US, UK warn on travel to NE India after clashesTwo people were shot dead by police and 26 hospitalised in northeast India as protests against a new citizenship law rocked the regionGUWAHATI (INDIA) - Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured. "We were watching news all day on TV about the protests when my nephew left home in the evening. We asked him not to go but he went with his friends," the student's aunt Julie Stafford told AFP. But some protest groups said they planned to defy the curfew with more demonstrations planned for the afternoon and evening. The chief ministers of several Indian states -- West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh -- have said they will not implement the law.

Source: Bangkok Post December 14, 2019 06:22 UTC