Protest erupts over settlement of Bangladeshi Hindu refugees in Assam
Activists of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), under the leadership of Akhil Gogoi, a former member of the Anna Hazare team, are on indefinite hunger strike since Jul 25. At the same time, several...
View ArticleIndependence-Day Blasts: 2 Teenagers Detained For Planting Bombs In Assam
Source: NDTV Tinsukia: Two teenagers have been detained by the police for allegedly planting bombs in four areas of Assam’s Tinsukia district which was rocked by serial explosions on Independence Day....
View ArticleULFA abducts Assam BJP leader’s son, demands Rs 1 crore as ransom
Source: India Today Kuldeep Moran, son of Tinsukia Zila Parishad’s vice president Ratnaswer Moran, was abducted on August 1 by members of the same organisation. The insurgency menace seems to be...
View ArticleAssam: Frog weddings organised for rainfall
Assam: The marriage was organised on the mythological belief that marrying off wild frogs with Vedic rites helps bring rainfall. Frog weddings were solemnized by the Rongdoi village in Assam’s Jorhat...
View ArticleSonowal vows to seal ‘porous’ Indo-Bangla border in Assam
On the last leg of his two-day visit of the Indo-Bangla border at Mankachar sector, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said a lot needs to be done to seal the porous Indo-Bangla border and end...
View ArticleAssam emerges as India’s hub of human trafficking
Saira Khatun (name changed) was rescued by the Delhi Police from a red light area. The 12-year-old girl from Assam had been taken by her grandmother to the national capital and got her involved in...
View ArticleAssam: Majuli to be declared India’s first river island district today
Majuli in Assam will be declared as India’s first river island district today, as Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, who represents the Majuli assembly seat, will formally upgrade Majuli to a district...
View ArticleInspired by Nigerian inmate, football fever takes over Assam prison
Murder convict Bhanu Soren looks forward to every afternoon with anticipation. That is the time of the day when Soren, who is lodged in Assam’s Golaghat district jail, gets to indulge in his latest...
View ArticleAssam health director suspended: Late for work, doctors lose one day’s pay
Not present at the Nalbari Civil Hospital on time, a number of government doctors Thursday faced loss of one day’s pay, with Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asking a magistrate to ensure...
View ArticleWary eye on Bangla border, Assam’s ethnic groups fret over citizenship bill
The AASU’s contention, is that the bill once passed would open floodgates for more migration to Assam, which in turn would further threaten the very existence of the indigenous people. The Citizenship...
View ArticleBhutan releases water, Assam flooded
GUWAHATI: While Assam fears the large-scale environmental impact of dams China is reportedly building over the Yarlung Zangbo, the unannounced release of water from a dam by Bhutan on Wednesday caught...
View ArticleAs 6 Assam groups wait to become STs, other tribes worry
The OBC groups hoping to get ST status, on the other hand, expect that the quota for STs will be raised to go with the higher number of groups. With days to go before an expert committee submits its...
View ArticleAssam bandh over ST status delay
GUWAHATI: Life in the state was paralyzed on the first day of the 36-hour Assam bandh, called against BJP’s delay in granting the promised tribal status of six OBC communities in the state. The...
View ArticleAssam, Nagaland Chief Ministers Meet On Border Dispute
Kaziranga: Governments of Assam and Nagaland, states with decades old border dispute, Monday vowed to adopt a “mutually reciprocating approach” to continue dialogue and people to people contact...
View ArticleAssam to emulate AP’s fibre grid project
Assam is taking a leaf out of Andhra Pradesh’s book and following its fibre grid model to provide net access, telephone and cable TV connection. Assam’s IT Minister Keshab Mahanta is all praise for...
View ArticleAfter Inviting the Dalai Lama To Arunachal, India Welcomes US ambassador In...
Verma’s visit to the northeastern state comes at a time when New Delhi’s ties with Beijing have been under some pressure. New Delhi: The three-day annual extravaganza of the Arunachal Pradesh...
View ArticleAssam may move Supreme Court on citizenship verification
Following poor response from other states in verifying and updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Assam government said it will approach the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the...
View ArticleAASU to Lead Mass Protests Against BJP Driven Citizenship Bill
GUWAHATI: All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), an influential students’ body of the region has decided to start a mass against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill across Assam. Prominent citizens from...
View ArticleSimply put: Demand for tribal status becomes louder in Assam
Indian Express explains why six communities in the state have been clamouring to be included in the ST list — and why those already in the tent are determined not to let them in. The agitation to...
View ArticleIllegal Immigrants: Expedite National Register of Citizens in Assam, Says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has directed all states, the Income Tax (IT) department and the Election Commission (EC) of India to extend their cooperation in the preparation of the draft...
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