Embassy in New Delhi has listed out precautions for its citizens staying in NE, asking them to avoid areas with 'demonstrations and civil disturbances'.
Amar Ujala calls CAB big BJP win, Bhaskar says opposition’s argument against it ‘fallacious’
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Angry JD(U) MP says party has surrendered to BJP like Pakistan to India in 1971
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Parliamentary panel on home affairs postpones visit to Assam as anti-CAB protests continue
The panel chairman and members were scheduled to visit Shillong in Meghalaya and Assam's Guwahati from 18-21 December.
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There was a time when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t see the West as Turkey’s enemy and even wanted to join the European Union.
ICICI Bank’s profits jump six-fold for July-September quarter
The bank's net interest income increased by 16 per cent year-on-year to Rs. 9,366 crore in this year's second quarter from Rs 8,057 crore in last year's second quarter.
Defence
Here is why US changed Rajnath Singh’s statement on ‘reckless aggression’ by China
Both the US State and Defense departments have added footnotes to the transcripts they released on Rajnath Singh’s remarks at 2+2. The State Department has also updated the text.
5 reasons for the crisis in global Islam
If tens of crores of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege.