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Narasimha Rao transformed India’s growth trajectory: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, June 28, credited former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao with the economic reforms that transformed India’s growth trajectory. “Tributes to former prime…
- India
62 quacks held in Assam since last year: Himanta
Guwahati: More than 60 fake doctors or quacks have been arrested in Assam since last year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday, June 26. He asserted the state government’s mission…
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UCC to be implemented in Bengal by following procedures: Suvendu
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 26, said his government would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state by following due legal procedures, similar to the…
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Vendors harassed, evicted over religion at Kamakhya Mela
Muslim vendors who had set up stalls along the Kamakhya Temple route during the Ambubachi Mela in Assam were verbally abused, harassed, and forced to shut shop by Hindu extremists. Videos recorded…
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Assam denies Aadhaar to those over 18 to stop illegal immigrants
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday, June 13, said his cabinet has decided that Aadhaar cards would not be issued to those aged over 18 years to ensure illegal…
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IAF aircraft bursts into flames at air base in Assam, five killed
Guwahati: At least five IAF personnel were killed after an AN-32 transport aircraft met with an accident while landing at the Jorhat airbase in Assam and burst into flames on Saturday, June…
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Assam: Student detained for bringing beef in tiffin, mother held
Goalpara: A Muslim minor who allegedly brought beef in his lunch box was detained, and his mother was arrested on charges of acts intended to outrage religious beliefs in Assam’s Goalpara district.…
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New yellow-throated marten found in Assam’s Kaziranga
Guwahati: A new species of marten has been found in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the government said on Tuesday, June 2. In a social media post, the Chief Minister’s Office said…
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India’s vultures are coming back, one tiger reserve at a time
Mumbai: Two decades after toxic veterinary drugs cleared India’s skies of its ultimate scavengers, vultures are making a comeback with more than 700 birds bred in captivity and phased wild-release programmes turning…
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61 hate crimes in April: A month of bulldozers, boycotts and deleted voters
Hyderabad: Siasat.com recorded 61 hate crimes across India in April – 49 targeting Muslims, 10 against Dalits and two against Christians. The numbers are consistent with the steady religious and caste-motivated violence that has…
- India
Video: Mysuru woman calls Assam migrant workers ‘illegal Bangladeshis’
Mysuru: A video from Mysuru, Karnataka, has surfaced on social media platforms where a woman is allegedly branding migrant workers from Assam as ‘illegal Bangladeshis,’ much to their anger. The woman, identified…
- India
Delhi court seeks Assam CM’s response on plea claiming anti-Muslim hate speech
New Delhi: A Delhi court sought responses from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Delhi Police over activist Harsh Mander’s revision petition that sought a first information report (FIR) against…
- India
Assam becomes first northeastern state, 3rd in country, to pass Uniform Civil Code
Assam: The Assam Assembly, on Wednesday, May 27, passed the contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC), making it the first northeastern state and the third Indian state, after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to implement…
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Let there be clarity: When a Muslim member backed cow slaughter ban in 1948
New Delhi: Amid calls from sections of the Muslim community that cow should be declared a national animal, a look at the Constituent Assembly debates shows that two Muslim members had sought…
- India
Congress first sought UCC, it represents only one community now: Assam CM
Guwahati: Claiming that the Congress was the first to advocate a Uniform Civil Code way back in 1925, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday, May 27, alleged that the opposition…
