He was being taken to the hospital after having been hit by a stray bullet splinter.

The third rally took the road by the neighbourhood mosque.

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Experts say the government should have roped in multiple companies.

A BJP sarpanch who helped organise the Ram Navami procession complained about ‘encroachments’. The local administration acted promptly.

At the same event where Kalicharan Maharaj abused Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Hindu Rashtra’ was on the agenda and violence was invoked against members of minority groups.

The state has better equipment to tackle the second wave of Covid-19 but it is proving to be of little use.

One of India’s most renowned epidemiologists cautions against unsustainable lockdowns and says community participation is the key to fight the disease.

The final in a three-part series on detention deaths in Assam.

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India's oxygen reserves are fast depleting. Based on current demand, it may run out of stocks in a few weeks even if all oxygen is diverted to medical use.

The excess deaths were 30 times the official Covid-19 death count.

In 2017, agrarian distress had helped the Congress outperform the BJP in Saurashtra. But five years later, it is Aam Aadmi Party that voters are talking about.

On January 17, a frenzied gunfight between Kuki fighters and the Manipur commandos went on for nearly 20 hours.

The second in a three-part series on deaths inside Assam’s detention centres for those declared foreigners.

Most Patel farmers absolve the BJP government of any blame while the Koli Rajputs, classified as an OBC in the state, are less forgiving.

The resentment is driven by a feeling that big businesses are making a windfall even as local residents struggle to eke out a living.

Muslims account for only around 10% of Surat’s population – but Hindutva sentiment still powers voting choices among traders.

Anger over Modi government’s farm laws is rooted in a deeper disquiet that cuts across community lines. Left unresolved, it could take a dark turn.

The community had approached the high court seeking permission to collectively kill themselves.

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Testing kits are being under-utilised because of restrictive norms.

Two BJP MLAs and three other members of the party were on the board that decided the remission plea of the 11 men.

Cow skinners’ incomes have plummeted to unprecedented levels.

The foreigner determination process in Assam is complicated and requires careful understanding.

Uddhav Thackeray also taunted Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his meeting with actor Kangana Ranaut last month.

Even most of those who grumble about the port and the industries not serving their purpose seem to be disposed towards the BJP.

The data is grim. The government is still in denial.

At the heart of the crisis is the sky-rocketing of fodder and feed prices.

Onkhomang Haokip, a Kuki official who had barely escaped with his life when the ethnic violence broke out in May, was shot dead by a sniper this week.

Most people in the trade seem to believe the nature of the business is such that they cannot expect much institutional help.

A ‘partition’ is all-pervasive in the strife-torn state.

The regional entertainment channel Rengoni, which aired the weekly serial ‘Begum Jaan’, said it was not derogatory to any religion or community.

Several other tribal nurses from other parts of the North East employed at a hospital in the city were being subjected to similar insults.

One organisation is being blamed for all the violence during the December protests in Assam.

A magistrate had earlier dismissed sedition charges against Kishorechandra Wangkhem, saying the government and prime minister could not be so ‘sensitive’.

The community feels the recent evictions are about communal politics, not land. Assamese Muslims agree.

A Naga legislator from the hills said that Vungzagin Valte is likely to be airlifted to Delhi for treatment.

The high court struck down 57 orders of a foreigners tribunal citing procedural lapses like a wrong sentence.

Big publishers say the Sci-Hub site is guilty of copyright infringement. But many academics say the material it makes available is vital for their projects.

The police have interrogated over 70 anti-Citizenship Act protestors. Some allege they were abused, threatened, coerced into giving false statements.

The Assamese peasant leader is accused of instigating violence in the protests against the Citizenship Act in coordination with Maoists.

In Tinsukia, establishments owned by Bengali-speakers bore the brunt of the ire against the new citizenship law.

This is the third part in a series examining the BJP government’s claims of improving law and order in India’s most populous state.

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The council chief wrote to 12 institutions asking them to enroll participants in the trials by July 7.

Opening of the land border last year has enabled Moreh’s Tamils, who were forced to flee Burma in the early 1960s, to connect with their roots.

Most displaced families are Muslims of Bengali origin, chased by a river and a government that will not recognise them as legitimate residents of the state.

The minister’s son not only led a convoy of SUVs that mowed down protesting farmers, he even shot dead a young man, farmers allege.

The indebtedness of microfinance borrowers in five districts of Upper Assam is almost four times the national average.

Land conflicts stand at the heart of resurgence of ethnic tensions in the state.