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TopicHitesh Dev Sarma

Topic: Hitesh Dev Sarma

‘NRC scam?’ Facebook post sets off war of words between 2 ex-coordinators of Assam exercise

Hitesh Sarma claims an All Assam Students' Union leader collected Rs 16L/month from predecessor Prateek Hajela. Latter says these are irresponsible remarks based on 'bazaar ki khabar'.

FIR filed against former NRC official after data disappears from website

The complaint against a former contractual NRC officer was filed as she 'did not provide the password to document, despite written reminders'.

Assam NRC data disappears from website, Home Ministry says data safe

The Home Ministry said a technical glitch affected the list's visibility on the cloud and that the issue would be resolved soon.

Supreme Court seeks Assam govt explanation on allegations against NRC coordinator

The Supreme Court was hearing a petition seeking the removal of Assam NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma for allegedly making communal remarks.

New Assam NRC coordinator yet to take office amid row over ‘biased Facebook posts’

Hitesh Dev Sarma was appointed NRC coordinator after the Supreme Court removed IAS officer Prateek Hajela from the post. 

Can’t accept foreigners even if they speak Assamese — new NRC coordinator said on Facebook

Hitesh Raj Sarma, a 1989-batch Assam Civil Service officer, has replaced Prateek Hajela, who was released from duty on 18 October by the Supreme Court.

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Countdown to 2027 has begun. India must pick strategic alliance with US, balance with old friendships

India must dedicate its efforts to solidify Quad as a serious security alliance and signal to the world that it values its values-based relationship with US above transactional ties.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.