When a proposed Britain trip by a group of Indian industrialists, led by JRD Tata, in 1945 was seen by many, including Gandhi, as a betrayal of India’s cause—the battle to free herself from the chains of slavery.
BJP-led NDA's triumph in Sikkim was the icing on the cake for Narendra Modi. Congress' lack of direction and inability to capitalise on BJP's flaws virtually gave NDA a walkover in North-east
Assam is leitmotif of all that comes with elections, including an impromptu jig recently by Himanta Biswa Sarma, state minister and the BJP’s key man in the Northeast.
What has come as a surprise is the reaction of the Assamese nationalist organisations, including the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), which had led the six-year-long anti-foreigners agitation in 1980s.
In a statement, the state coordinator of NRC Prateek Hajela said the final list has left out '19,06,657 number of people'. He said, about 31 million people have been included in the final list.
Security forces fanned out to sensitive places in the tense state where the massive and controversial exercise since 2014 has opened old wounds and divided people on religious and linguistic lines.
Most people hope that the updated NRC–first prepared in 1951–will end a longstanding strife, one that started with the anti-foreigner Assam Agitation in 1979.
Gahela, 21, is a champion archer herself, having won the gold in the 2015 National Games in Kerala. But today, she can barely pick up the bow -- her fingers are decaying, the toes on her feet wasting away
The Karbi Anglong incident has triggered a violent response from many in Assam and a large section has called for “revenge” against Karbis and Bodos and not legal action against the accused.
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