Arunachalese to seek Chinese help!
An influential student body in Arunachal Pradesh threatened to take the resort of China in protest against the Supreme Court’s recent judgment for citizenship to the Chakma-Hajong refugees. Talking to reporters in New Delhi on Saturday, AAPSU leader Gumjum Haider said that they would have no option but to take help of foreign country for intervention at a time when China has been claiming the north eastern state.
The apex court last month asked the government to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees who had been rehabilitated in the state in 1964-69 after they fled their homes in Bangladesh.
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The Election Commission is preparing to hold Assam assembly polls early next year. Sources told Assam Times that the polls are likely to take place in three phase from March-end to be completed before the Rongali Bihu which falls on April 15. The full bench of the country's poll panel will be on a two days visit to Assam to assess the situation for the upcoming polls. Led by Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidy, the delegation is arriving in Guwahati on December 21 and will hold meetings with political parties. On December 22, the full bench will meet the Deputy Commissioners and SPs to take stock of the law and order situation.
Hundreds of people from Assam staged dharna in New Delhi raising a slew of demands on Monday. Under the banner of Sadou Asom Goria Moria Parishad, the protesters thronged the Jantar Mantar at 11 in the morning and shouted slogans reiterating their demands. Talking to reporters, the protesters said, "We want reservation in government and private sector jobs apart from economic package for us." "Our main demand is satellite autonomy. This is the best possible measure to uplift us," another protestor. The leaders of the organization further said that they would launch a massive protest if they fail to get measures to ensure ethic identity and constitutional safeguard.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi dropped a huge bombshell against RSS on Monday revealing that the religious group attached to BJP prevented him from visiting a historic Vaishnavite place in Assam. Talking to reporters on way to the Parliament Bhawan, Gandhi said RSS deployed some women to stopped from visiting the Barpeta Satra after I wrapped up my padyatra. "This is how BJP and RSS operate. It shows the real mentality of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," said the top Congress leader who was on a recent visit to the poll bound Assam. Rahul broke the ice a day after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi brought the same allegation against BJP and RSS triggering tacit anger among the people of the...
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An interaction program for civil service aspirants will be held on November 14 at ECA Room Ramjas College, Delhi University. The main speaker of this program is Noor Rahman Shiekh, IFS, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York. This programme is being organsied by Delhi Association of Manipuri Muslim Students
A pall of gloom grips Assamese community in New Delhi following the sudden death of an officer posted at the Assam Bhawan in the capital city on Friday. He was none other than Dipankar Biswas who suddenly died at cardiac arrest in the wee hours. Many people from the north eastern state have deeply condoled his death and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family members.
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