Situation in Assam and other parts of North-East is improving fast and the Army would be back in their barracks in a day or two, Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command said on Monday. He also said that almost 24 Army columns were requisitioned in Upper Assam while 12 columns in lower […]

Nearly hundred AASU protesters including Chief Advisor Sammujal Bhattacharya and General Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi have been briefly detained by police when they were marching towards the Kamrup Metro Deputy Commissioner’s Office as part of the 3-day mass ‘Satyagraha’ organised by the students’ union. The AASU protesters are likely to be kept in the Dighali Pukhuri […]

The curfew imposed in the wake of major protests across Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, was on Monday relaxed between 6 am to 8 pm by the administration. According to officials, curfew has been relaxed in Guwahati and Dibrugarh. Citing the relaxation in the curfew, Union Minister of State (MoS) for the Ministry […]

The suspension of internet services, which was enforced in 10 districts of Assam amid major protests across the state over the amended citizenship law, was on Monday extended for another 24 hours. According to officials, internet services will remain suspended for another 24 hours in 10 districts namely — Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, […]

Curfew has resumed once again in Assam’s Guwahati until further orders after it was relaxed from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday. Besides internet ban also continues in the city and other parts of Assam. The internet services have been suspended in 10 districts of the state. Over 100 people including leaders of several […]

The Supreme Court will begin hearing the first set of petitions on the Citizenship Amendment Act on December 18. A number of groups and organisations besides individuals have filed petitions against in the Apex Court against the CAA. Moreover, there are groups and organisations gearing up to file petitions against Citizenship Bill which is now […]

Following the relaxation in curfew which was imposed in Guwahati in the wake of protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a large number of citizens rushed to the ATMs to withdraw their money. The curfew in Guwahati was relaxed from 9 AM to 4 PM by the administration today. Speaking to ANI, a citizen said: […]

Curfew has been relaxed in Shillong for 9 hours from 10 am till 7 pm even as section 144 remains imposed in the city. Situation had escalated in Shillong on Saturday after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Raj Bhavan forcing the police to resort to tear gas shelling and mild lathi-charge to control the […]

With the Citizenship Amendment Bill being passed and a region wide opposition to the new law showing no signs of receding, the chorus now is for bringing the entire Northeast under the ILP system. Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has already met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday and specifically demanded immediate extension of […]

The 11-hour long mass hunger strike that was called by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) ended at 5 pm on Friday. The students’ body, however, is firm in its stand to carry out relentless protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The mass hunger strike, which started at 6 am in the morning, was held […]