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Assam: Students’ Union begin 12-hour hunger strike against CAA

The hunger strike started Sunday morning and will continue till 6:00pm (File Photo)
Published on Mar 10, 2024 05:20 pm IST

Assam lynching: Main accused killed in road accident while trying to flee cops

All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief Adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya pays floral tribute to the party leader Animesh Bhuyan, in Jorhat, Assam. (ANI Photo)
Published on Dec 01, 2021 02:44 pm IST

Assam: Students’ union leader beaten to death, 13 held

A mob attacked Animesh Bhuyan, 28, a student leader, and two others after suspecting them of hitting an elderly man riding a scooter with their vehicle. (Shutterstock/ Representational image)
Updated on Dec 01, 2021 01:04 am IST

Assamese people will get a govt of their dreams in 2021: AJP’s 1st president Lurinjyoti Gogoi

Former All Assam Students Union (AASU) general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Thursday took charge as the president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP).
Updated on Dec 17, 2020 07:57 pm IST

Assam: AASU 4-day general conference begins today; to give final shape to new political party

AASU chief adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya. There is speculation that Bhattacharya will be retiring from the organisation during the general conference.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 08:30 am IST

Committed to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord, says Assam govt

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government is committed to implement the Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord which pertains to safeguards for the preservation and promotion of Assamese identity and heritage.
Published on Aug 12, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Process to form political party to intensify after February: AASU chief

The CAA was passed last month to fast-track the citizenship process for non-Muslims, who have entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh before 2015.
Updated on Jan 17, 2020 12:43 am IST

Anti-CAA protests amid Magh Bihu festivities in Assam

Women are seen making traditional sweets at a Bhogali market in Guwahati with a banner opposing CAA in the background.
Updated on Jan 14, 2020 03:12 pm IST

We’re looking at tie-ups for political alternative: AASU

AASU general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi
Updated on Jan 08, 2020 02:15 am IST

AASU promises massive protest if Narendra Modi comes to Assam for Khelo India

AASU has announced fresh set of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
Updated on Dec 29, 2019 11:45 pm IST

Sonowal fire-fights anti-CAA protests by AASU, the students’ body he once led

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
Updated on Dec 26, 2019 01:39 pm IST

Amid Citizenship Act protests, Assam CM says will protect ‘genuine citizens’

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (Photo @sarbanandsonwal)
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 01:34 pm IST

Curfew relaxed in Guwahati for 9 hrs as protests against citizenship law ebb

Commuters wait at a petrol pump during curfew relaxation in Guwahati.
Updated on Dec 14, 2019 11:24 am IST

Amid ongoing Assam violence, Guwahati comes out of life under curfew

Army personnel patrol a street in Guwahati on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 10:07 am IST

All Assam Students’ Union for cooling-off period for its cadre’s political entry

All Assam Students’ Union for cooling-off period for its cadre’s political entryAll Assam Students’ Union for cooling-off period for its cadre’s political entry. (Representational image)
Updated on Oct 29, 2019 10:42 am IST

Amit Shah’s comment on reintroducing CAB sparks opposition in Assam

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio during the 4th Conclave of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), in Guwahati on Monday.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 04:13 pm IST

Unhappy with exclusion figure in NRC, Assam Students’ Union to move Supreme Court

The final NRC was released on Saturday leaving out over 19 lakh applicants.
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 02:34 am IST

Over 19 lakh excluded, 3.1 crore included in Assam NRC final list

NRC list released in Assam
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 02:14 am IST

Politics, ‘data leak’, delays: Controversies surrounding Assam NRC

The National register of Citizens (NRC) is aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants in Assam.
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 09:58 am IST

Citizenship Bill row casts shadow over Bharat Ratna for Bhupen Hazarika

Born in 1926 in Sadiya in upper Assam, Bhupen Hazarika was awarded Padma Shri in 1977, Padma Bhushan in 2001, Padma Vibhushan in 2012 and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1992.
Updated on Jan 27, 2019 03:58 pm IST

‘Won’t spare the BJP’, says Assam Students’ Union as protests against Citizenship Bill continue in northeast

Protests against the Citizenship Bill continued in Assam and other states in the Northeast on Wednesday.
Updated on Jan 23, 2019 08:47 pm IST

Resistance of citizenship bill common ground to work together, say Congress, AGP in Assam

College students block a highway to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Saturday.
Published on Jan 13, 2019 07:13 am IST

Shutdown in Northeast to protest citizenship bill

The shutdown comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government cleared changes to the Citizenship Act, prompting one of its regional allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), to break ties.
Updated on Jan 08, 2019 12:20 pm IST

NRC objections see a drastic spike at eleventh hour, thanks to AASU

Some four million people were left off a draft National Citizens Register (NRC) published in July in Assam.
Updated on Jan 01, 2019 11:26 pm IST

In Facebook video, Assam youth leader announces he has joined banned ULFA faction

Pankaj Protim Datta, till recently served as the vice-president of the Dergaon unit of AASU in Golaghat district.
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 07:34 am IST

NRC needed to weed out illegal immigrants, says Rajnath; assures no Indians will be excluded

Home Minister Rajnath Singh during a gathering at North-East Students Festival, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept 8, 2018.
Published on Sept 08, 2018 08:47 pm IST

It’s Barak Valley versus Brahmaputra Valley over citizenship amendment bill

People demanding the amendment to the citizenship act in Silchar on Wednesday. Assamese organisations fear the Bill would lead to massive immigration of Bengali Hindus from Bangladesh, thus reducing them to a minority.
Updated on May 11, 2018 11:08 am IST