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Indian Army chief tells troops to be prepared for any ‘eventuality’ amid border tensions with China
• 5 years agoThe army has deployed around 40,000 troops along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh to tackle the heavy build up by the Chinese
Former BJP MP Ram Prasad Sarmah joins Congress; Tezpur lawmaker had quit after party denied him ticket for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
• 5 years agoRam Prasad Sarmah along with many others, including senior journalist Zamsher Ali, joined the Congress in Guwahati
Amnesty India urges Centre to stop using 'excessive force' against those protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act in northeastern states
• 5 years agoThe executive director of Amnesty International India Avinash Kumar urged both Centre, state governments to 'immediately engage with various sections of people for peaceful dialogue and repeal discriminatory amendments'
Sukhoi aircraft crashes in paddy field near Assam's Tezpur; pilots eject safely, one of them suffers leg injury
• 6 years agoThe Sukhoi jet was on a routine training mission when it crashed in the paddy field in the Milanpur area and burst into flames at around 8:30 pm, a defence spokesperson said.
Monsoon kills dozens in North India, North East; lakhs affected in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn Bihar, the flood situation turned grim on Sunday with the death of four people as around 18 lakh were affected in nine districts of the state
Assam floods: Toll rises to 11 as situation worsens; 26.5 lakh affected across 28 districts
• 6 years agoThe flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday with the death toll rising to 11 and affecting nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts.
Additional NRC draft exclusion list: Names of Assam movement leader's family members excluded
Kangkan Acharyya • 6 years agoThe Assam movement demanding identification and deportation of illegal immigrants was only a year old then and was at its peak.
Tezpur Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 LIVE Updates: Party, Candidate, Constituency wise Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing
Fp Research • 6 years agoRam Prasad Sarmah of the BJP is the sitting MP from Tezpur since the last Lok Sabha election.
Protests against citizenship bill continue unabated in Assam; agitations held in Guwahati, Tinsukia, Tezpur
• 6 years agoProtests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill showed no sign of waning in Assam on Saturday as agitators staged semi-clad protests in Tezpur, organised citizen's meeting in Guwahati and women held a rally in Tinsukia.
'Shoot rapists in public': BJP MP RP Sharma's radical solution for rape is shooting squads and 10 years in jail
Fp Staff • 7 years agoRP Sharma, BJP MP from Assam's Tezpur, sparked controversy when he said that "those who commit heinous crimes like rape must be shot in public".