JPC meet on Citizenship Bill concludes in New Delhi

The last meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill concluded in New Delhi. According to reports, a series of proposals put forward by the JPC members were rejected in the meeting. Meanwhile, another meeting of the JPC will be held on January 3. The final draft report of the committee will […]

NESO stage massive demonstration against proposed Citizenship Bill in Itanagar

The Northeast Students’ Organisation taking its protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to every nook and corner of the region carried out protests in Itanagar on Friday. After the November 20 protest in Assam’s capital city Guwahati, the students’ organisation demonstrated at Tennis Court in Itanagar’s IG Park. Protesters in large numbers demonstrated against […]

Crucial JPC meet underway in New Delhi

A crucial meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is underway in New Delhi today. The meeting assumes significance after the November 20 JPC meeting remained inconclusive. JPC Chairman and BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal had disclosed that the JPC members had raised proposals for amending the Bill that also included the […]

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi asks AGP to snap ties with BJP

Just a day after the ruling BJP in Assam launched its first major offensive against ally AGP over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill saying that the AGP has no moral right to oppose the Bill. Senior Congress leader and former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi added a new twist to the ongoing friction in the BJP-AGP […]

Assam BJP president Ranjit Das stirs controversy

Assam BJP President Ranjit Das has stirred major controversy by saying that it would be ethically correct for alliance partner, Asom Gana Parishad to quit the government and coalition and continue with its protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Speaking to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain on the show Northeast Tonight, Das said he would […]

Massive protest in Guwahati against Citizenship Bill

Protesters in hundreds gathered near the capital complex at Dispur in Guwahati in protest against the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Activists of around 70 organizations have congregated from several places of Assam and staged a massive protest in Dispur demanding scrapping of the Bill which proposes to provide Indian Citizenship to Hindu migrants from Afghanistan, […]

AASU, 28 other organisations stage massive protest in Dispur against Citizenship Bill

The All Assam Students Union (AASU) along with 28 other organisations staged a massive protest in Dispur today. Terming the proposed Citizenship Bill as a threat to the indigenous communities of the state, the organisations reiterated that no illegal immigrants from Bangladesh should be given shelter in Assam. The AASU and 28 other organisations have […]

JPC meets MHA, MEA officials in New Delhi

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill led by BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal met officials of the Union Home, Law and Justice, and External Affairs ministry, and sought their opinion regarding the passage of the Bill. The meeting was presided over by JPC Chairman Rajendra Agarwal. Congress MPs from Assam Sushmita Dev and […]

Assam: 46 organisations call for 12-hour statewide bandh on October 23

46 organisations in Assam have called for 12 hour dawn to dusk statewide bandh in Assam on October 23 in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The decision to call for statewide bandh on October 23 was taken in a meeting of 46 indigenous people’s organistaion in Guwahati on Saturday under the aegis of Krishak […]