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After Rupjyoti Kurmi, Borgohain is the second Congress legislator to join the BJP within a month

Union Home Minister Amit Shah too had a telephonic discussion with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram CM Zoramthanga towards a peaceful resolution of the border differences

Sarma says let a ‘neutral’ agency probe; Mizoram blames Assam for impasse

Born in history, complicated by geography, Assam-Mizo border scraps are not new. But people fear something changed forever on July 26.

Earlier in the day, Assam summoned Mizoram officials to the Dholai police station in connection with its probe into the July 26 incident

In Mizoram, Home Secretary Lalbiaksangi wrote in a letter to the Centre's Additional Secretary in-charge of Northeast that “armed personnel of Assam Police were moving to Dholai and Hawaithang areas, which are along the interstate border”.

Across the border, in the Mizoram town of Vairengte, memories of last year’s blockade are still fresh.

While Assam has withdrawn its troops, Mizoram Police has not only continued to hold its position but also reinforced its posts, sources said on Wednesday.

As the Centre stepped in, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government would deploy 4,000 commandos along the state’s 165-km boundary with Mizoram, and move the Supreme Court to ensure that the reserve forest in the disputed area is protected and no settlement comes up there.

Fifty policemen were injured, including Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, SP of Assam’s Cachar district, who sustained a bullet injury in the leg.

Earlier on Sunday, Shah inaugurated a radiation therapy block at the State Cancer Institute and laid the foundation stone for the 430-bedded Tamulpur Medical College.

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Fifty-year-old Bhupen Borah is a two-time (2006 and 2011) MLA from the Bihpuria constituency and has held the post of secretary, AICC since 2013. He has also served as the Parliamentary Secretary, Home and Power, in the Assam government.

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The surrendered militants — including the outfit's chief M Batha alias Binod Mushahary — were received by the Bodoland Territorial Council chief Pramod Boro, Assam’s Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika, Chief Minister’s political advisor Jayanta Malla Baruah and Special DGP (Law and Order) GP Singh.

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“We are looking to form a non-opposition government to pursue the Naga political issue at the earliest. All 25 legislators of the NPF will join the ruling alliance,” said NPF general secretary Achumbemo Kikon.

Bhagwat added that there have been "planned attempts" to increase the Muslim population in India, so that the community becomes a dominant force and the nation slowly turns into Pakistan.

The court said that the notification discriminated between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons.

Erendro was detained in May under the National Security Act (NSA), allegedly over his comments on Facebook criticising claims that cow dung and cow urine are effective in preventing or treating Covid-19.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma reiterated that he has given the police “full operational freedom” to take the “toughest of actions” within the ambit of the law to deal with criminals.

Terming it a “historic day” as it was the first time a woman finance minister was placing the budget in the state Assembly, Sarma said the budget was “welfare oriented”, “pro-poor” and would “greatly strengthen the Covid-ravaged economy of Assam”.

Since Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took over on May 10, at least 23 people have been shot at while in police custody, with five dead. They had been held for crimes such as cattle-smuggling, rape, murder, drug-peddling, dacoity. This is apart from deaths of 10 militants in encounters in the past two months.

Opposition says it targets a community, will bring in amendments.