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Debabrata Saikia cites examples of 1,300 families of ‘forest villages’ facing eviction and 1,500 families set to lose farmlands for solar project Assam’s Congress Legislature Party leader Debabrata Saikia has written to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging “gross injustice” to people from some Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class communities. He cited the […]
It’s a Sunday but Anjan Saikia doesn’t have much spare time to talk. He’s busy making the final arrangements for the first match of the volleyball team he coaches in Majuli, the world’s biggest river island located in Assam. Upper Majuli, Saikia’s team of boys under 16 years, which is part of the ongoing Brahmaputra […]
Data shared by the Assam Forest Department show that the state saw 113 elephant deaths due to electrocution between 2009 and September 25, 2020, with several more casualties reported since. ELECTRIC fences put up by villagers to protect their crops and homes from wandering pachyderms claimed three more elephants in Assam’s Chirang district this month, […]
At present, Classes 6 and onwards have been functioning in a staggered fashion in government-run schools. As per the announcement, classes from nursery to Class 6 will reopen on January 1. The Assam government on Monday announced that starting January 1, all state run schools will function in a regular way doing away with Covid-related […]
At present, Classes 6 and onwards have been functioning in a staggered fashion in government-run schools. As per the announcement, classes from nursery to Class 6 will reopen on January 1. The Assam government on Monday announced that starting January 1, all state run schools will function in a regular way doing away with Covid-related […]
“We are basically going to run courses on Indian civilisation [in the Sanskrit tolls]…It will be different from history. The curriculum will be prepared from a civilisational point of view,” Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Assam government has approved the dropping of Islamic subjects from the curriculum of all state-run madrasas and the […]
All the government-run madrassas would be converted to high schools and new admissions would be held for existing students as regular ones. Sanskrit tols would be handed over to Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University. The Assam cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to close down all government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols (schools), […]
The Bodoland Territorial Council would witness a ‘new dawn’ said Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as Bharatiya Janata Party extended its support to the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) to stake claim for running the council after the BJP’s ally in state government, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), emerged as […]
Voting for the second and final phase of election to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam started on Thursday morning. A total of 111 candidates are in fray in the 19 constituencies in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts. Voting took place in 21 BTC constituencies in Baksa and Udalguri districts in the first phase of […]
The group’s in-charge in Assam was seen telling the members that no Hindus will be allowed to visit churches during Christmas. The Cachar district administration of Assam has asked the police to investigate an inflammatory speech reportedly made by a local Bajrang Dal leader threatening to beat up Hindus visiting churches during Christmas celebrations. Taking […]