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Nov 11, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan
NationalTwo CRPF personnel also sustained injuries during the heavy exchange of fire that happened at Jakurador Karong in the Borobekra sub-division. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 11 militants were killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Manipur's Jiribam. 11 militants were killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Manipur's Jiribam.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan |Rakhi Bose
NationalIn August this year, several Hindu and indigenous groups in ‘Upper Assam’ gave open threats to Miya Muslim migrants living in the region, asking them to leave in ten days. The eviction drives have led to at least two deaths by police firing since then. On August 24, in Charaideo district, 15 Miya Muslim labourers who had been working as contractual labourers at a construction site were severely assaulted and abused by local goons and forced to flee.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | Zverev Eases Through |Abhik Bhattacharya |Syeda Ambia Zahan
National As the world is all set to celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, one can’t help but ponder on how Adivasis have been treated socially, economically and politically since independence A United Front: A protest by Adivasi women in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur against mining and destruction of forests Photo: Bhumika Saraswati A United Front: A protest by Adivasi women in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur against mining and destruction of forests Photo: Bhumika...
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
thestoriesofchange.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan
Lakhiram Pathak started making eco-friendly firecrackers in 1885. After 133 years, his legacy goes on. This home-grown organization is still producing green fireworks in Assam. However, the high cost of production and very less market share is making it difficult for this humble industry and its artisan to sustain.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan
The man at the helms of affairs in Meghalaya does not need an introduction. Conrad Sangma, the son of former chief minister and Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma, catapulted himself to the highest post when he pulled off a coup of sorts, garnering the support of 32 legislators, including 20 of his National People’s Party (NPP), regional parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after the 2018 assembly elections, to form the government.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan
Close to the Assam-Meghalaya border lies the district of Goalpara in Assam, about 170 km from the state capital Guwahati. Khasipara is a revenue village in Goalpara. After crossing the village, once you start walking towards the forest area, you will come across a hamlet, where about 70-75 people live. This ‘village’ has no official status and its name can’t be found in any government records. This hamlet is known as Dainigaon (witch village)—a village that provides shelter to witch hunt victims.
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Feb 25, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Gujarat Earthquake |Syeda Ambia Zahan
An Indian Army officer posted in Assam’s Tezpur has confessed to the murder of a woman, said Assam Police on Saturday.
The officer has been identified as Lieutenant Colonel Amrinder Singh Walia, posted as the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of IV Corps headquartered in Assam’s Tezpur.
The Assam Police said Walia has confessed to murdering his ‘girlfriend’ whose body was found by police in Changsari of Kamrup district wrapped in plastic along the National Highway 31 on February 15.
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Feb 22, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Gujarat Earthquake |Vibha Batra |Syeda Ambia Zahan
The state of Meghalaya which changed 25 Chief Ministers in a span of 45 years with an average span of two years for each government is going to polls in less than a week. With four national and four regional parties at the fray, the state is again looking at a fractured mandate and thus impending instability in its coalitions since its statehood.
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Feb 22, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Gujarat Earthquake |Vibha Batra |Syeda Ambia Zahan
Ahead of the crucial Meghalaya elections on February 27 (please check if it's on 27 or 26?), Chief Minister Conrad Sangma speaks to Outlook on several issues ranging from the lagging economic affairs of the state to the challenges faced by his National People's Party in state politics.
1: Do you see the lagging economy of the region as a bottleneck for the rise of demand for more autonomy from certain parts of the regions including the demand for separate Garo and Khasi land?
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Feb 17, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Syeda Ambia Zahan
As the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is intensifying its campaign in Meghalaya, the issue of illegal migration has shifted its attention from neighbouring Assam to the hill state, here, which shares a 443 km border, porous at many places, with Bangladesh.
It was in Assam where the issue of illegal migration has been a poll plank during every election campaign post-India’s independence.
