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National Disaster Response Force personnel participate in a rescue operation at the site of an oil well that exploded at Baghjan, Tinsukia district, Assam, on June 10, 2020.

A gas well explosion that is now an ecological nightmare

An inquiry report lists the massive damage to ecology and wildlife caused by the five-month-long blowout and explosion at OIL’s gas well at Baghjan in

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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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A quarantine centre gets ready in Guwahati on April 19.

Assam: Rapid rise in COVID-19 cases

An exponential growth in the number of new infections in all the districts prompts the government to double up pandemic management measures even as a

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Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visits the Gauhati Medical College Hospital to take stock of the arrangements for COVID-19 patients, in Guwahati on May 4. He appears to be a strong contender for the chief ministership.

Victory for divisive politics in Assam

The BJP succeeds in projecting the Congress-led alliance as protectors of Bangladeshi infiltrators and polarising voters on religious lines.

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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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It is BJP’s failures vs Congress’ guarantees in Assam

As the gap between the BJP’s electoral promises and the ground realities is stark, the ruling party falls back on its familiar tactic of communal pola

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Threats to the Deepor Beel

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

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Wild Asiatic elephants frolicking and foraging in Deepor Beel on the outskirts of Guwahati.

Deepor Beel, the riverine wetland in lower Brahmaputra valley, on the brink

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

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Home Minister Amit Shah, flanked by Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, at a rally at Kendukuchi in Nalbari district on January 24.

Revolt in Assam BJP and allies over seat-sharing deal

Election to the 126-member Assam Assembly, scheduled to be held in three phases, sees the BJP, AGP and UPPL forge an electoral alliance. But the Congr

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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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Ducks and other waterbirds in the sanctuary.

Fifty-eight species and 24,000 individuals recorded in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam in the annual waterbird census

In the annual waterbird census conducted at Pobitora Wildlife sanctuary in central Assam’s Morigaon district, 58 species with more than 24,000 individ

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Senior residents of Pothorughat at the “Martyrs Column” built to commemorate the peasants killed in the 19th century uprising.

The gallantry of the peasants of Pothorughat

The killing of 140 unarmed peasants protesting against the increase in land tax by the British at Pothorughat in Assam in 1894, 25 years before the Ja

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