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Assam Police Detain Artists for Akhil Gogoi Graffiti; Next Day Streets Flood with Similar Art
21 Nov 2020
The police had made the detained artists erase the graffiti on jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi from the public wall.
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Assam: KMSS Leader Akhil Gogoi Granted Bail in Anti-CAA Violence Case
16 Jul 2020
On Saturday, July 11, Gogoi, who had been arrested by the NIA, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus inside the Guwahati Central Jail.
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95% Inmates Affected by COVID-19, Claims Guwahati Central Jail Prisoner
14 Jul 2020
Last week, 55 inmates of the jail including peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, had tested positive for SAR-CoV-2.
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42 Academics Write to NIA Against IIT-G Prof’s ‘Ordeal’ During Interrogation
04 Feb 2020
Arupjyoti Saikia, who teaches History at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in IIT, was questioned for several hours on February 1 and 3 by the NIA, in connection with the ongoing…
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CAA-NRC: Universities and Other Institutions in Northeast to Observe ‘Shut Down’ on Jan 22
21 Jan 2020
A total of 72 petitions challenging CAA are scheduled to be heard on January 22 in the Supreme Court.
Sandipan Talukdar
CAA Enforced, But Assam Still Enraged
12 Jan 2020
While almost every state of the country is protesting after the passage of CAB, Assam has been at the forefront since 2016—when the CAB was proposed.
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Akhil Gogoi-Led KMSS Stages Protest Against CAB in Assam
22 Nov 2019
The Indigenous Forum, Assam led by ULFA (pro-talk) faction leaders Anup Chetia and Mrinal Hazarika and human rights activist Lachit Bordoloi staged a separate sit-in against the Bill.
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Dibang Project Cleared by Modi’s Cabinet, Concern for Assam?
19 Jul 2019
The location of the multipurpose project, proposed at the Lower Dibang Valley of Arunachal, can lead to enormous inundation of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam, if any extra water is released from it.
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Assam Shuts Down in Protest Against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
08 Jan 2019
The Bill, which has been claimed as a threat to the state and against the basic principles of the 1985 Assam Accord, was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8.
Vivan Eyben
The Citizenship Bill and the Resurgence of the Rising Sun
17 Nov 2018
Civil opposition to the Citizenship Bill in Assam and growing polarisation in the state could see the return of ULFA.