India’s Assam and Kerala states hold legislative assembly elections ○
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Voting also held in the federal territory of Puducherry, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu will vote later this month.
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‘Cocktail of Hindutva and welfarism’: How Modi’s BJP is wooing Assam voters ⊕
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Party banks on mix of xenophobic anti-Muslim policies and financial aid schemes aimed at women to retain power in state.
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‘Gerrymandering’ in India’s Assam cuts Muslim representation before vote ⊖
Muslims formed the majority in about 35 of the state’s 126 constituencies. Now that is down to about 20 seats.
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AI video of Indian minister shooting at image of Muslims sparks outrage ⊖⊖
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A video by India’s ruling BJP depicting Assam's chief minister firing a shot at an image of Muslims has sparked outrage.
AI video of Assam CM Sarma shooting Muslims causes outrage in India ⊖
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Video featuring Himanta Biswa Sarma deleted by Hindu nationalist BJP party's Assam unit after backlash.
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India express train kills seven elephants crossing tracks ⊖
The collision happened early on Saturday in the north-eastern state of Assam, local officials say.
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Moment quick-thinking station guard saves girl after she slips boarding a moving train ⊕
This is the dramatic moment an eagle-eyed station guard saved a girl who slipped while trying to board a moving train in Assam, India.
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Drier weather threatens India’s tea exports, global supply ○
Climate extremes shrink Assam tea harvests, increase costs, reduce exports, and reshape the global industry and prices.
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Arundhati Roy on her fugitive childhood: ‘My knees were full of scars and cuts – a sign of my wild, imperfect, fatherless life’ ○
When war broke out between India and China, the author and her brother were taken by their mother on a chaotic journey from hill station squat to an eccentric household in Kerala. Would they ever fin…
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Injured elephant repeatedly visits Indian village for food and water ○
An elephant with a leg injury has been making daily visits to a village on the outskirts of Assam in northeast India, searching for food and water.