Citizenship bill row: AGP may be go with anti-BJP stand parties in LS polls
Feb 14, 2019, at 09:16 pm
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IBNS): After the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill lapsed in the Rajya Sabha, Assam’s regional political party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), who had snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the row, on Thursday indicated that, the party may go with the anti-BJP stand parties for the Lok Sabha election.
Citizenship Bill protests: Curfew in Imphal, Internet services suspended
Feb 12, 2019, at 11:52 pm
Imphal, Feb 12 (IBNS): A curfew has been imposed in the Manipur capital after sporadic violence erupted today during a state-wide bandh called by civic society groups against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, media reports said.
Amid protests in northeast, government to table Citizenship Bill in Rajya Sabha
Feb 12, 2019, at 10:52 am
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): Amid protests in the northeast, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government on Tuesday will table the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in the Rajya Sabha, media reports said.
AASU vows to continue agitation until the Citizenship bill not scrapped
Jan 31, 2019, at 09:47 pm
Guwahati, Jan 31 (IBNS): All Assam Students Union (AASU) and 30 other ethnic organisations of Assam on Thursday evening took out a torch rally in Guwahati to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016.
Citizenship bill row: BJP, RSS workers attacked in Assam
Jan 30, 2019, at 08:38 pm
Guwahati, Jan 30 (IBNS): All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) activists, who protested against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, beat up a district BJP president and workers of the RSS while they were on their way to attend a programme organised by the RSS in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday.
Mizoram governor addresses empty ground amid protest and boycott call against Citizenship bill
Jan 26, 2019, at 05:06 pm
Aizawl, Jan 26 (IBNS): Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan on Saturday addressed an almost empty ground on the 70th Republic Day celebration at Aizawl due to massive protests and boycott call given by various organisations against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016.
Bengali refugees will be given citizenship under the Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah says in Malda rally
Jan 22, 2019, at 05:05 pm
Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Starting the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign before the Lok Sabah polls by addressing a rally in Malda town, party president Amit Shah on Tuesday urged people to remove Trinamool Congress-led government from the state and promised that all Bengali refugees will be granted citizenship with the passage of the Citizenship Bill.
Black balloon protest at Assam CM event
Jan 16, 2019, at 11:07 am
Guwahati, Jan 16 (IBNS): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday faced protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 in Assam's Nagaon district. Several organisations are holding similar protests across the state.
Pro-talk ULFA threatens to pull out from peace talks with Centre
Jan 14, 2019, at 07:03 pm
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IBNS): The Pro-talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has threatened to pull out from the ongoing peace talks with the Centre, if the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 is passed.
Protests continue in Assam against Citizenship bill
Jan 10, 2019, at 09:36 pm
Guwahati, Jan 10 (IBNS): Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, continued on Thursday in Assam with students, farmers, artists of the state raising their voices against the bill.
Citizenship Bill: Three Assam intellectuals booked for sedition over Assam sovereignty remarks
Jan 10, 2019, at 08:18 pm
Guwahati, Jan 10 (IBNS): While several organisations are continuing their protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 in Assam, the Guwahati city police has registered a suo-motu case against three persons including prominent intellectual and academician Dr Hiren Gohain and activist Akhil Gogoi under sections related to sedition.
Jan 09, 2019, at 02:19 pm
Solapur, Jan 9 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that a lot of "misconceptions" were being spread about the quota bill which his Government seeks to get passed to secure ten per cent reservation for the poor section from among general castes and expected it get passage in the Rajay Sabha.
Rajya Sabha: Poor quota, citizenship and triple talaq bills to be tabled today
Jan 09, 2019, at 11:07 am
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): The last day of the winter session in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday will see three important bills come up for passage - 10 per cent reservation for the poor, one on Citizenship Act and on triple talaq.
Assam witnesses shutdown over Citizenship bill
Jan 08, 2019, at 10:38 am
Dispur, Jan 8 (IBNS): The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) called for a state-wide bandh (strike) on Tuesday as a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) bill, 2016, which is likely to be tabled in the parliament, media reports said.
Citizenship Bill will be passed in Parliament soon: PM Modi in Assam
Jan 04, 2019, at 08:37 pm
Guwahati, Jan 4 (IBNS): While massive protests are going on in Assam by several organizations against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his confidence that, the bill will be passed in the Parliament soon.
Asom Gana Parishad threatens to withdraw support from Assam govt if Citizenship Bill is passed
Oct 23, 2018, at 10:15 pm
Guwahati, Oct 23 (IBNS): Opposing the BJP’s ‘Hindutva Design’, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally party of BJP-led Assam government, on Tuesday declared that the party will withdraw their support from the government if the Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed in the Parliament.
AASU, 28 other organisations stage 11-hr hunger strike against Citizenship Bill
May 30, 2018, at 03:25 am
Guwahati, May 29 (BNS): The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and 28 other organisations, representing various ethnic and tribal communities on Tuesday staged an 11-hour hunger strike in Guwahati to protest against the Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill, 2016.
Assam Congress seeks referendum on Citizenship Bill
May 10, 2018, at 02:54 am
Guwahati, May 9 (IBNS): Opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded a referendum on the Citizenship (Ammendment) Bill, 2016, which triggered an outrage in Assam as several organisations, indigenous people of the state have opposed the controversial bill.