Topic: Assam
Assam minister extends curfew in Hailakandi district as communal tension simmers
One person was killed and 14 others injured after clashes broke out between two communities over Friday's prayers outside a mosque in Hailakandi town.
Supreme Court says won’t extend 31 July deadline to finalise NRC in Assam
The Supreme Court has given a 'free hand' to Assam NRC coordinator dealing with claims & objections.
Sadhvi Pragya’s Hemant Karkare remark lays bare BJP’s hypocrisy over men killed in action
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Was kept in lock-up through the night, says Assam Muslim man attacked by mob over ‘beef’
Assam police claim Shaukat Ali was not kept in a lock-up, and was merely detained at the station for ‘security reasons’.
Held as ‘foreigners’, languishing in jail, Assam’s nowhere people cling to Indian identity
The hope for the detainees lodged in Assam's detention centres is they will one day be declared Indian.
Assam Muslim beaten for selling ‘beef’ has one regret — he won’t be able to vote
The mob had questioned Shaukat Ali's nationality and asked him if his name appears in the NRC. It does.
Who is a citizen? The question that’s driving votes in Assam’s Barak Valley this election
The Citizenship Amendment Bill has exposed hitherto-unseen faultlines in Assam — a Hindu-vs-Muslim divide on the immigrant issue.
Modi raises Balakot again, and again bares his utter contempt for poll code
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What makes PM Modi a hit among Assam’s women — Ujjwala, toilets & ‘tough decisions’
Most women in Assam express their desire to see Modi re-elected. The faultlines, however, run deep among women from the minority communities.
Congress can’t lead India or Assam – message from voters in party stronghold Kaliabor
Kaliabor in Assam serves as a microcosm of what voters even in Congress strongholds think of party’s larger political prospects.
Modi fans won’t believe this, but his decisions hurt India’s global standing
The BJP’s lurch toward hardline Hindu nationalism over the past two years carries costs for India.
With Lok Sabha elections over, how can India and Pakistan now repair fractured ties?
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering appointing a national security adviser to revive backchannel diplomatic talks with India.
Defence
RAW & IB chiefs, cabinet & defence secretaries — the key appointments awaiting new govt
The new govt will also appoint the IAF chief after incumbent Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa retires in September.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.