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    • Muslim population in Assam reaches 40%: Matter of life and death for me, says CM Himanta

      Changing demography is a big issue for me. In Assam, Muslim population has reached 40% today. In 1951, it was 12%. We have lost many districts. This is not a political issue for me, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

    • Constitutional backing, welfare programmes help to uplift minorities in India

      The paper analyses demographic data from 'Religious Characteristics of the States Dataset Project - Demographics', published by the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) in 2019.

    • EAC-PM Report: 'Poses Serious Questions,' Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar On EAC Population Data

      Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar reacts to Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister's report on how the Hindu population between 1950-2013 has dipped 7.82% while the share of population of Muslims has increased from 9.84% to over 14%.

    • India warns of IS threat, tightens vigil at French missions

      The federal interior ministry said in the note issued to state police chiefs that Friday's attacks in Paris in which 129 people were killed showed the intentions of Islamic State to expand its arc of operations beyond Syria and Iraq.

    • Here's why census data 2011 can be have huge implications

      The drop in the Hindu share of India's population below the psychologically significant 80 percent level to 79 percent could easily have been predicted, given demographic trends seen for over a century.

    • Population census: Need better, more honest data

      The real problem is that Census 2011 - like many before it - is a substantial piece of fiction. It has been computed with unsound methods and will not represent a true and fair picture of religious affiliations in India.

    • Bangladeshis not behind Assam violence: Gogoi

      Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Muslims are outnumbering Hindus in Assam not because of the increase in illegal migration from Bangladesh but because Muslims are illiterate and bear more children.

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