NEW DELHI: Leaders of 11 parties, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, DMK head MK Stalin, CPN Patriarch Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav and the Left Front Sitaram Yechury Y D Raja, said on Sunday they would lend their support “wholeheartedly” to December 8 Bharat bandh call for farmers‘Unions …
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NEW DELHI: Leaders of 11 parties, including the President of Congress Sonia Gandhi, DMK head MK Stalin, CPN patriarch Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav and the Left Front Sitaram Yechury Y D Raja, said on Sunday they would lend their support “wholeheartedly” to Bharat bandh’s call on December …
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Ahead of the state assembly elections in March-April next year, political parties in Assam are fighting in a semi-final to take over the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Voting for the council, which administers the Bodoland territorial region covering Udalguri, Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang, will take place in two phases on …
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We don’t care about the consequences or criticism of our vigilantism, he says. A unit of the right-wing Bajrang Dal in southern Assam’s Barak Valley has threatened Hindus with dire consequences if they visit any church to celebrate Christmas. Members of the unit also said they did not care about …
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Guwahati: Hindus who visit churches to participate in Christmas celebrations will be “beaten,” declared a leader of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal, amid strident shouts of “Jai Shri Ram“- at an event in Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district earlier this week. In a video that has circulated widely online, Mithu …
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Video capture of Mithu Nath at the event Mithu Nath, general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad district unit, also said he is “outraged” by the alleged closure of the Vivekananda Center in the capital of the Christian-majority Meghalaya state, Shillong. News18.com Last update: December 5, 2020 3:29 PM IST …
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China said on Wednesday that any hydroelectric project on the Yarlung Zangbo River, known as Brahmaputra in Assam, will be planned with the interests of downstream countries like India in mind. Chinese embassy spokesman Ji Rong described Beijing’s position in response to reports that a planned “super” dam on the …
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When Rahul Gandhi chaired meetings on the Tamil Nadu and Assam elections on Monday, he made it clear from the outset that Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi had assigned him the task. He said he was there to hear what the party officials had to say and convey it to Sonia …
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Proposal for a law aimed at empowering women, not aimed at ‘loving jihad’: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (archive) Guwahati: Assam is planning a law that will require the bride and groom to declare their religion and income on official documents one month before the wedding. In the context of …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday criticized some of the state governments for not participating in his government’s prominent schemes and projects and suggested that the Center will not abandon the plans even if they did not cooperate. Among them was the bullet train project, where Maharashtra Government …
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