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Manipur Year 4: Guns Without Justice
Three years into the worst episode of ethnic violence, marked by grave allegations of state failure and complicity, in post-independence India, the central government is preparing to deploy around...
Eviction notices served to Hindustan Paper Mills units in Assam
Notices were served to officers, workers and employees at the Cachar and Nagaon facilities
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Karbi Anglong Agreement signed, groups already pan it as a “gimmick”
Assam gov’t to compensate next of kin of those who died during the armed struggle for an autonomous state
Vigil held in memory of Gauri Lankesh in Canada
Members of the South Asian community came together to remember the slain Indian journalist at Surrey’s Holland Park on Sunday, September 5
Is Indian education being tainted by communal politics?
The last three months recorded many controversies in Indian education that hint at the sectarian attitude of college administration.
Myanmar refugee children can now go to school in Mizoram
The north-eastern state permitted admission to school for the children on humanitarian grounds
Will events following Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death impact Kashmir politics?
Security arrangements, and restriction on the movement of people continued on September 3, Geelani was buried before dawn on Sept 2
Assam Tea Tribes served another set of vague promises
Despite five-hour long meeting, no commitment on granting tea tribes ST status or increasing daily wages in line with demands of tea estate workers
FM on Petro Prices: What’s the logic?
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Haryana gov’t doesn’t fire Ayush Sinha, just transfers him
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