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At least eight persons, including two women, were killed and as many others injured in two road accidents in Bongaigaon and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam on Wednesday, police said.

The Centre Tuesday told the Supreme Court that 938 people are detained in six detention centres in Assam and 823 of them have been declared as foreigners by tribunals.

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday assured the people of Assam and the Northeast that the citizenship bill will in no way cause harm to their interests.

Assam witnessed yet another nude protest on Saturday when a group of six persons stripped off their clothes and marched in front of the state secretariat at Dispur, shouting slogans against the Citizenship bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Assam and the North East that the citizenship bill will in no way cause harm to their interest.

PM Modi was shown black flags in at least two places on Saturday for the second consecutive day over the contentious Citizenship Bill. Citizenship Bill seeks to provide Indian citizenship to from Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Afghanistani after six years of residence in India even if they don’t possess any document.

Movement of trains was affected in Assam on Thursday morning as members of a youth organization blocked rail tracks, demanding immediate revocation of the citizenship bill and introduction of inner line permit (ILP) in the state.

In a written reply in the Assam assembly, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said 245 sedition cases were filed across 17 districts since the BJP-led alliance came to power in the state in 2016.

The Assam government on Monday said as many as 245 sedition cases were registered across 17 districts since the BJP-led alliance came to power in the state in 2016.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Centre will use technology to seal the international borders of both West Bengal and Assam with Bangladesh, through an integrated border management system.