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What Makes Upper Assam An Electoral Bellwether
Upper Assam holds a unique mix of ethnic communities and socio-political histories that often determine the outcome of elections in Assam
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BJP Names Ahom And Tea Garden Leaders As Candidates For Rajya Sabha Polls
The BJP has named minister Jogen Mohan and MLA Terash Gowalla as candidates for the Rajya Sabha election from Assam. The other Rajya Sabha seat is likely to go to the BJP's ally UPPL.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers March To Demand Scheduled Tribes Status
Thousands of people from the tea garden community hit the streets of eastern Assam's Tinsukia district today, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. The demand has been a long-standing one.
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Railways Opens Tea Stall Run By Transgender Community, Wins Hearts On Internet
Run by the Transgender community, the tea stall is the first of its kind in the country. Find out more about this initiative here.
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Assam Cabinet Decides To Increase Medical Seats For Communities Demanding Scheduled Tribe Status
The six communities - Tea garden tribes, Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Matak, Moran and Chutia - which are currently under the Other Backward Communities (OBC) have seats reserved for students from these communities in the MBBS.
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Assam Government Inaugurates Adarsha Vidyalayas For Children Belonging To Tea Community
The Chief Minister while inaugurating the schools also announced that as many as 14,594 students have so far enrolled in the newly started Adarsha Vidyalayas across 96 tea garden areas in Assam.
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Rare Assam Tea Sold For Record Price Of Rs. 1 Lakh Per Kg, Twitter Reacts
A rare variety of Assam tea called Manohari Gold Tea has been sold for a record-high price of Rs. 1 Lakh per kg.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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"119 High Schools In Tea Garden Areas": BJP Promise For 2021 Assam Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party has reached out to the sizeable tea tribe community of Assam with the promise of developing educational infrastructure in tea gardens, ahead of next year's assembly election.
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"Chaiwala PM Doing This To His Community?": Assam Tea Body's Attack
The largest tea body of Assam on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who often refer to himself as a "chaiwala", for not being considerate towards the state's tea garden workers' plight and urged him to implement the promised minimum wage of Rs 350 before the new year starts.
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What Makes Upper Assam An Electoral Bellwether
Upper Assam holds a unique mix of ethnic communities and socio-political histories that often determine the outcome of elections in Assam
-
BJP Names Ahom And Tea Garden Leaders As Candidates For Rajya Sabha Polls
The BJP has named minister Jogen Mohan and MLA Terash Gowalla as candidates for the Rajya Sabha election from Assam. The other Rajya Sabha seat is likely to go to the BJP's ally UPPL.
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers March To Demand Scheduled Tribes Status
Thousands of people from the tea garden community hit the streets of eastern Assam's Tinsukia district today, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. The demand has been a long-standing one.
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Railways Opens Tea Stall Run By Transgender Community, Wins Hearts On Internet
Run by the Transgender community, the tea stall is the first of its kind in the country. Find out more about this initiative here.
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Assam Cabinet Decides To Increase Medical Seats For Communities Demanding Scheduled Tribe Status
The six communities - Tea garden tribes, Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Matak, Moran and Chutia - which are currently under the Other Backward Communities (OBC) have seats reserved for students from these communities in the MBBS.
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Assam Government Inaugurates Adarsha Vidyalayas For Children Belonging To Tea Community
The Chief Minister while inaugurating the schools also announced that as many as 14,594 students have so far enrolled in the newly started Adarsha Vidyalayas across 96 tea garden areas in Assam.
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Rare Assam Tea Sold For Record Price Of Rs. 1 Lakh Per Kg, Twitter Reacts
A rare variety of Assam tea called Manohari Gold Tea has been sold for a record-high price of Rs. 1 Lakh per kg.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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"119 High Schools In Tea Garden Areas": BJP Promise For 2021 Assam Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party has reached out to the sizeable tea tribe community of Assam with the promise of developing educational infrastructure in tea gardens, ahead of next year's assembly election.
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"Chaiwala PM Doing This To His Community?": Assam Tea Body's Attack
The largest tea body of Assam on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who often refer to himself as a "chaiwala", for not being considerate towards the state's tea garden workers' plight and urged him to implement the promised minimum wage of Rs 350 before the new year starts.
