Rajya Sabha

AIADMK MP removed from Jamath post in TN

10:52 pm December 17, 2019

Chennai: AIADMK Rajya Sabha member A. Mohammedjan has been removed from a key post in a Muslim body by it in his native Ranipet district in the backdrop of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu voting in favour of amendments to the Citizenship Act in Parliament, police sources said. Mohammedjan, a former state Minister, was […]

Life without internet, social media in Guwahati

Guwahati in grip of uncertainty

2:17 pm December 13, 2019

Guwahati: Roads in Guwahati have virtually become impossible to navigate as street fires set up by people protesting against the contentious amended Citizenship Act turned the city’s sky red. Normal life in the city has been paralysed to the core as protesters are defying curfew and venturing out on the streets. This was the scene […]

Internet-dependent commercial activities hit in Assam

Protest at India Gate against citizenship amendment bill

8:06 pm December 12, 2019

New Delhi: A motley group of protesters gathered at the India Gate here protesting against the “divisive” Citizenship Amendment Bill which passed the Rajya Sabha hurdle on Wednesday. The protesters raised anti-BJP and anti-government slogans and asked the President not to sign the Bill into a law. The police appealed the playcard-carrying protesters to disperse […]

Assam turns into battleground amid anti-CAB protests

6:30 pm December 11, 2019

Guwahati: Tens of thousands of protesters against CAB descended on the streets of Assam on Wednesday, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos of a magnitude unseen since the violent 6-year movement by students that ended with the signing of the Assam accord. Though no party or student body has called a shutdown, […]

Protest march against Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Anti-CAB protests rock Northeast

8:22 pm December 10, 2019

Guwahati/Agartala/Itanagar: Large parts of the northeast on Tuesday simmered with protests by students’ unions and Left-democratic organisations against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha. A day before the divisive legislation is tabled in the Rajya Sabha, normal life was paralysed in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown, led by the All […]