ASSAM

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Liar jibe: BJP slams Rahul over dubbing PM as ‘joothon ka sardar’

3:56 pm December 26, 2019

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his liar jibe at the prime minister, dubbing him as “joothon ka sardar” (master of lies) and saying detention camps in Assam were set up when the Congress was in power both at the Centre and the state. In a tweet […]

US expresses concern over religious freedom in India

Protests against CAA continue in Assam

8:18 pm December 23, 2019

Guwahati: Protests against the contentious citizenship law continued in Assam with agitators staging sit-ins across the state on Monday. However, no violence from anywhere in the state was reported. Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, who was the founder of the Asom Gana Parishad which is an alliance partner of the ruling BJP in the […]

Assam CM calls for secularism in context of Indian

No need of fresh NRC in Assam, if SC allows 20 pc re-verification in border districts: Himanta

8:15 pm December 23, 2019

Guwahati: Assam government on Monday said there will be no need for the state to be a part of the proposed nation-wide NRC, if the Supreme Court allows re-verification of its 20 per cent names from the border districts. The state government does not accept the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the final version of […]

Goa: Assamese community protests against Citizenship Act

10:37 pm December 21, 2019

Panaji: Members of the Assamese community held a peaceful protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Panaji on Saturday. The demonstration was held at Azad Maidan here under the banner of `Assam Society of Goa’, whose members are those who hail from the northeastern state and who work or have settled down in the coastal […]

Assam peaceful, curfew relaxed in Dibrugarh

2:41 pm December 21, 2019

Guwahati: The situation in Assam was normal though protesters took out peaceful rallies against the amended Citizenship Act in various parts of the state on Saturday, police said. The curfew imposed in Dibrugarh following violent protests against the new citizenship law was relaxed for 16 hours since 6 am on Saturday as the law and […]