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BJP leader seen slapping Tripura polling official in viral video, arrested
A Tripura BJP leader was arrested on 29 April assaulting a presiding officer at a polling station on Friday during phase 2 polls for Tripura East constituency.
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Manipur: Man killed in gun fight, 3 injured
One person was killed and three were injured in cross-firing at the border area between Meitei-dominated Imphal West district and Kuki-Zo-dominated Kangpokpi, in the early hours of Sunday.
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“We seek a govt that does not discriminate based on religion,” say voters of Nagaon in Assam
"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.
Elections 2024
In post-delimitation Assam, why division of Muslim votes can diminish their electoral prospects
“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.
India
Arunachal Pradesh: Landslide cuts off Dibang valley near China border
Heavy landslides hit Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley on Wednesday, due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, authorities said.
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India mourn death of Army personnel in Sikkim road mishap
Sixteen soldiers of the Indian Army lost their lives in a road accident in the northern part of Sikkim on Friday.
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Largest eviction drive began in 4 Assam villages, 1000 families ‘to be cleared’
The Assam government on Monday started an eviction drive to clear settlements from nearly 1,000 bigha of land (1.35 sqkm) around Batadraba Than.
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CPI(M) worker killed in BJP violence in Tripura, 12 including left MLA seriously injured
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Tripura said that one of its activists was killed and 12 others, including former finance minister Bhanu Lal Saha, were injured in an attack by supporters of the ruling BJP in Sepahijala district on Wednesday.
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Police arrest Hindu youth pretended to be Muslim, justified Shraddha Walkar murder
The Uttar Pradesh police Thursday arrested a man named Vikas Kumar who pretended to be a Muslim and supported Aaftab Amin Poolawala, who brutally murdered his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar (27) and chopped her body into several pieces.
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Assam-Meghalaya border violence: Former CM terms incident as ‘genocide’
Hours after Six people including five Meghalaya villagers were killed and several others injured in Assam Police’s open firing on the Assam-Meghalaya boundary early on November 22, senior Trinamool Congress leader and former Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma terms the incident as “genocide.”
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Six dead as Assam Police open fire at Meghalaya villagers, CM Sangma says ”inhuman act”
Six persons died on Tuesday in Mukroh village of Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills district after the Assam Police opened fire at them. Five of those killed are residents of Meghalaya, while one is an official of the Assam Forest Guard.
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“Will you dig up my courtroom in the name of the probe?”: Gauhati HC on demolishing Muslim houses
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday slammed the police for demolishing the homes of the five Muslim men accused of setting fire to the Batadrava Police Station in Assam Nagaon’s district.
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Mizoram: Eight migrant workers dead after stone quarry collapses
Eight migrant workers died and at least four are feared to be trapped after a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Hnahthial district on Monday.
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Mizoram: 12 migrant laborers fear trapped after stone quarry collapses
At least 12 migrant laborers are feared trapped after a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Hnahthial district on Monday.
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UAPA: Police arrests Campus Front leader, claims found posters against CAA, RSS, BJP
Muslim youth from Assam who was associated with the Campus Front of India, student wing of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) was arrested in Bengaluru.
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Assam: Three activists associated with Miya museum detained in UAPA case
Three persons, including the president and general secretary of the Assam Miya Parishad, have been detained for their alleged association with terror outfits, PTI reported on Wednesday quoting Assam...
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Miya museum sealed in Assam within days of inauguration, CM says police will probe funding
Assam's Golpara district administration on Tuesday sealed the newly inaugurated Miya museum after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the police will probe the source of funding.
The private...
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