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Assam's CM misplaced criticism of armyHindustan TimesIs the criticism by Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi of the army's alleged "slow pattern of deployment" to curb the recent ethnic violence in the state justified? One thing must be considered by politicians of all hues before levelling charges against ...and more »
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RediffMinority panel report on Assam violence inflammatory: Rights bodiesHindustan TimesRights bodies in New Delhi and northeast have panned the report of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on communal violence in Assam as inflammatory. They also accused NCM of conveniently ignoring the fact that the clashes were between two ...How minorities commission goofed up in AssamRediffall 2 news articles »
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...the votes it had amassed in Assam in the 1990s on the illegal immigration plank. “Gogoi successfully rallied the caste Hindu Assamese behind the Congress. With them came the other Hindu groups in due course,” a BJP source said. “The Muslims too stayed with...
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BBC NewsAssam ethnic violence spurs mass exodus, throttles refugee campsWashington PostAssam ethnic violence spurs mass exodus, throttles refugee camps. Nearly 80 people have been killed and 400000 displaced in fighting between Muslims and India's Hindu Bodo tribespeople in Assam, a northeastern state of India, in recent weeks.Clashes expose communal divide as elections loomReutersWalk the TalkEconomic Times (blog)Blaming Pakistan Is the Easy Way OutWall Street Journal (India) (blog)Chicago Tribune -BBC News -Daily Mailall 840 news articles »
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...cabinet minister of Assam state government sent letter of resignation to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, sources said. Reports say the Education and Health Minister of Assam state government, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma...
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Assam violence: Congress fears being caught in communal divideTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The soaring tempers among Muslims over Assam violence have set off alarm bells in Congress, fearful that it can be caught between the aggressive minority voice protesting victimization and a retaliatory Hindu polarization. The pictures from ...and more »
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The HinduAssam violence fallout: Exodus of North Easterners from Bangalore, Chennai ...Economic TimesIn this photo taken late Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, men from India's northeastern states prepare to board a regular service train as they wait to leave for home at a railway station in Ahmadabad, India. Thousands of Indians from the northeast are leaving ...Officials blame situation in Assam for flightThe HinduNortheast issue: Exodus subsides in ChennaiBusiness StandardExodus of NE people from from K'taka, TN, Maha abatesZee NewsPress Trust of Indiaall 101 news articles »
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IBNLive.comAll Assam Minorities Students' Union seeks CM's resignationTimes of IndiaGUWAHATI: The All Assam Minorities Students' Union (Aamsu) criticized chief minister Tarun Gogoi's recent statement that the situation in the state is limping back to normal after the Bodo-Muslim ethnic violence in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC ...State-led peace deals led to Assam violenceIBNLive.comThe danger is we will be left with just memories of a green AssamDaily News & AnalysisMihir S Sharma: Twisting AssamBusiness StandardDeccan Herald -Tehelkaall 61 news articles »
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JAIPUR: The ripples created by Assam violence were also felt in Jaipur as large numbers of people gathered at the MD Road to hold a peaceful meeting after the Friday namaz demanding security for Muslims in Assam. The Rajasthan Muslim Forum (RMF), which o
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“Assam violence is a shame for democracy”TwoCircles.netElected from Jania Constituency (Barpeta district) to the 13th Legislative Assembly of Assam in 2011, Rafiqul Islam is a young MLA with clear objectives. Educated both in madrasa and modern universities, Rafiqul Islam passed out from the famed Darul ...
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Tehelka'The Assam clashes are about land and livelihood, not religion'Tehelka'The Assam clashes are about land and livelihood, not religion'. AS BERTIL LINTNER mentions in the introduction of Great Game East, the expression “Great Game” was originally used to denote the struggle between two western powers to wrest control of ...Mihir S Sharma: Twisting AssamBusiness StandardAssam violence due to feud between Bodos and Muslims: NCMDeccan HeraldIt's Not What It Looks Like: Why Assam Clashes Have Nothing To Do With ReligionInternational Business TimesCatholic Online -Student Operated Pressall 44 news articles »
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Hindu Business LineAssam violence: Insecurity among people from Northeast 'most reprehensible ...Economic TimesNEW DELHI: Parliament today expressed alarm at the fear psychosis that has gripped people from Northeast in some other parts of the country, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning stern action against those behind the "most reprehensible" act of ...We stand behind the people from the North-East, says the Prime MinisterNDTVParties unite for Northeast, PM assures safetyAssam TribuneIndia belongs to NE people as to any one of us: PMRediffZee News -Indian Expressall 99 news articles »
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FirstpostAssam opposition wants govt white paper on violenceFirstpostGuwahati: Opposition Asom Gana Parishad on Thursday charged the Assam government with failing to curb violence in lower Assam districts and demanded a white paper on the recent incidents. “The government should release a white paper on the ...and more »
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Assam violence spreads to new district, Army stages flagmarchIBNLive.comAssam violence spreads to new district, Army stages flagmarch. PTI | 01:08 PM,Aug 16,2012. « Previous · Next ». This is an automated news feed. The contents have not been selected or edited by IBNLive. IBNLive. ibn apps ...and more »
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...to live in relief camps. So many of the victims of Nellie are yet get a settlement. Therefore, the victims of the latest Assam riots have no hope, he says. "We are stunned to see the really poor coverage in the media about the anti-Muslim violence in Assam...
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In Parliament this week, BJP's L K Advani said that the recent violence in Assam was not between tribals, Muslims and adivasis, but between Indians and non-Indians. Advani was true to his roots in the communal RSS, which argues - without evidence - that
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IBNLive.comCongress importing illegal migrants in Assam: JaitleyNew York Daily NewsNew Delhi, Aug 9 — BJP leader Arun Jaitley Thursday accused the government of treating the Assam violence as a law and order problem and said the ruling Congress was "importing illegal immigrants" for its "vote bank politics". Making a statement in ...BJP: Implement Assam AccordDeccan ChronicleOpposition corners Shinde on Assam debate in Rajya SabhaTimes of IndiaAssam violence: Nation paying for Congress vote-bank politics, says Arun JaitleyEconomic TimesMoneycontrol.com -Daily Pioneer -Hindustan Timesall 119 news articles »
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani today termed the violence in Assam "unprecedented" and ripped into the Congress-led government at the Centre for its handling of the issue. He even described the riots between Bodo tribals and Beng
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Strongly condemning the violence in Assam, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the Centre was closely monitoring the situation in the state and assured that Army had been put on alert to deal with the situation. “The government strongly con
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Various probe commissions have visited Assam and come up with multiple versions about the recent spate of violence, which has claimed 65 lives so far, and why it erupted. The Intelligence Bureau has raised an alert against some groups in Assam which, the
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Zeenews Bureau Guwahati, Assam: Stressing the need to address the “root cause” behind the recent round of communal violence in Assam, senior BJP leader LK Advani demanded that the government act against illegal migration from Bangladesh. Advani, who is o
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New York Times (blog)In Conversation With: Tribal Expert Virginius XaxaNew York Times (blog)The mounting violence in Assam has highlighted yet again the serious conflict between tribal and nontribal communities in India. India Ink spoke to Virginius Xaxa, the deputy director at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Guwahati, Assam, to ...
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IBNLive.comAssam violence continues, CM blames CentreIBNLive.comKokrajhar: While the death toll in the ethnic violence in Assam went up to 44, the blame game within the political arena was on. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi defended his government against allegations that it was slow to react to the rioting, and ...Assam violence: If Centre knew, why didn't they send army earlier, asks angry ...NDTVAssam riots: Angry CM Gogoi blames center for delay in army actionDaily BhaskarAssam Chief Minister Appeals for CalmWall Street JournalFirstpost -The Asian Age -New York Times (blog)all 2,252 news articles »
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Assam violence: Riots snatch home, parents, 7-yr-old boy flees aloneTimes of IndiaNAJRINA (ASSAM-BENGAL BORDER): Three days have passed but seven-year-old Najmul hasn't uttered a word, nor has he cried in hunger like hundreds of other kids forced to leave their homes in the riot-torn districts of lower Assam. Since Tuesday, when ...and more »
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A Congress MP, Rehman Khan, who was among those who met the Union home minister, said they had lost confidence in the state government. The ongoing ethnic clashes in Assam, which have left 41 people dead and displaced about 150,000 people, forced the Con
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Assam violence hinders north-east projectsLivemintMarquee infrastructure projects being developed in India's north-east have been affected due to the ongoing violence in the Bodoland territorial autonomous districts of Assam. Some of these projects include state-run NTPC Ltd's 750 megawatt (MW) ...and more »
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In addition, state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) has three fields at Rudrasagar, Geleky and Lakwa in Assam, with an annual crude yield of 1.2 million tonnes, and if the violence continues for some time it will be difficult to sustain productio
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Assam riots: Clashes continue for 7th day; toll rises to 44Indian ExpressKokrajhar: Clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants in four Assam districts continued for the seventh day today, leaving 44 people dead even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi insisted the situation was "improving" and rapped the media for portraying ...
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Image: Flames erupt from huts built on the banks of river Gourang during violence near Kokrajhar town in Assam Photographs: Reuters Congress General Secretary and Assam in-charge Digivijaya Singh in an interview to CNN-IBN said it was not right to draw p
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India TodayFresh Violence in Assam, Rajdhani AttackedINDOlinkAssam: Fresh violence today rocked the trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts in Assam where the Rajdhani Express was attacked by some persons even as the entire train services to and from the Northeast was hit.Assam violence: Four killed in police firing as Bodoland burnsDaily News & AnalysisAssam violence: Tension continues, army stages flag marchDeccan HeraldAssam violence: Rajdhani Express attacked againMoneycontrol.comUPI.com -Calcutta Telegraph -Press Trust of Indiaall 33 news articles »
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Hindustan TimesAssam is Cong's 'laboratory of communal experiment': BJPOneindiaNew Delhi, Jul 24: BJP charged Congress with turning Assam into an almost a "laboratory of communal experiment" by not taking adequate steps to prevent the spread of violence from Kokrajhar in the state and sought an explanation from the Prime Minister ...UPA silent on Assam riotsCalcutta TelegraphSitharaman said the law and order situation in Assam hasIBNLive.comBJP blames Cong,to send teamIndian Expressall 13 news articles »
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NDTVFive-day transit remand for main accused in July 9 molestation caseTimes of IndiaAs soon as we finish official work here, we will go back to Assam," said SP (operation) Ranjan Bhuyan, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam Police in Varanasi, investigating the molestation case. On Monday, the UP Police ...Guwahati molestation prime accused being brought back to AssamTwoCircles.netAssam police team in Varanasi to take custody of KalitaIBNLive.comGuwahati molestation case: Assam Police gets custody of main accusedNDTVFirstpost -BBC News -Indian Expressall 121 news articles »
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...media from around the world. Learn why » Fighting between indigenous Bodo tribes and Muslim settlers in the Indian State of Assam killed at least 32 people and wounded many more. The trouble started Friday night when unidentified men killed four youths in...
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...Neck' and has proximity to a number of international borders. Its ethnic identity is heterogeneous to a way that defining an Assamese is a real task. Like in the rest of the northeast, Assam's cultural identity is in dissonance with that of the mainland India...
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...July 23: A rail blockade in Assam’s Kokrajhar that has witnessed ethnic clashes, led to several trains, including two Rajdhanis, to be halted today for about six hours. Late in the afternoon, the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express, stopped between Choutara and Gosaigaon...
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...monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River. A senior member of the...
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Daily MailAssam police slam media for 'hype' over molestationDaily MailStripped, molested and beaten up in public by a group of over 20 men, 19-yearold Mousumi Sharma (name changed) is now scared to even face strangers.
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Assam Women's Commission take suo motu cognisanceIBNLive.comGuwahati, July 13 (PTI) The Assam State Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged stripping and molestation of a girl on Monday night outside a bar here, its chairperson Meera Barooah said today.and more »
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...far this year due to prolonged drought and, more recently, deadly flooding. Shown, laborers picked tea leaves near Guwahati, Assam, June 30, 2011. Assam produces nearly 55% of India's annual tea crop. The state's black teas, also called 'English tea', are...
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...water resources department is the nodal department for taking flood-control measures through construction of various flood and erosion control structures in the state including river bank embankments. However, the two waves of flood that left the agrarian...
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New York Times (blog)Assam's Floods Take Toll on India's RhinosNew York Times (blog)More than a dozen rare one-horned rhinos have been killed by flooding.Assam floods: Nature's fury or govt apathy?Zee NewsAssam flood wildlife toll 595; green ministry to send teamHindustan TimesHow Assam plans to save rhinos from poachersFirstpostWall Street Journal (India) -Times of India -NDTVall 355 news articles »
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...rate of violent crimes. Therefore, the crime rate can be considered as an index of law and order. Former director-general of Assam police Nishinath Changkakoti said there had been a rise in violent crimes primarily because of moral degeneration in society....
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...to constitute a commission to re-examine and redefine the inter-state boundary between Meghalaya and Assam. However, Assam assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing the constitution of such a commission. Meghalaya became an autonomous state in 1971...
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...of the seriousness of the government to resolve the issue," Sangma said. Langpih has been a bone of contention between the Assam and Meghalaya. Assam lays claim to Langpih based on the recommendations of the Y.V. Chandrachud Committee report, while Meghalaya...
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...of rupees are involved in the trade with nearly three lakh traders engaged in the wholesale and retail markets in the lower Assam districts. Among other major items from Garo hills districts that have fair markets in the lower Assam districts are bamboo, banana...
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Calcutta Telegraph
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...meet the interlocutor P C Haldar to find out the status of the draft MOS. However, if it delays further, he would leave for Assam and come back again as and when the government decides the date for signing of the final tripartite accord. Corroborating the...
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2 people dead after swarms of venomous spiders invade Indian townFox NewsIt may sound like a B-grade horror movie, but residents of the town of Sadiya, in Assam state, say that on the evening of May 8 as they were celebrating a Hindu festival swarms of spiders suddenly appeared and attacked them, The Times of India reported ...'Tarantulas' invade Assam town, 'kill' twoTimes of IndiaDoubts emerge over 'death by spider bite' storySydney Morning HeraldSadiya, Indian town, overrun by poisonous spiders: 2 killedGlobalPostall 176 news articles »
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...the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam was shot dead following an encounter with a joint team of the Assam Police and CRPF Cobra Force near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in eastern Assam's Sivasagar district on Wednesday. The incident...
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...talks so far will realise the futility of violence and join the peace process. “I am happy to note that UPA and Congress led-Assam government’s efforts to end insurgency through dialogue have been positive as most insurgent outfits have announced their decision...
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...party, Gandhi said, "Because of the policy of dialogue adopted by the UPA government, almost all the major insurgent groups in Assam have come forward for peace talks with the government by giving up their arms. The few extremists groups which are still opposed...
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