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‘Go back, you Bihari’: Why BJP’s ‘outsider’ pitch in Assam is hitting a cultural wall

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The Mama of ‘hate’: Decoding Himanta’s politics of division

As Assam heads to the polls, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma projects the image of an unstoppable leader. He frames his quest for a second term (and the BJP’s third term) as a ‘done deal’, built on welfare schemes and ‘development’. To his followers, he is ‘Mama’ (uncle), but this…

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Accord, discord, and defections: Can Assam’s local fires outburn the BJP’s big machine?

As election momentum builds in Assam, the political atmosphere is thick with competing slogans, but thin on a single, dominant narrative.

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Echo chambers and ‘super mamas’: How Assam’s media created a pro-government loop

In the days leading up to February 8, Assamese news channels carried a sense of anticipation.

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Vaishno Devi or Kamakhya : Which Temple Started Navratri?

Navratri is one of the most powerful and widely celebrated festivals in India. For nine nights, devotees worship the divine feminine in her many forms, seeking strength, protection, and inner transformation. But have you ever wondered where this tradition truly began? Two names often come up in this discussion. The…

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Assam government names stadium after boxer Lovlina Borgohain; Olympic medalist says, 'It's the biggest gift'

Olympic medalist and Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain is on cloud nine after receiving one of the biggest gifts from the Assam government. The government has named a newly constructed sports arena after the boxer, and she is overwhelmed by the recognition. Sharing her excitement on social media, the boxer said…

Times Life

Can’t vilify any community through speeches, memes, cartoons: Supreme Court

Presiding over the case concerning the Netflix film title “Ghooskhor Pandat”, the Supreme Court has observed that it is “constitutionally impermissible” for any person or entity, including state and non-state actors, to "vilify or denigrate any community” through “speeches, memes, cartoons or visual arts”.

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Connecting the dots: From ‘Devbhoomi’ to Mumbai, the communal targeting media won't see

There is news. And then there is barely any news.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma Files ₹500 Crore Defamation Case Against Congress Leaders

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he has filed a defamation case seeking ₹500 crore in damages against Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Jitendra Singh and Bhupesh Baghel, accusing them of making false and defamatory allegations against him.

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Left Parties Approach Supreme Court Over Allegedly Communal Video Linked to Assam CM

Leaders from Left parties on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking action over a now-deleted video that allegedly depicted violence against Muslims and promoted communal hatred.

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‘Deletion can’t be end of matter’: Indian Express, Telegraph editorials tear into Sarma’s hate video

Himanta Biswa Sarma has stirred another controversy. This time, an AI-generated video shared by the Assam BJP – showing the chief minister firing at men wearing skull caps – has triggered a police complaint and petitions before the courts, even though the party later deleted the post.

Newslaundry

Indian state makes polygamy a criminal offence – but activists say it is a tool for discrimination

New law excludes predominantly non-Muslim tribal communities

The Independent UK

‘Justice for Zubeen Garg’: How the iconic singer’s death became a political flashpoint in Assam

Ingty Raj Gogoi, a 26-year-old businessman from eastern Assam’s Sivasagar, was overwhelmed by grief at the death of Zubeen Garg.

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Fans demand answers over Indian singer Zubeen Garg’s death in Singapore as police officer arrested

The sudden death of Assam’s best-known and beloved musician has sparked outrage, mass protests, and a high-profile investigation spanning Singapore and India

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Backlash against ‘hate-mongering’ BJP video targeting Muslims in Assam: ‘This cannot be India’

While rhetoric targeting minorities is nothing new in Indian politics, some lamented what they saw as a new low reached by Narendra Modi’s ruling party

Newslaundry

Muslim women in Parliament: Ranee Narah’s journey from sportswoman to politician

Three days before Ranee Narah turned 47, on 28 October 2012, her then party colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted, ‘Congratulation to Shrimati Rani Narah for her induction into the Union Council of Ministers.’

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Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

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Abhisar Sharma booked after video on Himanta’s communal statements

The Guwahati Crime Branch has registered an FIR against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma after a local resident’s complaint claiming that Sharma mocked the Assam and central governments in a video.

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‘Foreigners for both nations’: India pushing Muslims ‘back’ to Bangladesh

Hundreds taken to Bangladesh border at gunpoint in a crackdown by Assam, as some other BJP-ruled states follow suit.

The Independent UK

Concern grows as India ramps up deportation of alleged migrants to Bangladesh

New Delhi rounds up thousands of alleged immigrants in sweeping operation involving biometric surveillance and military transport

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‘Journalists enduring disrespect, there’s a limit’: Why an arrest has galvanised Assam’s media

Over a tense week in March, the arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar appears to have transformed Assam’s press corps into a unified front against what many describe as a deliberate assault on independent journalism in the northeastern state.

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From Kunal Kamra to Mohanlal to a long-dead emperor, India is the Republic of Intolerance

Between Aurangzeb and Kunal Kamra, we are now fully qualified to call ourselves “The Republic of Intolerance”.

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DIGIPUB slams Assam journalist’s ‘systematic harassment’, CM Sarma’s remarks

In a statement on Friday, the Digital Media Publishers and Journalists Association strongly condemned the “systematic and calculated harassment of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar” and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s remarks about the journalist.

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Held after covering bank ‘corruption’ stir, Assam journalist booked under SC/ST act

A senior Assamese journalist was arrested on Tuesday in Guwahati under the SC/ST Act, hours after he was detained following a protest against alleged financial irregularities in a cooperative bank.

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Several ministers, envoys, industrialists to attend Advantage Assam 2.0

Several Union Ministers, Industrialists, Heads of Mission, and Ambassadors from different countries will participate in the mega Infrastructure & Investment Summit. Read further on Dynamite News:

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