All posts tagged "Assam"

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  North East Region

  Assam Mob Lynching : After Days, Police Finally Nab The Main Accused

  After widespread  protests in the state,  the Police in Assam  have finally arrested the main accused in connection with the lynching of...

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  North East Region

  Assam Mob Lynching : 16 Arrested , Sarbananda Sonowal Holds Review Meet As People Protest Across The State

  The Assam Police has arrested 16 persons in connection with the lynching of two Guwahati-based youths in Karbi Anglong district by villagers...

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  Environment

  Community-led Strategies Offer Hope For East Himalayan Biodiversity

  The Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve, an NGO from the West Kameng district of India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, won the...

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  North East Region

  Thousands In Assam Protest Against The Citizenship Bill

  Thousands of persons participated in a mass hunger strike to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. The protest at the Assam...

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  Opinion

  Why North East Has Been A Veritable Laboratory For Political Experiments

  There has been no Alexis de Tocqueville to write on democracy in India though it has been a remarkably functioning democracy and...

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  Environment

  Opinion: The Madcap Scheme To Divert The Brahmaputra

  Last year a proposal to divert the Brahmaputra, one of Asia’s major rivers, from Tibet into Xinjiang province was posted online, causing...

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  Opinion

  Weekend Wrap : Cong-BJP face-off Over Nirav Modi, Army Chief’s Bloomer, AAP’s Inept Governance

  Embattled Jeweller Nirav Modi continues to be the big news maker after the sensational revelations of his Rs 11, 400 cr fraud...

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  Opinion

  The Challenges Ahead For The North East Region

  After seventy years of independence it is time for the North East to take stock of developments since 1947 and even before...

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  National

  Rajnath Singh Slams Charges of NRC Being a Conspiracy To Drive Out Bengalis From Assam

  Opposition members in the Lok Sabha  alleged a conspiracy to drive out Bengali-speaking population from Assam, a charge rejected as “baseless” by...

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  National

  The 31st December Publication of the Draft National Register of citizenship of Assam : A catch 22 situation?

  Will NRC update on December 31, 2017  see the resolution of the vexed ” foreign nationals issue” of Assam ? This is...