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If one is in Assam, can the foreign national question be far behind? Even a drive to evict encroachers from reserved forest land, initiated by the state government, is haunted by the spectre of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. So much so that the drive has been slowed down. The Opposition—the Asom…

Guwahati will, from now on, no longer scrape the sky. And Assam’s real-estate developers are thoroughly disappointed. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi gave them a rude shock when he took personal initiative to ban all up-coming high-rise buildings. “Unchecked growth of high-rise buildings was adversely affecting the environment and would have…

Assam’s Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT), currently observing a truce pact with the government, is threatening to go underground once again. After waiting in vain for more than two years for a final settlement of their long-standing demand for a separate administrative unit for the Bodos in Assam, the BLT leadership…

The Indian army uncovers a Pakistani surprise, tactical low-yield nukes, and revises strategy accordingly

Political and diplomatic compulsions force the army to rethink strategy and concentrate on J&K rather than multiple theatres