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PM Modi in Assam: Inaugurates 7 cancer hospitals, lays the foundation for 2950 Amrit Sarovar projects and much more

OpIndia Staff - 28 April, 2022

The PM also laid the foundation of various projects that include Veterinary College (Diphu), Degree College (West Karbi Anglong), and Agricultural College (Kolonga, West Karbi Anglong).

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Government to reduce AFSPA areas in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur: Home Minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff - 31 March, 2022

The Modi government has decided to reduce the disturbed areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.

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Manipur: Drugs worth 500 crores seized by Assam Rifles, house owner married to a Chinese man

OpIndia Staff - 7 December, 2021

The house is owned by a woman who is married to a Chinese national, as per the ANI report. The accused woman is presently suspected to be in Mandalay in Myanmar.

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HM Shah addresses Parliament on Nagaland firing incident, says action will be taken at the highest level

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

HM Shah said that the SIT has been instructed to complete the investigation in one month.

Opinions

Tripura : Dear opposition, there is no crying in politics

Abhishek Banerjee - 1 December, 2021

The media never told you how much Tripura was suffering under the CPI(M) boot. And now they make you wonder how the BJP swept 329 out of 334 municipal wards.

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Surge in Covid-19 cases in Mizoram causes concern, infection high among youths

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2021

Mizoram has third highest number of active Covid-19 cases in the country, after Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

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Netizens storm Twitter for a separate chapter on North East India in NCERT textbooks: Here is what triggered the trend

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2021

Netizens used hashtags 'A Chapter for NE' and 'Northeast Matters' on Twitter demanding separate chapter non North East in NCERT textbooks

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Myanmar: Military takes control after a coup, Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders detained

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s 75-year-old state counselor, President Win Myint, and other members of the National League of Democracy were arrested at their residences in the capital Naypyidaw early on Monday.

Media

‘Rights cannot be claimed by depriving others of freedom’: Editor who hailed Arnab’s arrest in the dock, HC refuses to quash FIR against her

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2020

Ironically, Patricia Mukhim, who is currently in the dock for making an 'objectionable' post on Facebook, had refused to condemn Maharashtra government's witch-hunt against Arnab Goswami

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