Indian army vehicles on standby and officers are patrolling the streets during curfew in Guwahati, India. - AP
GUWAHATI (India): Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests Saturday (Dec 14), following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured.
Many in the far-flung, resource-rich region fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to large numbers of immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, who they accuse of stealing jobs and diluting the region's cultural identity.
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