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A demand raised by Necardo, an NGO long ago fulfilled

After years of consistent efforts by Necardo, an NGO Immigration Check Point was opened at Dhubri by clearing the papers of foreign tourists to visit Bangladesh through river route from Dhubri recently. Officials of Customs and Immigration Checkpoint for Dhubri district informed that it was formally opened on May 1 by clearing papers of immigration of a delegation of six foreign tourists and two Indian citizens to travel through the river route to cross Indo-Bangladesh border and visit Bangladesh.

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Suspected militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) on 20^th May 2019 ambushed a convoy where National People’s Party (NPP) candidate Tirong Aboh along with his supporters was travelling from Assam’s Dibrugarh to his constituency, Khonsa West in Arunachal Pradesh. Tirong Aboh was the sitting MLA from the Khonsa West Assembly seat and was seeking re-election in the ongoing state assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh. Tirong Aboh had contested and won from Khonsa West in 2014 on a People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) ticket but he and six other PPA legislators switched sides to the NPP on July 2018.

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After 25 years, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) President Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P S Golay, replaced Mr. Pawan Kr. Chamling, the longest-serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, from the throne of Sikkim. On 27th May, Monday, Golay took oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim. Eleven SKM MLAs were also administered the oath by Governor Ganga Prasad at Paljor Stadium. Golay, who is not a member of the state assembly at present as he did not contest the polls, was elected as the SKM Legislature Party leader.

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The Congress is in disarray now, with Rahul Gandhi threatening to submit his resignation and asking the Working Committee led by the party veteran Ahmed Patel and another member Venugopal to select a suitable replacement. The insiders in the Congress point out that, though, a section of Congress members are not unhappy with his likely decision, another section close to the Gandhi family, is pleading with Rahul not to take any drastic decision and instead  guide them with his leadership for future growth of the party. It is being reliably learnt that the Congress President is furious over the Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Chief Ministers, Kamal Nath and Ashok Gehlot, respectively for permitting their sons to contest in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections and termed it as encouraging dynasty politics.