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Amnesty for transparency of tribunals during trials
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Amnesty for transparency of tribunals during trials

GUWAHATI, Aug 31 - Amnesty International India today expressed concern about the functioning of the foreigners tribunals (FTs), which will decide whether those excluded from the NRC are Indian citizens or not, and urged the Government of Assam to ensure that the tribunals function with utmost...
Naive to expect 100 per cent correct NRC: Bhuyan
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Naive to expect 100 per cent correct NRC: Bhuyan

GUWAHATI, Aug 31 - Technocrat-turned-academician Pradip Bhuyan, who was the man behind the Supreme Court case on NRC update exercise, on Saturday said that given the magnitude of the operation, it will be naive to believe that we have got a 100 per cent correct NRC in spite of the best efforts of...
Major parties critical of final document
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Major parties critical of final document

GUWAHATI, Aug 31 - Even as the long wait for update of the NRC got over today, major political parties expressed unhappiness with the final register.While the BJP demanded a national-level NRC to solve the foreigners� problems, principal opposition Congress party accused the BJP of trying to keep...
Unhappy AASU to move SC
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Unhappy AASU to move SC

GUWAHATI, Aug 31 - The final NRC, for which the entire State waited with bated breath, was termed as flawed and incomplete by the All Assam Students� Union (AASU). The student body that spearheaded the six-year-long Assam Movement, on Saturday said that it would move the Supreme Court seeking the...
Final NRC published, 19 lakh excluded
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Final NRC published, 19 lakh excluded

GUWAHATI, Aug 31 - The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published on Saturday excluding names of 19,06,657 persons who had applied for inclusion of names in the citizenship document. However, the list of names of the persons excluded from the NRC has not been made public. Now, any...
State of economy deeply worrying: Manmohan Singh
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State of economy deeply worrying: Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI, Sep 1: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the state of the economy was "deeply worrying" and urged the government to put aside "vendetta politics" and reach out to sane voices and thinking minds to steer the economy out of this "man-made crisis".The Congress leader said...
Climate change: India pitches for financial support by developed nations
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Climate change: India pitches for financial support by developed nations

KOCHI, Sep 1: In the run up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius.Union Minister for...
Australia moves Tamil toddlers to remote island detention centre
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Australia moves Tamil toddlers to remote island detention centre

MELBOURNE, Sep 1: A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said.The family -- who are fighting to remain in Australia because they fear persecution in...
Bumrah
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Bumrah's hat-trick, Vihari's maiden ton leave India on cusp of sweep

KINGSTON, Sep 1: The incomparable Jasprit Bumrah became only the third Indian to pick a Test hat-trick after Hanuma Vihari's maiden ton, powering the visitors to a commanding position in the second match against the West Indies here.In a lethal opening spell on Saturday, Bumrah (6/16) rattled the...
Vihari dedicates maiden ton to late father, thanks Ishant for helping him keep his word
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Vihari dedicates maiden ton to late father, thanks Ishant for helping him keep...

KINGSTON, Sep 1: India's Hanuma Vihari dedicated his maiden Test ton to his late father, keeping a promise he made to himself right after he lost one of his favourites 13 years ago.Apart from remembering his father, Vihari thanked bowler Ishant Sharma for batting, at times, better than the...
Elephant �Laden� tramples five to death in Goalpara dist
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Elephant �Laden� tramples five to death in Goalpara dist

GOALPARA, Oct 30 - An elephant went on rampage in Goalpara district, trampling five people to death, including three women and a minor, forest officials said on Wednesday.The tusker, named �Laden�, is currently inside the Koinakuchi forest and efforts are under way to tranquilise the animal, they...
Preparations on to observe death anniversary of Bhupenda
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Preparations on to observe death anniversary of Bhupenda

TIHU, Oct 30 - Brisk preparations are on to observe the death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika with a day-long programme at Belsor HS School of Nalbari district on November 5. In this connection, a celebration committee has been formed with Lakhi Patowary as president, Jayanta Barman...
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