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Assam residents block highway to Mizoram seeking withdrawal of troops
By Utpal Parashar | Hindustan Times, Guwahati
UPDATED ON OCT 30, 2020 01:54 AM IST
On Thursday, Cachar district officials visited Lailapur and held talks with the residents urging them to lift the blockade and also requested truckers to start plying their vehicles.
Northeast border row: Mizoram agrees to pull back forces from Assam
By Utpal Parashar | Hindustan Times, Guwahati
UPDATED ON OCT 22, 2020 12:06 AM IST
Assam home secretary Gyanendra Dev Tripathi said that both sides have agreed to restore peace and normalcy along the border areas and efforts are underway to resume movement of trucks stranded at the border.
Assam: Has citizenship bill polarised voters?
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Silchar
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2019 12:50 PM IST
Political experts say that the NRC and the CAB may have resulted in a polarisation of the Hindu votes, something that will only be borne out on May 23, when the results are announced.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Assam’s Silchar, BJP pins hopes on Citizenship Bill to rake in the votes
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Silchar (Assam):
PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2019 09:40 AM IST
BJP’s commitment to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is the party’s main poll plank in Assam unlike in other parts of the northeast. Silchar is among the five Lok Sabha seats in the state that are voting on April 18, the second phase of parliamentary polls.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: EVM glitches reported in booths in Agra, Mathura; complaints of VVPAT not working in Assam
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2020 03:45 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress bets on Sushmita Dev to tighten hold in Silchar
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Silchar
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2019 10:41 AM IST
Sushmita Dev, the head of the All-India Mahila Congress is vying for a second term in the constituency where the CAB, has won support from Bengali-speaking Hindus for its plans to curtail Muslim immigrants but bestow citizenship upon Hindu, Buddhist and Christians among other minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will citizenship bill row hurt the NDA in Northeast?
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Guwahati
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2019 07:30 AM IST
As many as 50 candidates are in fray for five Lok Sabha seats — Mangaldoi, Nawgong, Autonomous District, Silchar and Karimganj — in Assam. Eleven are running for election from the Inner Manipur constituency
Lok Sabha elections 2019: 102-year-old voter inspiring people to celebrate ‘festival of democracy’
By Press Trust of India | Hailakandi
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2019 07:05 AM IST
Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Keerthi Jalli accompanied by a Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) team went to the residence of the centenarian to extend greetings to her and seek her promise to vote.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Phase 2 of voting in numbers
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2019 11:06 PM IST
The Lok Sabha elections 2019 are being held in seven phases. In Phase 2, 1,629 candidates from various political parties are in the fray. Polling will be held in 1,81,525 booths across the country.
Himanta Biswa Sarma likens Assam Congress lawmaker to Pakistan
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Silchar
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2019 10:20 AM IST
Addressing a public rally at Barkhola in support of BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, Sarma said voting for Dev would drag Silchar backwards by five years.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP looks to get North-East equation right
By Revati Laul | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2019 07:25 AM IST
The overall campaign strategy of the BJP in the state, and the region is being shaped in the drawing room of Himanta Biswa Sarma, a man who joined the BJP only in 2015, after 14 years in the Congress party.
Lok Sabha election 2019: Cong likely to field Sushmita Dev again in Silchar
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2019 01:28 PM IST
Sushmita Dev who is also the president of the All India Mahila Congress, is likely to be re-nominated as the Congress candidate in Silchar.
PM in Northeast Highlights| ‘Mahamilawat’ parties only hurl abuses to Modi, says PM in Tripura
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 09, 2019 05:55 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to the Northeast, addressed rallies in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, and Amingaon, Assam. The Prime Minister is addressing a rally in Agartala, Tripura. PM Modi also inaugurated several projects in these three states..It is Modi’s third visit to Assam since December 25, when he inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in the state. During his last visit in January, in a rally in Silchar, he said the government was committed to bringing the CAB.On Friday, Members of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) showed black flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shouted slogans against the Citizenship Bill as he travelled to Raj Bhavan from the airport after he arrived in the city.Here are the highlights:
Lead, cadmium used to give colour to coffee mugs could be leaking into you as well
By Snehal Fernandes | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2019 11:00 PM IST
Researchers from Assam University, Silchar, have found a high concentration of lead and cadmium in double distilled water that leached from both old and new glazed, colourful ceramic cups heated in the microwave (convection mode) at 140 degree Celsius for 2.5 minutes.
Since razdaar was brought back, namdaar has lost sleep: PM Modi in Silchar
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Silchar
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2019 08:33 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi had lost his sleep and was counting his days, fearing revelation of secrets, apparently by arrested alleged middleman of AgustaWestland helicopter deal scam, Christian Michel.
PM Modi sounds NE poll bugle, touches upon NRC, Citizenship Bill
By Sadiq Naqvi and Sobhapati Samom | Silchar/Imphal
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2019 10:23 PM IST
The prime minister arrived at Silchar in Cachar district from Imphal as a part of his first phase of poll campaign, wherein he is scheduled to address rallies in 20 states in 100 days before the model code of conduct comes into force.
PM in Silchar Highlights: ‘Citizenship bill a penance against injustice done in past,’ says Narendra Modi
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing two rallies in Imphal (Manipur) and Guwahati (Assam) today as part of the BJP’s outreach programme in the northeast. He will also be launching a number of projects in Manipur.Modi is expected to hold 100 rallies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as part of the BJP’s campaign. On Thursday, he addressed a public meeting in Punjab’s Gurdaspur. The PM is expected to highlight his party’s achievements in the northeast in his public rallies today. Highlights:
Under-construction flyover, part of East West Corridor, collapses in north Bengal
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2018 02:55 PM IST
Trinamool Congress to observe black day in Bengal to protest leaders’ manhandling in Assam
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2018 07:25 PM IST
TMC secretary general and West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said the party will observe “black day” in every block and district of the state on Saturday and Sunday.
Trinamool Congress leaders refused entry into Assam, scuffle with police at Silchar airport
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Silchar
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2018 11:58 PM IST
Assam police chief accused the TMC delegation of attack, injuring two cops
Police plan legal action after video shows Trinamool MP assaulting constable at Assam airport
By HT Correspondent | HT Correspondent, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2018 09:08 AM IST
A policewoman was injured as Trinamool Congress leaders protested their detention at Silchar.
Assam Trinamool Congress chief, 2 party leaders resign over Mamata’s opposition to NRC
By Press Trust of India | Guwahati
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2018 09:17 PM IST
Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Dwipen Pathak and two other party leaders resigned on Thursday in protest against party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the final draft of the NRC
Silchar in southern Assam on edge after communal clashes
By Sadiq Naqvi | Hindustan Times, Guwahati
PUBLISHED ON APR 10, 2018 12:44 PM IST
Police say there was no immediate trigger for the clashes but the situation in the town has been tense for almost a year after a Hindu girl eloped with a Muslim boy.