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Manipur government says no holiday on Easter
The Manipur government has declared the Easter holiday as a working day, causing an outrage in the region.
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7 lakh Muslims among 19 lakh left out of NRC in Assam, says CM Himanta Sarma
On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that seven lakh Muslims are among the 19 lakh persons left out of the National Register of Citizens for the state.
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Lok Sabha polls: Outer Manipur will vote on two days
As the Election Commission has announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, voters were perplexed...
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Call for mass protests in Assam as Union government notifies rules of CAA
With the Union government’s notification of the rules for the implementation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Monday, Opposition parties and regional outfits in Assam gave a call for mass protests.
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Mizoram, Nagaland assemblies pass resolution against Union’s move to fence India-Myanmar border
The Nagaland Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the Union government to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and suspend the free movement regime with the neighbouring country. On Wednesday, the Mizoram Assembly had also adopted a similar resolution.
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Manipur: Rahul Gandhi seeks disqualification of 12 BJP MLAs in 2018 ‘office of profit’ case
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the disqualification of 12 BJP legislators from Manipur in the 2018 'office of profit' case.
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Inadequate legal aid for NRC excluded persons, NGO moves Guwahati HC
Teesta Setalvad's Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a petition before Guwahati High Court seeking effective legal aid for 1.9 million excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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Assam: Congress says it will not field candidate from where Akhil Gogoi contest
The Assam Congress-led grand alliance is mulling to not field candidate in the constituency from where newly formed party Raijor Dal's president and arrested activist Akhil Gogoi will contest in the upcoming state polls, an Assam local media reported.
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BJP deceiving people of Assam: Congress
Reacting to Home Minister Amit Shah’s "flood free Assam" remarks, senior Assam Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi accused the BJP government in the state of "deceiving the people" of Assam.
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Manipuri Journalists on indefinite strike after grenade attack
Journalists in Manipur went on an indefinite strike on Sunday, after a hand-grenade attack on the office of a vernacular newspaper. Poknapham is the largest circulated vernacular newspaper in...
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No CAA in Assam if Congress comes to power: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA if voted to power in the state.
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Anti CAA protests: SC rejects bail petition of Akhil Gogoi
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of peasant rights activist and Raijor Dal President Akhil Gogoi in the case related protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act lodged by the NIA under draconian UAPA.
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Assam’s two anti-CAA parties to contest state polls together
Both AJP and RD, the regional parties formed last year, are the offshoots of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests that rocked the state in December 2019.
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Assam polls: Congress forms Grand Alliance with AIUDF, left parties, Anchalik Gana Morcha
The Congress will join hands with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) and the Anchalik Gana Morcha in forthcoming Assam assembly polls.
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There is a BJP propaganda against Ajmal in Assam, says Hiren Gohain
Only a few months before Assembly elections in Assam, Chief advisor of Akhil Gogoi led new party Raijor Dal, Dr. Hiren Gohain told reporters that joining hands with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal will bring no harm to the party.
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Trpura: Govt targeting opposition parties, says Manik Sarkar
A group of CPI(M) legislators in Tripura led by former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Monday met Governor Ramesh Bais and raised the issue of constant attacks on leaders and workers of the opposition parties in the state.
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Akhil Gogoi named president of Raijor Dal, to lead party from Guwahati Jail
Raijor Dal, an Assam political party formed by about 70 organisations three months ago, has named jailed peasants rights activist Akhil Gogoi as its first president.
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