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Topic: Bodoland

Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Council elections to be held on 7, 10 December

Counting of votes will take place on 12 December, while repolling, if any, will be held on 8 and 11 December, the State Election Commission said.

As Assam grants Bodo language official status, here’s all you need to know on Bodoland struggle

The Bodo tribe has for over 3 decades been fighting for separate state but its rebel groups have abandoned an armed struggle with the signing of the Third Bodo Accord in January.

No date yet, but Bodo council poll campaign heats up with rallies despite Covid restrictions

Election to 40-seat Bodoland Territorial Council was deferred in March this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. A new election date is yet to be announced.

Army will pull forces out of internal security duties in Northeast: Gen MM Naravane

Working on a plan for the next 18-24 months on how to draw down regular forces from security duties in Northeast, Army Chief General M.M. Naravane says.

Non-Bodo organisations hold 12-hour bandh in Assam to protest signing of peace accord

Police said no major incidence of violence was reported apart from burning of tyres in some areas in Kokrajhar district. Vehicles remained off the roads and all shops were shut.

Modi government signs Bodo peace accord with Assam’s NDFB, ABSU

The tripartite agreement was signed by Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and top leadership of four factions of the NDFB and ABSU in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah.

Bodoland students protest against repeating NRC in Assam, say exercise targets minorities

The Bodoland minority students' union have accused the BJP govt in both Assam and the Centre of turning the NRC exercise into a 'political sport'.

Government extends ban on Bodo insurgent group NDFB by five years

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the Assam based Bodo insurgent group has been 'undermining the authority of the government'

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.