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As anger over the new citizenship law grows in the Indian states of Assam and Tripura, the government calls in the Army to restore peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals for calm.
2019-12-12

The Rajya Sabha of India votes 125 to 105 to pass a controversial amendment to the Indian nationality law that would expedite citizenship for religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. As the bill omits Muslims, critics say it's discriminatory and violates the secular nature of the Constitution. Massive protests break out in the state of Assam in response.
2019-12-11

The death toll from floods in the Indian state of Assam rises to seven, with 650,000 people displaced.
2015-08-23

Sixty-five thousand people in the Indian state of Assam are affected by floods and heavy rainfall.
2015-07-16

A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state kills two people.
2015-02-13

At least one person is killed and another four injured in renewed fighting in the Indian city of Kokrajhar in the state of Assam.
2012-08-28

Nine people are killed overnight in ethnic clashes in the Indian state of Assam with the total death toll since last Friday being 35.
2012-07-25

At least three people die and 50 are injured after a passenger train derails in the Kamrup district in India's Assam state.
2012-02-3

27 people are killed after their bus plunges into a gorge in Assam, eastern India.
2011-05-31

Four people are killed and many more are injured by police fire in Assam in India during a protest by thousands against government registration.
2010-07-21