Asom Gana Parishad

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First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

India?s Khurshid urges for opposition support

India’s Khurshid urges for opposition supportIndian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid urged India’s opposition parties to back the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, saying “we will gain and as a nation we must do it”.“Let somebody convince ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 19 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Asom Gana Parishad stage protest in Assam over killing of one-horned rhino

Irate over rampant killings of endangered one-horned rhinoceros Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) staged protests in Assam. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Cong, AIUDF RS nominees announced

GUWAHATI, May 18 – Congress has named Santiuse Kujur, a popular youth leader of the Adivasi community, as its nominee for the second seat of the Rajya Sabha, while the AIUDF has nominated Aminul Islam. Elections to both the Rajya Sabha seats, being vacated ... [Published Assam Tribune - May 18 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

PM files papers for fifth RS term

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday submitted his nomination papers for a fifth term in the Rajya Sabha during a whirlwind visit to Assam, which was marked by protests by Opposition groups.Singh travelled to Guwahati in a special flight for a three-hour ... [Published New Indian Express - May 16 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 5 reports

'Will do all I can to accelerate Assam's economy to remove poverty', assures PM

Guwahati, May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who submitted his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat from here today, expressed his gratitude to Assam for sending him to the upper house and said that he would do all possible to accelerate ... [Published News Track India - May 15 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Protest against Indo-Bangla land swap deal

A delegation of the Northeast Students' Organisation (NESO) Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and expressed opposition to the proposed land swap deal between India and Bangladesh.The NESO delegation, led by its chairman Samual Jyrwa and ... [Published ProKerala.com - May 08 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

BJP implacable, wants tainted ministers out

NEW DELHI Turmoil continued in Parliament on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalling both houses demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Ministers PK Bansal and Ashwani Kumar. The BJP said it would not allow the passage ... [Published Oman Tribune - May 08 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Bangla bill seized from Khurshid

New Delhi, May 7: Two Asom Gana Parishad MPs today snatched from Salman Khurshid a bill to ratify the land boundary pact with Bangladesh, stalling the legislation seen as crucial to ties with the pro-India Sheikh Hasina government. The failure to introduce ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 08 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 3 reports

House stalled, BJP sticks to resignation demands

NEW DELHI: Turmoil continued in parliament on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalling both Houses demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ministers PK Bansal and Ashwani Kumar.The BJP said it would not allow the passage ... [Published The Gulf Today - May 07 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 3 reports

Unruly scenes in Rajya Sabha over land acquisition bill

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Unruly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday as two members of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) tried to snatch a copy of the bill from External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid as he tried to introduce a proposed legislation ... [Published News Track India - May 07 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Singh's RS term to expire in June

The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) might be struggling to scotch speculations about early polls, but for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the battle of ballots may not be that far away.The Election Commission (EC) of India on Thursday announced ... [Published Deccan Herald - May 02 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 3 reports

Trouble ahead for Bangla bill

New Delhi, April 22: The government plans to introduce a Constitution amendment bill in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow in a bid to end the vexing border dispute with Bangladesh but has already run into opposition from its main rival BJP. The party has decided ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Apr 23 2013]

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"Kaziranga is famous for one horned Rhino, we feel proud of it but unfortunately last few years one horned rhino has been killed by the poachers, but government has failed to stop the killings. That is why we took some programmes in the past and today we have taken another programme" said Atul Bora, AGP leader
"Assam has done me a great honour by sending me to the Rajya Sabha. I am also deeply indebted to the people of Assam and will do all I can to accelerate the economy of the state to remove poverty in the next 10 years" Dr. Singh said
"We have urged the prime minister to institute a special educational commission for the students of the region so that these students can be given opportunities to pursue higher studies in their own state" he said
"They cannot play politics with it. Centre has signed a pact with Bangladesh which is not known to Assam people. They are doing it for their political interest. This is not in the interest of Assam. Because we are losing huge area of Assam to Bangladesh, we are not supporting it" said Mr. Baishya

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India?s Khurshid urges for opposition support [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 19 2013]
Asom Gana Parishad stage protest in Assam over ... [Published Business Standard India - May 19 2013]
Asom Gana Parishad stage protest in Assam over ... [Published NetIndia123.com - May 19 2013]
Cong, AIUDF RS nominees announced [Published Assam Tribune - May 18 2013]
PM files papers for fifth RS term [Published New Indian Express - May 16 2013]
PM files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat [Published Assam Tribune - May 15 2013]
India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks Assam... [Published Gulf News - May 15 2013]
'Will do all I can to accelerate Assam's econom... [Published News Track India - May 15 2013]
Prime Minister to file Rajya Sabha nomination p... [Published Jagran Post - May 15 2013]
Manmohan Singh files Rajya Sabha nomination pap... [Published TruthDive - May 15 2013]
RS polls: Manmohan Singh files nomination from ... [Published Oneindia - May 15 2013]
PM to file nomination for Assam RS polls [Published India Blooms - May 14 2013]
AIUDF to contest one RS seat from State [Published Assam Tribune - May 12 2013]
Mammohan all set to get elected to RS from Assa... [Published rediff.com - May 12 2013]
Inquiry into Basanti Devis death ordered [Published Assam Tribune - May 10 2013]
Protest against Indo-Bangla land swap deal [Published ProKerala.com - May 08 2013]
BJP implacable, wants tainted ministers out [Published Oman Tribune - May 08 2013]
Ministers must quit for House ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 08 2013]
Bangla bill seized from Khurshid [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 08 2013]
House stalled, BJP sticks to resignation demands [Published The Gulf Today - May 07 2013]
Scuffle in Rajya Sabha over Bill to swap land w... [Published The Hindu - May 07 2013]
AGP flays Govt on chit funds [Published Assam Tribune - May 07 2013]
AGP, AASU burn copies of land swap Bill [Published Assam Tribune - May 07 2013]
AGP MPs prevent tabling of Bill in RS [Published Assam Tribune - May 07 2013]
Unruly scenes in Rajya Sabha over land acquisit... [Published News Track India - May 07 2013]
AGP members snatch Khurshid's copy of land swap... [Published Business Standard India - May 07 2013]
Parliament stalled; BJP wants PM, Bansal, Ashwa... [Published News Track India - May 07 2013]
AGP members snatch Khurshid's copy of land swap... [Published ProKerala.com - May 07 2013]
Parliament stalled; BJP wants PM, Bansal, Ashwa... [Published Mangalorean - May 07 2013]
BJP remains adamant on dismissal of Ashwani Kum... [Published TruthDive - May 07 2013]
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