NESO calls for region wide shutdown on December 10

The North East Students Organisation (NESO) has called for a 11-hour region-wide shutdown on December 10 opposing Centre’s move to introduce and pass the Citizenship Amendment Bill. This was decided in a crucial meeting of the influential students body in Guwahati. Briefing newspersons, NESO advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said that Nagaland has been exempted from the […]

Crucial meeting of North East Students Organisation in Guwahati today

A crucial meeting of the North East Students Organisation will take place in Guwahati on Froday to deliberate on the future course of action on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill. While, the AASU has already announced a vigorous agitation today’s NESO meet assumes significance as an action plan may be drawn as far as […]

Crucial meeting between Home Minister Amit Shah and AASU ends in stalemate

The all important meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the All Assam Students Union delegation that took place on Tuesday evening in New Delhi, ended in a stalemate with the AASU sticking firm to their opposition to the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill. The meeting which took place at the Assam Bhawan was also […]

Revised Citizenship Amendment Bill gets Cabinet’s nod

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the revised version of the Citizenship Amendment Bill paving way for its tabling in the Parliament. The meeting, which took place this morning at about 9:30 am, approved the bill in its new and revised version. Now after this approval by the cabinet, the bill is all set to […]

Amit Shah to meet groups from Assam to discuss Citizenship Bill

Talks between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and different CSOs and pressure groups of the Northeast is set to continue in the national capital. Shah will be meeting groups from Assam in New Delhi at the Assam House on Tuesday evening. As per sources, the meeting will start at 7 pm. Reportedly, the Home Minister […]

Home Minister Amit Shah to hold discussions with MANPAC on CAB

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also meet the 9-member delegation of the Manipur People Against Citizenship Amendment Bill or MANPAC today evening in New Delhi to deliberate on the Citizenship Amendment Bill. MANPAC during the meeting with the union home minister would urge the ministry to not implement the bill in the entire northeastern […]

Tripura: 12-hour shutdown called by TSP hits normal life

Normal life came to a standstill in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council areas following a 12-hour shutdown called by the Twipraland State Party (TSP) on Monday. The shutdown started at 5 am in the morning and will culminate at 5 pm. The shutdown has been called by the party to oppose the Citizenship […]

Home Minister Amit Shah to meet MANPAC to discuss CAB

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has invited the Manipur People against Citizenship Amendment Bill or the MANPAC for consultations in regards to the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Intimations have already been sent to the MANPAC for the meeting, which will start at 10:30 pm on Tuesday. Other than the MANPAC, the Home Minister will also meet […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds meet with AGP delegation on CAB

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with a delegation of the AGP on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill at the Assam House in New Delhi. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and State Finance and Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were also present in the meeting. The AGP delegation was led by party […]