Source – news18.com New Delhi: People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, cited India’s example to justify Internet shutdowns. “India recently ordered a shutdown of the Internet… to control protests over the controversial new Citizenship Amendment Bill. It means that shutting down the Internet in a state of
Source – orissapost.com New Delhi: Security forces were on high alert Friday in various parts of the country including in Kerala and Karanataka where protesters disrupted road and rail traffic after Thursday night’s death of two persons in police firing during protests against the amended citizenship law. Mobile internet and SMS services were also shut down
Source – newkerala.com Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Thursday ordered the closure of the PIL filed by four Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati students against ‘Super 30’ founder Anand Kumar. Speaking to media persons here, Anand Kumar said “I am very happy that I got justice today. It was a fraud case against
Source: barandbench.com The Supreme Court Collegium has passed resolutions for the appointment of new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Gauhati. Gujarat High Court For the Gujarat High Court, the Collegium has recommended that Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Vikram Nath be appointed. Earlier this year, the Collegium had
Source: sentinelassam.com GUWAHATI: Post-publication of final NRC (National Register of Citizens) on August 31, the ‘D’ (Doubtful) voters tag in photo electoral rolls will be applied to all those people who are found ineligible for inclusion in the NRC, a source in the Assam Home and Political department said. The ‘D’ voters do not have the
Source: telegraphindia.com he Centre on Wednesday held the first round of meetings on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. Union home minister Amit Shah and minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy attended the meeting. Clause 6 reads: “Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect,
Source: outlookindia.com New Delhi, Jul 24 A reconstituted high-level committee, set up to assess the quantum of seats to be reserved in the Assam Assembly and local bodies for Assamese people, Wednesday held its first meeting where members suggested the change in the panel”s terms of reference so that the possibility of vesting land rights
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com GUWAHATI: A high-level panel constituted by the Union home ministry to suggest ways to implement Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord will have its first meeting on July 24 in New Delhi, a member of the panel told ET. The ministry had to reconstitute the panel after four of the nine members
Source: sentinelassam.com SILCHAR: How fair will the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be? This question has been impinging the minds of individuals and organizations concerned with the preparation of a fault-free and foreigner-free NRC. A person declared foreigner by Foreigners’ Tribunal could get his name enlisted in NRC and when detected dared to challenge it in
Source: thewire.in New Delhi: Ten persons, including a group of writers and poets who identify themselves as pursuers of ‘Miyah poetry’, a form of creative expression mostly in Assamese and Bengali dialects, have been granted anticipatory bail by the Gauhati high court. They had been accused of spreading misinformation within and outside Assam about the Assamese
