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Topic: Assam

BPF sweeps Bodoland Territorial Council polls in Assam in setback for BJP

1st time since 2016 that BJP’s tally has dipped. Contesting solo, BJP aimed to be single largest party or kingmaker, keeping post-poll alliance options open with both UPPL and BPF. 

Assam Congress makes explosive claim about Zubeen Garg’s death in letter to President Murmu

State unit has urged that CBI assist Assam’s CID in investigating death of popular singer and cultural icon. Garg died in Singapore while on yacht trip, death certificate said 'drowning'.

‘Ready to hand over case to CBI’—Assam CM on Zubeen Garg’s death probe

While addressing the formulation of an special team, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the case would be transferred to CBI if the SIT 'fails to investigate properly'.

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Assamese social media on a hunt for culprits. ‘Exploited Zubeen da for years and killed him’

A Naga student’s derogatory comments against the singer led to people storming the university, demanding action against him. He was later suspended.

Heavy rains lash Assam, authorities issue landslide warning

Assam disaster management authority has urged all residents in Guwahati city to take necessary precautions following excessive waterlogging due to heavy rainfall.

Hindutva groups storm Constitution Club, disrupt discussion on eviction drives in Assam

Civil society activists Harsh Mander, Prashant Bhushan & Syeda Hameed, among others, were part of discussion on eviction drives carried out by Assam govt over past two months.

Congress must make ‘sacrifices’ in Assam for Oppn unity in 2026, else will lose seats—TMC’s Sushmita Dev

West Bengal & Assam elections almost happen simultaneously, so what will happen in Assam will depend on Mamata Banerjee & what transpires in Bengal, Rajya Sabha MP Dev tells ThePrint.

There’s no statue to Begum Mofida Ahmed in Jorhat. She was 1st Assamese Muslim woman MP

In 'Missing from the House', Rasheed Kidwai and Ambar Kumar Ghosh tell the stories of the 18 Indian Muslim women who have made it to the Lok Sabha since 1952.

Rongatapu 1982 shows migrant violence in Assam. Director says it’s not political

The film's director Adityam Saikia did not read history textbooks or form a research team but relied on accounts of people who had witnessed or experienced violence from immigrants from Nagaon and Jamugurihaat.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.