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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Assam

Guess what Assam’s voters believe should not be an election issue? Balakot air strikes

As ThePrint travelled from Tezpur to Golaghat and Jorhat, it found national security is not an overt poll issue but voters were not indifferent to it.

HC penalises Assam govt, Gold’s Gym for discriminating against person with cerebral palsy

HC said responses of Assam govt and Gold's Gym were “pathetic”. It has asked them to pay Rs 50,000 each to an NGO working for people with disabilities.

Brand Modi & govt schemes could override citizenship bill anger on BJP turf in Assam

In Nagaon, a seat BJP has won since 1999, locals are against the Citizenship Bill but say the party has done a lot for them.

NRC and Citizenship Bill are lollipops BJP is using to fool people of Assam: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said it was only the Trinamool Congress that stood beside the people whose names were left out of the NRC, irrespective of their religion.

PM Modi assures commitment to Assam Accord and fighting infiltration at state rallies 

In both his rallies held in Assam, PM Modi criticised Congress for its work in the state and praised his party BJP for protecting the people of Assam, its culture and interests. 

This is why Amit Shah had an unusual explanation for Himanta Sarma not contesting polls

In a statement, BJP chief Amit Shah said party had chosen not to make Himanta Biswa Sarma contest the polls given his responsibilities in not just Assam but the entire northeast.

Maneka Gandhi tells Army to act against elephant deaths in Assam, remove ‘dreadful spikes’

Maneka Gandhi has taken a strong exception to Indian Army's installation of spikes around the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati.

AGP’s decision to re-unite with BJP taken without my knowledge, says Prafulla Mahanta

Former AGP chief Prafulla Mahanta says he's against alliance move, believes AGP shouldn't have gone back to BJP after snapping ties over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

BJP-AGP allies again: Poll opportunism or was Citizenship Bill clash just political optics?

The Asom Gana Parishad has formed a pre-poll alliance with the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Experts weigh in.

India’s longest bridge set to come up between Assam & Meghalaya, impact millions of lives

The 19.8-km-long bridge will be built over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya, bringing socio-economic relief to the region.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.