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Assam Forms Committee To Probe Bulldozer Action Against Riot Accused
A committee has been formed to identify the officers responsible for bulldozing the house of a riot accused in the Nagaon district last year, the state government informed the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday.
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Himanta Sarma Speaks On 'Love Jihad', Gujarat Riots To NDTV: Highlights
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke to NDTV about several issues today that ranged from 'Love Jihad' to bulldozing of madrassas in Assam.
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All Assam Students' Union To Protest Citizenship Law On Modi-Shah Visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visits to Assam over this weekend, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has decided to launch a state-wide protest on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that started a wave of agitation across the country in 2019 and riots in Delhi.
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Row Over Assam Dropping Chapters On Nehru Policies From Class 12 Syllabus
The Congress in Assam has lodged strong protests against dropping of chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru's policies, Ayodhya dispute and the Gujarat riots from the Class 12 syllabus of the state board.
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Nehru's Policies, Ayodhya Dispute, Land Reforms Out Of Assam Class 12 Syllabus
Policies of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, anti-Sikh riots, Ayodhya dispute, empowerment of women and minority rights are some of the topics that have been excluded from the Class 12 syllabus of the Assam state board to lessen the academic load of students due to the pandemic.
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Torn Apart by Conflict, They Haven't Given Up on Education
Twenty-year-old Unish Hembram lost her father and her home just 15 days after she was born in the riots of 1996 in Assam's Kokrajahar. But instead of giving in to the tragedy, she decided to change her story.
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A year after riots in Assam's Bodo-dominated districts, no relief for some
In the aftermath of the ethnic clashes that erupted in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam last year, more than four lakh people moved to relief camps set up by the state all across the territory. While most of these camps have closed now, there are two that are still teeming with refugees.
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Assam on edge: six dead, PM phones chief minister
Two months after Assam witnessed its worst ethnic violence in a decade, the epicentre of those riots, in which more than 99 people were killed and five lakhs displaced from their homes, is simmering again.
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Assam govt lax, wasted chance to stop violence: Intelligence sources
The Home Ministry and Intelligence agencies have reportedly found the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam extremely lax in the way it has handled the riots in the state in the last month.
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Gujarat riots were state sponsored, Assam clashes were not: Tarun Gogoi
Tarun Gogoi, the beleaguered Chief Minister of Assam, has taken umbrage at comparisons being made between the Gujarat riots of 2002 and the ethnic clashes that have rocked his state in the last month; he says such comparison is "unfair."
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Assam Forms Committee To Probe Bulldozer Action Against Riot Accused
A committee has been formed to identify the officers responsible for bulldozing the house of a riot accused in the Nagaon district last year, the state government informed the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday.
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Himanta Sarma Speaks On 'Love Jihad', Gujarat Riots To NDTV: Highlights
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke to NDTV about several issues today that ranged from 'Love Jihad' to bulldozing of madrassas in Assam.
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All Assam Students' Union To Protest Citizenship Law On Modi-Shah Visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visits to Assam over this weekend, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has decided to launch a state-wide protest on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that started a wave of agitation across the country in 2019 and riots in Delhi.
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Row Over Assam Dropping Chapters On Nehru Policies From Class 12 Syllabus
The Congress in Assam has lodged strong protests against dropping of chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru's policies, Ayodhya dispute and the Gujarat riots from the Class 12 syllabus of the state board.
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Nehru's Policies, Ayodhya Dispute, Land Reforms Out Of Assam Class 12 Syllabus
Policies of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, anti-Sikh riots, Ayodhya dispute, empowerment of women and minority rights are some of the topics that have been excluded from the Class 12 syllabus of the Assam state board to lessen the academic load of students due to the pandemic.
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Torn Apart by Conflict, They Haven't Given Up on Education
Twenty-year-old Unish Hembram lost her father and her home just 15 days after she was born in the riots of 1996 in Assam's Kokrajahar. But instead of giving in to the tragedy, she decided to change her story.
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A year after riots in Assam's Bodo-dominated districts, no relief for some
In the aftermath of the ethnic clashes that erupted in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam last year, more than four lakh people moved to relief camps set up by the state all across the territory. While most of these camps have closed now, there are two that are still teeming with refugees.
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Assam on edge: six dead, PM phones chief minister
Two months after Assam witnessed its worst ethnic violence in a decade, the epicentre of those riots, in which more than 99 people were killed and five lakhs displaced from their homes, is simmering again.
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Assam govt lax, wasted chance to stop violence: Intelligence sources
The Home Ministry and Intelligence agencies have reportedly found the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam extremely lax in the way it has handled the riots in the state in the last month.
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Gujarat riots were state sponsored, Assam clashes were not: Tarun Gogoi
Tarun Gogoi, the beleaguered Chief Minister of Assam, has taken umbrage at comparisons being made between the Gujarat riots of 2002 and the ethnic clashes that have rocked his state in the last month; he says such comparison is "unfair."
