You may associate Goa with alcohol and partying, but a higher proportion of people in Telangana consume alcohol than in the first. And a higher percentage of men drink Bihar, a state under prohibition, than in Maharashtra. When it comes to tobacco use, the Northeast is the region that tops …
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Student leader-turned-politician Pramod Boro took over as chief executive member of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam on Tuesday, three days after the announcement of the election results to the council that administers four districts in the state. The 45-year-old leader of the Liberal Party of the United People’s …
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Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: December 15, 2020 7:32:12 am Das and his wife last week. Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha About six months ago, Nyuti Das remembers his father Chandrahar Das bent over his brother’s phone, his one good eye, and the rest of him completely engrossed in …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:56:10 pm Assam CM Sarbanada Sonowal announced that UPPL Director Pramod Boro will be the new Executive Director member of BTC. (Express file photo by Vignesh Krishnamoorthy) the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election results launched a Hanging House …
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The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to partner with the People’s United Liberal Party (UPPL) to take over the Bodoland Territorial Council. His alliance partner, Bodo People’s Front (BPF), who fought at the polls separately and is engaged in a bitter war of words with the BJP, won …
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Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Sunday celebrated the crossing of the majority mark by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Assam Bodoland Territorial Council polls. “The NDA secured a comfortable majority in the Assam Bodoland Territorial Council polls. Congratulations to our UPPL ally, CM Sonowal, State Min HB …
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NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry said on Saturday that it had approved Rs 9,879 crore for capital expenditure for 27 states under the Atmanirbhar Bharat package. All states except Tamil nadu They have taken advantage of the recently announced “special assistance to states for capital expenditure” plan. The scheme aims …
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GUWAHATI: Cool agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was launched by 18 organizations in Assam on Friday demanding the repeal of the legislation and the release of the jailed KMSS leader Akhil gogoi who was detained during the protests last year. Organizations, including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, All Assam …
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On December 11, 2019, Parliament passed amendments to the Citizenship Law that sparked an unprecedented national protest movement against legislation and other government policies that discriminate against Muslims and violate constitutional standards. A year later, after the riots in Delhi and the Covid-19 pandemic ended public sit-ins, Scroll.in considers the …
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GUWAHATI: Tripura Prime Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday invited the people of the state to a public ground in Agratala to give his mandate once again whether he should remain in the top position or resign amid growing voices for his overthrow within the BJP in the state. “The …
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