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Assam: Jatin Bora resigns from BJP
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Actor and Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jatin Bora on Thursday resigned from the party here.
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13 flights cancelled from Guwahati airport as protests over CAB continue
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): As many as 13 flights have been cancelled from Guwahati airport, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) continued on Thursday.
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Centre committed to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord, says CM Sonowal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Amid protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said that the Centre is committed to implementing Clause 6 of the Assam Accord to safeguard the unique identity of Assam.
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Amit Shah to visit Shillong
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit North-Eastern Police Academy in Shillong, Meghalaya on December 15, as per government sources.
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Opposition raised concerns, outlined issues of North-East citizens: Ambika
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Congress leader Ambika Soni on Thursday criticised National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members on the issue of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said that the opposition leaders raised different concerns over the Bill and outlined the issues of the residents fr
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Bangladesh Foreign Minister cancels India's visit due to 'increasing deman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 12 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said that he has canceled his India visit due to "increasing demand at home".
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CAB protests: All trains from Guwahati to upper Assam region cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): All trains from Guwahati towards upper Assam region have been cancelled, according to the Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO), North-East Frontier Railway, as anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) protests continue to rock the state and other states i
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Delhi: Hindu refugees celebrate passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): With Citizenship (Amendment) Bill being passed in the upper house of Parliament on Wednesday, the Pakistani Hindu refugees staying at the Majnu ka Tilla were overjoyed and excited at the prospects of getting Indian citizenship after the Bill becomes an act wi
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Post CAB nod, BJP to reach out to refugees, explain benefits
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): After its big push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that helped it sailed through Parliament, making way for the grant of Indian citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minority refugees from the three neighbouring countries, the Bharatiya Janata Part
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Hindu community in Assam is uncertain about its future after CAB: Kapil Si
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said here on Thursday that "even the Hindu community is uncertain about its future" in Assam after the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Parliament.
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Kashmir phenomenon has been replicated in North-East, says Congress in LS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday targeted the BJP-led government over the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) saying that large parts of North-East were "in turmoil" and "Kashmir phenomenon was being replicated".
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India not safe in PM Modi's hands: Ravindra Choubey on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Referring to the ongoing unrest in the North-East over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019, Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey on Thursday said India is not safe in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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