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ThePrint photos of the week: Carney in India, Kaziranga’s ‘Van Durgas’ & Bengaluru’s badminton boom

New Delhi: From constables on night patrol in Kaziranga and the park’s decades-long recovery in rhino population, to PM Modi's meetings with Canadian Prime...

Borah vs Gogoi cracks open Assam Congress. What letter to high command tells about warring factions

On Tuesday evening, Sarma is expected to meet Borah, who now claims not to be associated with any party, after which Borah is likely to announce his political future.

Himanta Sarma gun image is now considered acceptable aggression among some Indians

AI amplifies our existing prejudices. It feeds us content that confirms what we already believe. It sharpens anger, rewards extremity, and sidelines nuance.

SC allows Assam govt to clear ‘encroachments’ on forest cover for ecological balance—with ‘due process’

Himanta govt said about 20% of state's forest area has been encroached upon. SC stressed importance of constitutional safeguards, saying exercise must be carried out through lawful means.

EC releases final Assam voters’ list after revision, 2.43 lakh names deleted from draft roll

There are a total of 2,49,58,139 voters in the final voter list published Tuesday, a 0.97 percent decrease as compared to the draft list released in December.

Assam BJP’s deleted video showing Himanta ‘firing’ at Muslims draws Congress’s ire—’call to genocide’

Through his shrill rhetoric since joining the BJP from the Congress in 2015, Assam CM has painted Bangladeshi infiltration as an existential threat to the Northeast state.

Centre’s industry & investment promises for Northeast see muted push in Union Budget

2 years after UNNATI was unveiled to accelerate industry & jobs in the region, Budget offers limited funding, with only incremental support through tourism & agarwood farming.

RPI (A) link, sports director—the many faces of Assam woman held in Delhi for posing as diplomat

Ashma Begum, it is learnt, was primarily engaged in liaison work and had prima facie no association with any embassy or diplomatic mission.

How Jyoti Prasad Agarwala helped Assamese consciousness gain currency—plays, poetry, protest

As we celebrate Silpi Divas on 17 January, in honour of his passing, let us remember Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, a staunch advocate for Assamese language and cultural identity.

Bestselling Assam author & story of female ULFA cadres. ‘Midnight police knocks stopped’

Aashrawika Borah, 27, travelled from Nagaland to Myanmar to write her hit novel Nayantora'r Prithibi. ‘Police interrogated me for an hour.’

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Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.