A senior official of private telecom operator Airtel said the ban was lifted from 9 am on Friday
Traffic was restored after the protesters were chased away by RPF personnel
The global wildfire of street protests, from Sudan to Chile, Lebanon to Hong Kong, has finally reached the country whose 1.3 billion population is mostly below the age of 25
Students and faculty at IITs and IIMs, however, come out in personal capacity against police crackdown on students
Due to the NRC exercise in Assam, not only Muslims but also many lakhs of Hindus were grappling without an idea about their future, the resolution alleged
The chief minister's statement came a day after people protesting the Act took out a peaceful rally in Bhubaneshwar
Though, passed with as many as 125 MPs voting in favour of it, the Act however, failed to convince large sections of India's population, especially those hailing from Assam
Political leaders in Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal all said publicly they will not implement the law, setting up a potential conflict with the federal government in New Delhi
The purpose is to create, through law, a permanent threat to hang over every single Muslim head in India, writes Mihir S Sharma.
The Bill was passed with 125 votes in favour and 105 against it
The bill surpassed its initial hurdle, like it did on January 8, earlier this year. However this time it was passed with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it
The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan
The Modi govt is fashioning something much more than an electoral strategy; a system that is democratic but also majoritarian
This will be the second attempt by the Modi administration to amend citizenship law. In January, the legislation was passed in the lower house of parliament but lapsed as the upper house didn't take i
Since we raised the question of old and new history, it might be necessary for us to go back a few decades to understand the nature and complexity of migration in the east, especially Assam
Islam said AMUTA has approached President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise him about the concerns of Indian Muslims on the proposed moves
Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, gave the information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will now be tabled in Parliament soon
While the Saffron outfit drew a blank, archrival TMC took all three seats riding on the same issues
"That is why the government has no information on this issue," the minister said on behalf of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who holds the Home portfolio