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Work on the detention centre started in December. Besides the housing quarters, the facility, which is surrounded by 20-22 feet high boundary walls, will contain a staff quarters, hospital, school, an office complex, kitchen and dining and community space/ HT Photo
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3 with Bangladesh address dies in Assam detention centres

According to the state government records, 16 of them belongs to Hindu religion and 14 belongs to Islam

Photo: Hindustan Times
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400 quarantined in Assam after US tourist tests positive for coronavirus

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 jolts Assam

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in of Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam/ HT
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644 militants of 8 banned outfits surrender in Assam

Police chase away demonstrators during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, in Guwahati, India, December 11, 2019. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
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Delhi Police detain Bhim Army chief after 'massive protest' in Delhi's Jama Masjid

Local community members take part in a protest rally against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Jorhat, Assam, December 15, 2019/ HT Photo-PTI
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Scared, angry, confused: Assam struggling to find a fine balance

Protest against citizenship law in Guwahati on December 12. (AP File Photo )
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Asom Gana Parishad, BJP’s Assam ally, to approach Supreme Court over Citizenship Act

Members of the All Assam Students’ Union at a protest rally against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, in Guwahati on 8 December. Photo: PTI
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The new fault lines in the North-East India

Photo: Hindustan Times
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28 died in Assam detention camps, 3 of them from Bangladesh

File Photo: Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal
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No government jobs for those with more than 2 kids: Assam cabinet

File Photo: A woman displays a document that shows inclusion of her name in the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Pabhokati village in Morigaon district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Photo: UNB/AP
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After Assam, citizens' list likely in Karnataka

File Photo: Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) shout slogans during a protest against what they say is the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the northeastern state of Assam, in Ahmedabad, India, September 5, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
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UN refugee agency takes up case of potential stateless in India

‘Not rejecting NRC, only questioning the process’: Himanta Biswa Sarma
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‘Not rejecting NRC, only questioning the process’: Himanta Biswa Sarma