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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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Protests Erupt in Assam After 6 Communities Not Considered For Scheduled Tribe Status
Members belonging to six ethnic communities staged protests across Assam as none of them was notified as Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the latest proposal by the Union Cabinet.
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3,000 Assam Villagers On Protest For Over A Month, District Office Mobbed
For more than a month now, nearly all residents of two Upper Assam villages - Laika and Dodhia - comprising around 3,000 people have been camping in the state's Tinsukia town, next to the deputy collector's office.
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Locals Block Road To Assam's Oil Well Blowout Site Over Compensation Delay
Locals in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district today blocked the road leading to the gas well of Oil India Limited which had suffered a blowout on May 27 and subsequently caught fire on June 9.
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Blockades Lifted, Operations Resume At Gas Wells In Assam's Baghjan
Oil India Limited on Sunday said most of its wells in Assam's Baghjan, which were shut due to protests by locals over a fire at a gas well after a days-long blowout, have resumed operations following a meeting with a representative body of residents mediated by the Tinsukia district administration.
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Internet Ban Extended In Parts Of Assam, Hit By Citizenship Bill Protests
The Guwahati police chief was removed on Thursday, even as thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a curfew imposed on the city after the parliament cleared the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill the previous night. The suspension of Internet services in 10 districts of Assam has been extended for another 48 hours from noon...
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Assam BJP Leader Beaten, Pulled By Hair Amid Citizenship Bill Protest
Amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district, BJP's district president Lakheswar Moran was thrashed on Wednesday by some protesters.
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Shutdown Against Tinsukia Killings Evokes Mixed Response In Assam
A day-long shutdown called to protest the killing of five people by a terrorist group two days ago evoked a mixed response in Assam today. It was successful in the Barak Valley region, parts of lower Assam and certain pockets of the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
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12-Hour Bandh Affects Normal Life In Assam
Protestors squatted on railway tracks, pelted stones at vehicles and burnt tyres on roads in some districts in Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh Saturday called to protest the gunning down of five men in Tinsukia district.
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Mamata Banerjee Changes Picture To Black As Protest Against Assam Killing
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned her social media display picture (DP) black today as a mark of protest against brutal killings in Assam's Tinsukia district with her party Trinamool Congress urging others to do the same.
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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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Protests Erupt in Assam After 6 Communities Not Considered For Scheduled Tribe Status
Members belonging to six ethnic communities staged protests across Assam as none of them was notified as Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the latest proposal by the Union Cabinet.
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3,000 Assam Villagers On Protest For Over A Month, District Office Mobbed
For more than a month now, nearly all residents of two Upper Assam villages - Laika and Dodhia - comprising around 3,000 people have been camping in the state's Tinsukia town, next to the deputy collector's office.
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Locals Block Road To Assam's Oil Well Blowout Site Over Compensation Delay
Locals in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district today blocked the road leading to the gas well of Oil India Limited which had suffered a blowout on May 27 and subsequently caught fire on June 9.
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Blockades Lifted, Operations Resume At Gas Wells In Assam's Baghjan
Oil India Limited on Sunday said most of its wells in Assam's Baghjan, which were shut due to protests by locals over a fire at a gas well after a days-long blowout, have resumed operations following a meeting with a representative body of residents mediated by the Tinsukia district administration.
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Internet Ban Extended In Parts Of Assam, Hit By Citizenship Bill Protests
The Guwahati police chief was removed on Thursday, even as thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a curfew imposed on the city after the parliament cleared the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill the previous night. The suspension of Internet services in 10 districts of Assam has been extended for another 48 hours from noon...
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Assam BJP Leader Beaten, Pulled By Hair Amid Citizenship Bill Protest
Amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district, BJP's district president Lakheswar Moran was thrashed on Wednesday by some protesters.
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Shutdown Against Tinsukia Killings Evokes Mixed Response In Assam
A day-long shutdown called to protest the killing of five people by a terrorist group two days ago evoked a mixed response in Assam today. It was successful in the Barak Valley region, parts of lower Assam and certain pockets of the Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
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12-Hour Bandh Affects Normal Life In Assam
Protestors squatted on railway tracks, pelted stones at vehicles and burnt tyres on roads in some districts in Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh Saturday called to protest the gunning down of five men in Tinsukia district.
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Mamata Banerjee Changes Picture To Black As Protest Against Assam Killing
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned her social media display picture (DP) black today as a mark of protest against brutal killings in Assam's Tinsukia district with her party Trinamool Congress urging others to do the same.
