The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is contemplating to move Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s Indian citizenship for the non Muslim Bangladeshi and Pakistani immigrants. Talking to Assam Times AGP president Atul Bora confirmed the move saying that they have been preparing to move the court.
“We are considering the options and we hope that we would be able to do so,” said Bora. The party has been dead opposed to the idea of the Centre for Indian citizenship to the Bangladeshi and Pakistani non Muslims.
PermalinkSubmitted by SANDEEP LANGTHASA on Fri, 11/09/2015 - 20:19
It's good that AGP is protesting against the Central government's move to grant Indian citizenship to Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants but what have AGP done when you ruled for two terms. AGP would have done more for Assam but the leaders are hopeless and useless who have betrayed the masses of Assam.
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According to a section of local residents, some people thronged the road for shopping defying social distances while policemen on duty resorted to lathi charge to disperse the crowd.
Suddenly, a policeman had an altercation with a civilian where the incident of openfiring took place and the bullet pierced through the leg of the civilian who fell injured. One women also injured in teh same finring.
Senior police...
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Besides protecting and saving precious lives from the infection, Sonowal informed them about the government’s effort to create a robust infrastructure of healthcare facilities to reach out to the people who are falling prey to the deadly virus. He also added that...
Guwahati: The BJP-led coalition government's much hyped yeoman service stands exposed with one after returnees disclosing their miseries.
The journey by bus to the state was not at all free. The quarantine in hotels in Guwahati lack basic facilities. That too for Rs.5000.
A returnee here disclosed the zero medical treatment facilities for her along with two others at a hotel where she was lodged on Thursday.
She along with two are returnees from Kota in Rajasthan along with 200 other. The ladies are allowed in hotel quarantine while the gents were sent to Sarusajai.
Guwahati: Three more people in the state have tested positive in COVID19. This was what health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Guwahati on Friday.
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Guwahati: The confirmation of 4 COVID19 cases apart from death by the killer virus is likely to put Guwahati into the orange zone. The Centre is expected to confirm it by Saturday.
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New Delhi: The killer COVID19 has claimed yet another life on Tuesday.
Identified as Ikramul Hussain, the CRPF sub-inspector died at a hospital in New Delhi five days after he was admitted in it.
Deeply saddened to learn of the demise of @crpfindia jawan Md Ikram Hussain who belonged to Barpeta, Assam.
Till his last breath, this brave son of Maa Bharti kept fighting against #COVID19. His undying spirit inspires us to sacrifice everything for the nation. My condolences.
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) April 28, 2020
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