Patriotic forum puts arguments for 1951 as cut-off year for deportation of Bangladeshis
Guwahati, 4 May: As the debate over the cut-off year for detection & deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Assam gains momentum, a patriotic forum came...
Rise of Hindutva in North East: RSS, BJP score in Assam, Manipur but still...
Editor's note: In the first of a two-part series Firstpost analyses the rise of the BJP in North East India and the role its...
Sharmila’s party to foray into Assam
GUWAHATI: Rights activist Irom Sharmila is all set to launch the Assam wing of her party People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA).
The party had...
Assam may bar those persons with more than 2 kids from Govt jobs
GUWAHATI: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said those with more than two children will be barred from government jobs. He said...
Nitin Gadkari announces Rs 40,000 crore expressway project in northeast
HIGHLIGHTS
- Govt to develop the first express highway of North East in Assam along the banks of Brahmaputra.
- The 1,300 km-long express highway is...
Ban pro-migrants group: All Assam Students’ Union to government
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) and 28 other groups have demanded that the state government declare the Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Samannay...
Tribal communities oppose Assam govt’s decision to make Sanskrit compulsory in schools
The decision to make Sanskrit compulsory till Class VIII in state board schools was taken by the Sonowal cabinet on February 28.
A platform representing...
Compulsory Sanskrit in Schools: Assam Forest Minister Supports ULFA-I Chief
Assam Forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma has openly backed banned outfit ULFA-I chief Paresh Barua’s demand that Sanskrit should not be made compulsory in...
Centre should assure that Naga accord will not affect Assam: Tarun Gogoi
Gogoi alleged that the proposed amendment to Citizenship Act will go against the people of the state as it will allow Bangladeshi immigrants to...
Centre may roll out red carpet for Bangladeshi Hindus but at the cost of...
April 2, 1983. Sugarcane farmer Haren Saikia was among 30 people guarding their village Ponka in Assam’s Golaghat district, then a sub-division. The agitation...
Assam to set up three medical colleges for Rs 570 crore
J P Nadda would launch the construction work for the hospitals in Dhubri and Nagaon during his two-day tour to the state from Friday.
Assam...
Care for parents, else your pay will be cut: Assam government warns its employees
GUWAHATI: The Assam government is set to introduce a law that would make it mandatory for government employees to take care of their parents...
Come, experience, celebrate Bor Axom at Rongali
-Traditional boat race, Ankiya Bhaona, Community houses and Aerosports are a big hit in Rongali
-All tribes and communities of Assam showcasing their culture, lifestyle...
Eight blasts in Assam, Manipur cannot mar people’s R-Day spirit
GUWAHATI: Eight low-intensity blasts, triggered in quick succession by the militants, rocked Assam and Manipur on the Republic Day. No casualties were reported.
The explosions,...