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"Unwanted Controversy": Bhupen Hazarika's Brother Amid Bharat Ratna Row
When Assamese singer Bhupen Hazarika's name was announced for Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, his son had described it as a "victory for humanity, diversity and the country's secular character".
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BJP Loses Assam Ally. Asom Gana Parishad Exits Over Citizenship Bill
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a regional ally of the BJP, has exited the BJP-led coalition in Assam over the centre's stand on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, just a few months before the country votes for a new government.
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"It Can Erase Pakistan": Why BJP's Himanta Sarma Says Congress Against Rafale
As a debate on the controversial Rafale fight jet deal raged in the Lok Sabha where Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on various aspects of the agreement for over two hours and accused the Congress-led government of scrapping an earlier deal because it "didn't get the money", BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma added his two c...
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BJP Says Open To Tying Up With Congress Chief Minister In Mizoram
In the small hill state of Mizoram, where both the ruling Congress and main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) are trying hard to prove their 'anti-BJP' credentials, the BJP has hintedat alliancing with the leaders of these parties.
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Check Points Come Up In Meghalaya To Keep Assam "Rejects" At Bay
Fearing an influx of what they are terming as National Register of Citizens (NRC) rejects from Assam into Meghalaya, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) set up check points along the highway and border to keep "illegal migrants" away. Travellers from across the border are being stopped and asked about their citizenship status by KSU activists.
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Woman Accuses Assam Lawmaker Of Rape, Says Husband Helped Him
A woman in Assam's Hailakandi has accused an All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) lawmaker of raping her with the help of her husband. She alleged that she was raped twice in May by Nizam Choudhury -- once at Hailakandi circuit house, and the next time at her home.
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Villagers Thrash Couple In Assam Over "Affair", Woman's Head Shaved
Days after a mob in Assam thrashed two men to death, a couple was beaten up by villagers and the woman's head tonsured for having an affair in the state's Nagaon district, police said. Eight persons have been arrested so far and investigations are underway.
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Arrests, Crackdown On Social Media After 2 Men Beaten To Death In Assam
Three days after two men were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong by a mob which mistook them for child kidnappers, 19 people have been arrested. The police have also cracked down on those spreading rumours on social media and circulating fake news with inflammatory content that could spark off communal clashes in the state.
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Curfew In Shillong After A Night Of Clashes, 3 Arrested For Violence
A verbal duel between a woman, who was saved by a whisker when a bus zoomed past her, and the conductor of the state-run bus allegedly led to a series clashes in Meghalaya's capital Shillong last evening. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in parts of the city which looks calm at the moment.
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Assam's Former Top Cop Goes Back To School, This Time To Teach Mathematics
In Assam's Guwahati, a recently retired police officer has found a new assignment for himself. He has started teaching Mathematics at a school in Bharalumukh on the banks of river Brahmaputra.
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Trains Blocked For 2 Days, Curfew In Assam Town As Police Firing Kills Two
Over 2,000 passengers in Assam were stranded as trains headed for Silchar and Guwahati were stopped midway amid an indefinite curfew imposed in the Maibang area of Dima Hasao district after two people were killed in police firing on Thursday.
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Blank Edit Columns, Call For Strike Over Journalist's Killing In Tripura
After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...
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Agartala-Delhi Rajdhani Express Makes Debut Today, To Run Once A Week
Starting next month, travellers in the culturally charming Northeastern state of Tripura will be able to board their own Rajdhani Express to reach the national capital. This will the Northeast region's third Rajdhani. The express train will run between state capital Agartala and Delhi's Anand Vihar and is expected to cover 2,413 km in about 40 hour...
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Man In Wheelchair Says Was Called 'Pakistani' During National Anthem
A man in a wheelchair was called a Pakistani at a cinema hall in Guwahati for not standing up when the National Anthem was being played before the screening of a film. He has cerebral palsy and he uses the wheelchair for mobility.
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"Unwanted Controversy": Bhupen Hazarika's Brother Amid Bharat Ratna Row
When Assamese singer Bhupen Hazarika's name was announced for Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, his son had described it as a "victory for humanity, diversity and the country's secular character".
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BJP Loses Assam Ally. Asom Gana Parishad Exits Over Citizenship Bill
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a regional ally of the BJP, has exited the BJP-led coalition in Assam over the centre's stand on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, just a few months before the country votes for a new government.
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"It Can Erase Pakistan": Why BJP's Himanta Sarma Says Congress Against Rafale
As a debate on the controversial Rafale fight jet deal raged in the Lok Sabha where Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on various aspects of the agreement for over two hours and accused the Congress-led government of scrapping an earlier deal because it "didn't get the money", BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma added his two c...
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BJP Says Open To Tying Up With Congress Chief Minister In Mizoram
In the small hill state of Mizoram, where both the ruling Congress and main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) are trying hard to prove their 'anti-BJP' credentials, the BJP has hintedat alliancing with the leaders of these parties.
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Check Points Come Up In Meghalaya To Keep Assam "Rejects" At Bay
Fearing an influx of what they are terming as National Register of Citizens (NRC) rejects from Assam into Meghalaya, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) set up check points along the highway and border to keep "illegal migrants" away. Travellers from across the border are being stopped and asked about their citizenship status by KSU activists.
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Woman Accuses Assam Lawmaker Of Rape, Says Husband Helped Him
A woman in Assam's Hailakandi has accused an All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) lawmaker of raping her with the help of her husband. She alleged that she was raped twice in May by Nizam Choudhury -- once at Hailakandi circuit house, and the next time at her home.
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Villagers Thrash Couple In Assam Over "Affair", Woman's Head Shaved
Days after a mob in Assam thrashed two men to death, a couple was beaten up by villagers and the woman's head tonsured for having an affair in the state's Nagaon district, police said. Eight persons have been arrested so far and investigations are underway.
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Arrests, Crackdown On Social Media After 2 Men Beaten To Death In Assam
Three days after two men were beaten to death in Assam's Karbi Anglong by a mob which mistook them for child kidnappers, 19 people have been arrested. The police have also cracked down on those spreading rumours on social media and circulating fake news with inflammatory content that could spark off communal clashes in the state.
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Curfew In Shillong After A Night Of Clashes, 3 Arrested For Violence
A verbal duel between a woman, who was saved by a whisker when a bus zoomed past her, and the conductor of the state-run bus allegedly led to a series clashes in Meghalaya's capital Shillong last evening. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in parts of the city which looks calm at the moment.
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Assam's Former Top Cop Goes Back To School, This Time To Teach Mathematics
In Assam's Guwahati, a recently retired police officer has found a new assignment for himself. He has started teaching Mathematics at a school in Bharalumukh on the banks of river Brahmaputra.
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Trains Blocked For 2 Days, Curfew In Assam Town As Police Firing Kills Two
Over 2,000 passengers in Assam were stranded as trains headed for Silchar and Guwahati were stopped midway amid an indefinite curfew imposed in the Maibang area of Dima Hasao district after two people were killed in police firing on Thursday.
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Blank Edit Columns, Call For Strike Over Journalist's Killing In Tripura
After a senior journalist was shot dead allegedly by a paramilitary force personnel on Tuesday, the newspapers in Tripura's capital Agartala today ran blank edit columns in protest. The BJP and Congress have also called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown accusing the ruling CPI(M) government of failing to protect mediapersons as two journalists have bee...
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Agartala-Delhi Rajdhani Express Makes Debut Today, To Run Once A Week
Starting next month, travellers in the culturally charming Northeastern state of Tripura will be able to board their own Rajdhani Express to reach the national capital. This will the Northeast region's third Rajdhani. The express train will run between state capital Agartala and Delhi's Anand Vihar and is expected to cover 2,413 km in about 40 hour...
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Man In Wheelchair Says Was Called 'Pakistani' During National Anthem
A man in a wheelchair was called a Pakistani at a cinema hall in Guwahati for not standing up when the National Anthem was being played before the screening of a film. He has cerebral palsy and he uses the wheelchair for mobility.
