Manipur’s Year of Agony
But everything changed in the month of May, as the state's ethnic fault lines cracked open and long-simmering tensions came to the boil.
But everything changed in the month of May, as the state's ethnic fault lines cracked open and long-simmering tensions came to the boil.
The APW letter also suggested that the NRC is a national security issue and suspected money came from some foreign countries to include Bangladeshi nationals' names in the list, the exercise should be probed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation and the National Investigation Agency.
The recent release of a book in Guwahati has again brought the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens issues into sharp focus.
Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai had moved the resolution in the Assembly earlier in the day against the NRC and NPR.
Khamenei's statement comes after Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif also condemned the riots on the Twitter following which India summoned Iran's ambassador to India on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has accepted that the data have been made offline, but refuted the allegation of any 'malafide' intent in it, as claimed by the Congress.
The chief minister said despite her assurances over 30 people have so far died in the state because of the panic over the proposed implementation of the citizens' register.
He said around 600 Pakistani Muslims were given Indian citizenship in the last five-six years, asserting that the CAA was not against the minority community in India.
With six resolutions being moved in the European Parliament against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Asselborn said Jaishankar could explain his point of view when he visits Europe in February and March.
The situation was defused at the police station where officials verified the identities of the researchers who were from a Lucknow-based research organization, engaged by a US-based Ph.D. scholar.
