Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) In a politically charged speech in the Assam Assembly on Monday, BJP legislator from Dispur Pradyut Bordoloi invoked the state’s pre-Independence history and credited former Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi with safeguarding Assam’s identity from being merged with Pakistan during the Partition era.Pradyut Bordoloi, who had spent decades in the Congress and represented Nagaon as a Congress MP after winning the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, recently switched sides and joined th…
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Dublin, April 30 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has called on the Bangladeshi government to immediately withdraw the cautionary letter issued to a woman human rights defender, Rani Yan Yan, and to provide a clear explanation of the legal basis for its issuance and dissemination to multiple government offices. Ireland-based rights group Front Line Defenders urged the authorities to cease all forms of harassment and intimidation against Rani and to take all necessary meas…