Voices of Sivasagar
Assam, a state rich in history and culture, is no stranger to civil unrest and protests rooted in deep-seated issues of identity, governance, and development.
Assam, a state rich in history and culture, is no stranger to civil unrest and protests rooted in deep-seated issues of identity, governance, and development.
Delhi-based women refugees from Pakistan tied rakhi to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan here on Monday.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, on Sunday, distributed citizenship certificates among 188 refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Ahmedabad.
The three youths who received the citizenship certificates at Bhopal from the CM are Rakhi Das and siblings Sanjana Melwani and Sameer Melwani.
He said a Trinamul Congress worker died today while putting up a party flag of sun stroke.
Flag march was also conducted in the sensitive North East district during the past two days for the assurance of public safety, a police official said.
As many as 1551 people from Kendrapara district were officially tagged as Bangladeshis and were served quit India notice in 2005.
The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently got the President's assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it.
Imam of Eidgah Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali said: "I have also just come to know that the Home Ministry has issued its notification. No one needs to be worried about this. We should have faith in the laws of our country."
Akhil Gogoi, a prominent peasant leader and key figure in the CAA protests in Assam, has likened the Act to a historical assault on the Assamese community, akin to Mughal invasions.
