The curfew, imposed in Guwahati amid protests against the amended Citizenship Act, was relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4pm, police said. Protests against the amended Citizenship Act raged across northeast, with students’ unions in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday boycotting their examination to hit the streets across cities, seeking immediate revocation of the law. In Nagaland, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has called a 6-hour bandh on Saturday to protest against the amended Citizenship Act. Separately, Jamia Millia Islamia University students held a protest against the law at the university. US concernedThe United States is concerned about the implications of the amended Citizenship Act in India, a top American diplomat responsible for monitoring international religious freedom said on Friday.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2019 03:56 UTC