The Biplab Deb government on Tuesday blocked mobile internet and SMS services across Tripura for 48 hours in view of violent protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. The move came amid violence that erupted during an 11-hour shutdown called by influential student groups in the Northeast to protest the central government's move which, they allege, could rob the region of its ethnic identity, reports NDTV.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday criticized a controversial Indian bill which is aimed at granting citizenship to illegal immigrants belonging to six religions from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Hundreds of demonstrators closed down streets in northeastern India on Tuesday as part of an 11-hour shutdown in protest of legislation that would grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus and other religious minorities from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who immigrated to the country illegally.

India's cabinet Wednesday cleared the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) aiming at granting citizenship to illegal immigrants belonging to six religions from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said.