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Topic: Assam BJP

BJP leadership told Assam unit to kill Himanta shooting video. Fired co-convenor hails Right Wing support

The AI-generated video showed Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma shooting at a photograph of two people in skull caps, one of them being state Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi.

‘Sabka Saath’ or ‘Paaijaan’? Assam BJP’s anti-Muslim video contradicts PM Modi’s message

When the talk is about illegal immigrants in Assam, why does the imagination of the BJP immediately stop at Muslims? Even the NRC data tells a different story.

Beef, borders & bigotry—BJP Assam’s ‘infiltrator’ politics is back, now in AI wrapping

Assam BJP election ad campaign 'Assam without BJP' shows Muslims overcrowding the Guwahati airport & stadium, among other places. Assembly polls are due in 2026.

Two more Assam Congress MLAs extend support to Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP govt

With the support of these two MLAs, the total number of Congress MLAs who have extended their support to the government has reached four.

Assam decides to map indigenous Muslims days after CM says, ‘don’t need Miya votes’

Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday the BJP did not need ‘Miya (Muslim)’ votes for the next 10 years unless they 'reformed themselves by abandoning practices such as child marriage'.

Set house in order, BJP high command tells Himanta as Assam leaders question his style of functioning

Assam BJP leader says 'problem is concentration of power in one hand'. Central leadership has directed CM, other senior BJP members to hear out aggrieved leaders, it is learnt.

Assam BJP under shadow of a ‘suicide & a scam’, Himanta faces Oppn heat & calls for ‘introspection’

The 'cash-for-jobs' scam allegedly involving BJP members was unearthed during probe into kisan morcha general secretary's death. Assam minister says it has 'dented party's image'.

‘Power with one’ — BJP’s Rajen Gohain hits out at CM Sarma, accuses him of ‘understanding’ with AIUDF

Rajen Gohain resigned as chairman of Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Friday, in protest over delimitation of Nagaon Lok Sabha seat.

‘Voice of Assam’ — Amit Shah launches ‘first govt newsletter in any state’ on policy, development

The 16-page newsletter will be available in Assamese, English, Hindi & Bengali & will have a targeted reach of 1 crore readers in the first phase.

BJP & allies win landslide in Guwahati civic polls, AAP gets 1 seat, zero for Congress

BJP & Asom Gana Parishad won 58 out of 60 wards in municipal polls held Friday after 9-year gap. Lurinjyoti Gogoi-led Assam Jatiya Parishad got 1 seat.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.