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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Assam's Sivasagar district to distribute land documents to indigenous locals under a special scheme of the State, on January 23.

Only Rs.1 crore allocated in 2019-20 under North East Industrial Development Scheme, reveals report

The Modi Government allocated only Rs.1 crore for the year 2019-20 under the North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS), 2017, states the 227th

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Lurinjyoti Gogoi (right), president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) in Guwahati. (file photo)

Congress, Left and other opposition parties in Assam form anti-BJP grand alliance for Assembly election

Six opposition parties of Assam on Tuesday formed a ‘Mahajotbandhan’ (grand alliance) to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in the

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Youth Congress activists protest against the Assam Police recruitment scam, in Guwahati on October 3.

Cash-for-jobs scam in Assam Police

The unearthing of a cash-for-jobs scam in police appointments in Assam involving a BJP leader and department officials exposes the ground reality of r

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Graduates waiting to get registered at the employment exchange in Guwahati on August 28.

Assam: Caution to the wind

Political rallies and official functions, along with large gatherings at UIDAI centres for government assistance, are hampering the State’s progress i

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R.N. Ravi, the Government of India’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks and now also Nagaland’s Governor, arriving in Dimapur, Nagaland, for talks with the Naga National Political Groups on October 23, 2017.

Naga peace talks at a dead end?

A single final accord between the government and all the Naga factions is nowhere in sight as the stakeholders disagree on interpretations of the cont

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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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People whose names were left out in the draft NRC queing up to collect forms to file appeals, in Mayong, on August 10, 2018.

Assam: Defining issue

The recommendation of the high-level committee on the Assam Accord on the definition of “Assamese people” has caught the BJP governments at the Centre

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The singer Zubeen Garg (in hat) with All Assam Students’ Union chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya (on his right), AASU president Dipankar Kumar Nath, and other artistes from different parts of Assam play traditional musical instruments during a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Guwahati on January 9.

CAA protests: Winds of change in Assam

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act has triggered a resurgence of regionalism in Assam and fuelled speculation about a new party that may be formed to tak

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Members of 30 indigenous organisations protesting against the CAA in Dibrugarh district of Assam on December 24 at a rally organised by the All Assam Students Union.

CAA: The north-eastern quagmire

The CAA has added to the complexities of settling the question of who is an “illegal migrant” in the north-eastern region. Defining who is indigenous

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Hiren Gohain: CAB serves the agenda of Hindu Rashtra

Interview with the noted public intellectual Hiren Gohain.

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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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Demonstrators burn tyres during a strike called by the All Assam Students Union and the North East Students Organisation in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, in Guwahati on December 10.

Fiery reaction in Assam

The anti-CAB protest turns into a mass resistance, reviving the anti-foreigner agitation in Assam.

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