Delhi Police's Chinmoy Biswal, DCP South East, on Sunday told media that the police personnel acted only to control the situation as a mob of students of a prominent university turned violent while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

'Only interest is to restore law and order,' says top cop as Delhi Police, student protesters clash over Citizenship Act 

At least three people have lost their lives so far while 27 sustained injuries in the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the state, reported news agency ANI.

Assam: 3 dead, 27 injured in protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the central government was committed to safeguarding cultural, social and linguistic identity of people of the northeast.

Culture, language, political rights of people of northeast will remain intact: Amit Shah

Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Saturday said that the situation is coming to normalcy in the state and curfew in Guwahati has been relaxed today. "The situation is much better now.

Situation coming to normalcy in Assam: State DGP BJ Mahanta

The United States on Friday issued a "travel alert" for its citizens travelling to the Northeast states of India. The alert comes as the region faces massive protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.

US issues travel alert for citizens amid protests over Citizenship Amendment Act

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he is still planning to visit India next week, according to Bloomberg as a Japanese media report said he may consider cancelling the visit amid violent protests in the northeast over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Japan PM's India visit postponed officially due to protests after CAB

Japan PM's  India visit postponed officially due to protests after CAB

The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India's new citizenship law is "fundamentally discriminatory in nature" by excluding Muslims and called for it to be reviewed.

New Indian citizenship law 'discriminatory': United Nations

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reacted to reports of the postponement of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India. "It will be a blot on our country," Banerjee said.

Blot on our country: Mamata reacts as Japanese PM's India visit gets deferred

Japan PM Shinzo Abe uncertain over visit to India amid Citizenship Act protests