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Water supply scheme named after ‘Pakistan’ causes outrage in Assam, officials say result of distorted name of the place

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

As the name Pak Sthan had become Pakistan in oral use, the distorted entered the records of PHE dept in Assam and used it in a nameplate

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‘India belongs to Hindus, Hindus from anywhere in world can come here when they feel unsafe’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2021

India is the homeland of Hindus. Hindus anywhere in the world, when they feel unsafe, can come to live in India.

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Assam govt carries out eviction drive in Lumding, recovers 1410 hectares of encroached forest land

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2021

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Lumding forest has been made free of illegal encroachers. Over 550 houses were demolished.

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Ready to rehabilitate evicted families of Dholpur if valid citizens, no compensation to encroachers: Assam govt informs Guwahati HC

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2021

In the Dholpur eviction case the government said that other than valid citizenship, there were a set of other requirements that will be taken care of while relocating such persons and families to a new proposed habitat.

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Assam: Islamist man kicks out computer science student from his store for wearing jeans and not burqa, calls her prostitute

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2021

Mobile accessories seller Nurul Amin kicked out a Muslim college student from his store in house for not wearing burqa in Biswanath, Assam

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Assam: 10 Bangladeshis arrested without documents near border with Tripura, were going to South India for work

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2021

Assam Police have arrested 10 Bangladeshis at the Assam-Tripura border at Churaibari under the Bazaricherra police watchpost

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Assam: Rafiul Hussain poses as Hindu to marry girl, forces conversion to Islam, then abandons her

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2021

The girl in her complaint alleged that Rafiul Hussain had befriended her on Facebook in the year 2016 by posing as Rajiv Hazarika alias Raj Hazarika. He had even shaved off his beard to mask his identity.

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