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At a mass funeral of civilians killed by security forces in Mon district, Nagaland, on December 6.

Between the law and the lawless: Civilian killings in Nagaland provoke outrage, calls to revoke AFSPA intensify

The indiscriminate killing of 13 people in Mon district of Nagaland by the Indian Army sparks popular anger in the State, strengthens the north-easter

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with Ajanta Neog, Finance Minister, before she tabled the State Budget for 2021-22, on July 16.

Assam moots polarising cattle and population policies

By implementing the two-child norm strictly and seeking to regulate beef consumption through a new Bill, the BJP government in Assam entrenches itself

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A woman from the Reang tribe receives a COVID-19 vacccine dose at Gobindabari village in Tripura on May 12.

COVID second wave: Health sector in the north-eastern States put to the test

As the north-eastern States struggle to cope with the alarming rise in cases in the second wave of COVID-19, critical gaps in public health infrastruc

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Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP leader and Assam Finance Minister, during an election rally at Golokganj in Dhubri district on April 2.

The communal narrative in the Assam Assembly election

The BJP’s obstinate stand on the CAA, the resentment of those excluded from the NRC list and the unity of the opposition threaten to undermine its eff

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function in Itanagar in February 2015. He keeps referring to the north-eastern States as “Asta Lakshmi” but avoids talking about his government’s scheme for the region’s industrialisation.

Funds crunch cripples industrialisation in North-eastern States

The Narendra Modi government’s industrialisation policy for the north-eastern States has proved to be a non-starter as it is highly centralised and fu

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There has been an alarming rise in the number of unemployed in Assam, with people forming long queues to register at employment exchanges. Here, graduates outside the employment exchange office in Rehabari, Guwahati, on August 28.

COVID-19 cases show no decline in Assam, political parties busy in electioneering

The number of cases in the State shows no signs of declining, and with political parties resuming electioneering activities and students getting ready

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Protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwahati on December 12.

Assam’s anger

The people of Assam and other north-eastern States are up in arms against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which they believe will undermine the Assam

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Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Nationwide NRC: Roll of contention

The government’s plans for a nationwide NRC and new citizenship laws lead to a fresh round of protests in Assam and other north-eastern States.

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On the way to check her family’s name in the final NRC list in Pabhokathi village of Assam’s Morigaon district, on August 31.

National Register of Citizens in Assam: Trauma of exclusion

Myriads of allegations of wrongful exclusion and inclusion mar the exercise of finalising the National Register of Citizens in Assam.

By Sushanta Talukdar in Guwahati

Residents protesting against the non-inclusion of their names on the final NRC list, at Gorbeter in Baska district of Assam on September 2.

Final NRC list: List of exclusion

Political parties and people reject the final National Register of Citizens list, describe the exercise as “faulty”, and allege that the updated regis

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The site of the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri project. A file picture.

Dams and danger

The Cabinet Committee’s clearance for the Dibang Multipurpose Project and the National Green Tribunal’s go-ahead for the Lower Subansiri project in Ar

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Activists of the Assam Jatiya Yuba Chatra Parishad celebrate after the Citizenship Amendment Bill lapsed, in Guwahati on February 13.

A tug of war

The BJP is determined to push the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, but regional outfits in the north-eastern States continue to put up a united front aga

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