Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports from Shivaji Park and the MMRDA ground to sense the mood of Shiv Sena workers -- from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps.
'Everyone wants to get involved when there is success.' 'But what about guaranteeing it?' 'Making sure girls have the opportunity to succeed all the time?'
The death toll climbed to 3,03,720 with 4,454 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India's COVID-19 recoveries have reached closer to 2 million (19,19,842), while the actual caseload of the country stands at 6,76,900 on date and currently comprises only 25.57 per cent of the total positive cases.
Sonowal called violence a political conspiracy and asserted that he was committed to protecting the rights of the indigenous people.
Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the journalist of a Guwahati-based TV channel, who was on the spot covering the barbaric assault of a girl by a group of persons at G S Road in Guwahati city on July 9, has quit his job to 'facilitate fair investigation into the case'.
Director General of Assam police J N Chaudhary confirmed on Friday night that the Union home ministry has asked him to send a detailed report on molestation of a minor girl in Guwahati on Monday.
'This is the only place on earth where Elephas maximus climbs to these heights.'
'We will not accept the CAA and EIA. We have been protesting against the CAA since 2016, but this government has not listened to us'
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Adani Green Energy are the other two Adani Group firms to have crossed the Rs 1-trillion mark in m-cap.
At least 30 people were killed and 11 injured when a bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Sonapur in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
The prime minister thanked the people but said it was the start of a long battle, as he urged them to follow social distancing to stop the chain of transmission of Coronavirus which has infected 360 people and claimed seven lives in India.
The flood situation in Assam worsened on Saturday with four more deaths reported and over 6.5 lakh people being affected in more than 1,400 villages due to incessant rains across the state.
West Bengal had witnessed violence and arson from December 13 to 17 during protests against the new citizenship law.
The flood situation affected nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts.
Indians celebrated the second International Day of Yoga on Tuesday at different parts of the country.
More than 39.8 lakh people in 27 of the 33 districts in the state were affected by the deluge on Thursday.
The judges -- Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate Sharad Arvind Bobde and justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer -- delivered the verdict in the century-old dispute.
1 person died in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia district each taking the toll in current phase of floods to 31.
With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless.
Ola and Uber said they have resumed services in areas within orange and green zones, and have introduced requirements like wearing masks to ensure safety of riders and driver partners.
Dhubri is the worst hit with over 8.72 lakh people affected, followed by Barpeta with more than 4.78 lakh people and Goalpara with around 4.28 lakh population.
The first bridge on Brahmaputra River, built to connect north east India with the rest of the country, has completed 50 years.
The deluge, which had affected 2.5 lakh people in 11 districts on Wednesday, spread to six more districts on Thursday affecting 4.23 lakh people, it said.
In a case of road rage in the heart of Guwahati city on Wednesday morning, angry public set fire to a traffic police point near Jonali bustop stop along the busy R G Baruah Road after a school bus hit a motorcycle rider killing him on the spot and seriously injuring another man on a bicycle.
'Guarding the borders in extreme weather conditions is not easy and most people don't realize it is a very tough job.'
The Supreme Court found enough grounds to order a CBI probe into 1,528 extra-judicial killings in Manipur between 2000 and 2012.
Rain-induced flash floods crippled life on Wednesday for the second time in the past four days.
Heavy rains in the last three days triggered flash floods in parts of Bihar, where 41 people have died so far, and inundated large areas in Assam and North Bengal, paralysing normal life and snapping rail link to the Northeast from the rest of the country.
As the number of COVID-19 cases is witnessing a spike in India, religious places across the country remain closed to encourage social distancing, a key component in preventing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Virat Kohli made it clear that he will not like to get embroiled in a controversy by commenting on a subject that he is not well aware of.
The police are not yet sure about the involvement of any particular militant group behind the abduction. Neither has anyone claimed responsibility for the abduction nor has any ransom demand been made.
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'This is not the first time that a large contingent of Assam armed police led by senior officers attacked and destroyed farm huts, crops and plantations of Mizo farmers.' 'There have been a series of such intrusions in the past and the pace of such intrusions increased in the recent past.'
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At least nine persons, including five women, were killed and 24 injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch at Uluani in Nagaon district on Sunday.
A comfortable temperature and a clear sky added to the joy of the festival of autumn, Durga Puja in Guwahati and other parts of Assam especially urban areas where hundreds of colourfully decorated and illuminated pandals are waiting to welcome the puja crowd over the next four days.
With relaxations in the COVID-19 lockdown, temples across the country are all set to reopen from Monday in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Union home ministry to prevent coronavirus spread.
Currently, the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, Nimatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Goalpara and Dhubri towns, while the Barak at AP Ghat in Cachar and Badarpurghat in Karimganj are flowing above the danger mark.
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