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Muslim student leader shot dead in broad daylight; CM calls for peace

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August 2, 2017

Guwahati, Aug 2: Miscreants shot dead president of All Bodoland Territorial Council Muslim Student's Union Lafiqul Islam Ahmed at Kokrajhar town in broad daylight on Tuesday. The ethnically volatile Bodo heartland witnessed spontaneous protests across the minority-dominated pockets of the state, within hours the incident.

Eyewitnesses said that the student leader was sitting at his shop at Titaguri market at Kokrajhar when two motorcycle-borne gunmen shot him dead from a close range.

As protestors set up blockades on national highways at several places in four Bodo-dominated districts, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal convened an emergency security meeting and asked the police to launch a manhunt to nab the culprit.

CM Sonowal, while condemning the dastardly act, called upon the people at large to maintain peace and harmony and stay away from the rumour mongers for the benefit of all sections of the people in the state.

Lafikul was scheduled to address a public rally at neighbouring Chirang district convened to address the problems of the state's minority community.

A source said that Lafikul has been vocal against the illegal trading of cows to Bangladesh across the international border close to Dhubri-Kokrajhar districts.

The incident occurred when the state is on high alert due to Independence Day and specially on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the state for a day-long review of the flood situation.

Police said that they were examining all angles to ascertain the identity of the killers.

Kokrajhar has a history of several ethnic clashes between Bengali-speaking Muslim and Bodo militants as well as between Bodos and Adivasis in the past, the worst being in 2012.

Assam CM asked Assam police director general Mukesh Sahay to rush to Kokrajhar to review the situation and initiate an inquiry to nab the culprit within 24 hours. He also asked Kokrajhar deputy commissioner to keep a vigil on the situation and maintain peace and order in the district. CM Sonowal also asked special DGP Kula Saika to rush to Udalguri and assess the situation.

 

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HANNI
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Wednesday, 2 Aug 2017

Musslims have to start reacting by killing the culprits the at spot, epidemic is not a crime

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March 29,2020

Jaipur, Mar 29: A batch of 275 Indians evacuated from coronavirus-hit Iran arrived at the Jodhpur airport on Sunday morning, an official said.

He said a preliminary screening of the passengers was conducted at the airport and thereafter, they were shifted to the Army Wellness Facility set up at the Jodhpur Military Station.

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said of the 275 passengers, there were 133 women and 142 men, including two infants and four children.

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March 20,2020

New Delhi, Mar 20: The coronavirus pandemic will leave behind a global recession with small businesses, self-employed and daily wagers taking the worst hit, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on thursday.

"The virus will eventually be conquered, but it will have left behind a global recession. The costs of that are incalculably high at this time. The most fearsome toll will be on small businesses, the self-employed & those whose lives depend on meagre daily wages," Mahindra said in a tweet.

Apart from the toll on lives, the legacy of Covid-19 may well be deaths due to stress, loss of livelihoods, a rise in homelessness and in extreme situations, civil unrest, he added.

"The only global experience that has lessons for us in the current situation is the last world war. In the aftermath of WW2, the US came up with the Marshall plan to revive Europe, effectively a giant fiscal pump-priming," Mahindra said.

In the US, the government dramatically dismantled regulations and opened up the economy to trade and these actions led to a boom-cycle that stretched to 1975, he added.

"This time, there will be no victors, only the vanquished. So every country will have to create its own post ‘virus war” marshall plan & take care of those in society who are hit the hardest. Perhaps we too can build the foundations of a sustained global growth cycle," Mahindra said.

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May 28,2020

New Delhi, May 28: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra has been admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon after he showed symptoms of COVID-19, sources said.

He is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon, hospital sources said on Thursday.

The BJP leader has shown symptoms of COVID-19, a source said.

Patra is one of the most visible BJP faces on news channels.

He is also very active on social media and posted several tweets on Thursday as well.

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