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What do we do about the hate and violence in our society?
October 01, 2021 7:28 am
Shah Alam Khan writes: To cleanse a society of the kind of violence and hatred seen in the Assam video, we need truth and confession from the highest levels of leadership.
January 16, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Strong hand in Assam
January 15, 2021 11:32 pm
The Congress (I) pamphlet on the one year rule of Mrs Gandhi has also indicated that the methods used have contained the movement. There is an increasing feeling among the government that the agitation would not have continued this long had the protesters been dealt with a firm hand.
Assam: Sonowal says Cong, Left disrupted peace, cites development projects by Modi govt
December 28, 2019 4:51 am
Sonowal said those behind the violence and arson were the “primary enemy” of the people. “If someone has disrupted peace in Assam today, they are Congress and Left parties and those who believe in Leftist ideology,” he said.
Citizenship law stir: SC says rioting must stop; protest spreads to universities, Oppn unites
December 16, 2019 9:03 pm
The Sunday flareup in Jamia Milia Islamia, that left over 100 people injured, echoed in the political sphere as well, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leading a mega rally in the heart of Kolkata and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi holding a two-hour dharna at Delhi's India Gate.
Citizenship Law protests: Two succumb to injuries, death toll in Assam five
December 16, 2019 1:18 am
The family of Ishwar Nayak (25) alleged he was killed in police firing. He succumbed to a bullet injury he suffered during clashes in Guwahati on Thursday, a senior official of the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) told The Indian Express.
Protests continue in Assam, govt says no major violence
December 14, 2019 3:14 am
66 injured in Meghalaya, Assam agitation leaders announce daytime protests
Assam feels let down by BJP as it pushes CAB against the people’s wishes
December 14, 2019 12:18 pm
The people still had great trust in Sonowal, who was once hailed as a jatiyo nayok (national hero). They believed that he would not let something like the CAB happen.
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam: 10 things you need to know
December 12, 2019 6:39 pm
While most Northeastern states are exempt from the Citizenship Amendment Bill due to the Inner Line Permit System and/or the sixth Schedule of the Constitution, Assam is protected by neither.
Citizenship Amendment Bill protests HIGHLIGHTS: President gives assent to CAB; internet services suspended in Guwahati
December 13, 2019 9:11 am
Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 (CAB) Protest in Assam, Tripura, Guwahati, Northeast Today Live News Updates: Two protesters succumbed to bullet injuries at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. Officials confirmed both of them were shot at, in two separate parts of the city.
CAB protests: Army out on the streets in Assam, Tripura; curfew imposed in Guwahati
December 12, 2019 12:49 am
The Centre also airlifted 5,000 paramilitary personnel to Northeastern states, including about 2,000 soldiers from Kashmir, to contain any possible fallout of the protests, a day after the region observed a complete shutdown
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