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The body will decide on the reservation of seats in Assam Legislative Assembly and jobs under the government of the State. A high-level committee, set up by the Home Ministry to suggest ways for providing constitutional safeguards to the indigenous people of Assam, on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed with him […]
While Delhi is infamous for crimes against women, it is Assam, which has topped the chart for rate of crime against women in the country for the second consecutive year, as per the 2018 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures. Rate of crime against women in Assam stood at 166 for 2018, almost three times […]
The incident took place during a regular training session at Chabua in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district Shivangini Gohain, an archer from Assam, was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre on Thursday after an arrow accidentally pierced through her shoulder during a practice session. The incident took place during a regular training […]
Opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, saying the Congress will not allow them to attack the culture and identity of Assam and expressed apprehension that the state is returning to the path of violence due to the ‘anti-people’ policies of the saffron party. […]
Anyone born in India before July 1, 1987 or whose parents were born before that date are bona fide Indian citizens according to law and need not worry due to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 or a possible countrywide National Register of Citizens, a top government official said on Friday. The clarification came amid ongoing […]
Gauhati High Court had ordered restoration of the service by 5 pm on Thursday. Mobile internet services resumed in Assam on Friday, ten days after it was snapped in the wake of violent protests over the the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) . A senior official of private telecom operator Airtel said the ban was lifted […]
Police arrest PFI State unit president for ‘inciting violence’ Offices of the Assam government wore a deserted look in Wednesday as members of the Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad, the apex employees’ organisation, ceased work in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Central government offices, banks and other establishments functioned normally while schools remained closed […]
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday called Assam the ‘new Kashmir’ pointing its ‘strategic importance’ as widespread violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were reported in the state. Two more people have died in Assam of injuries sustained in firing by police while protesting against the citizenship act, taking the death […]
People of Assam do not trust Prime Minister Narendra Modi anymore, says AASU chief adviser. The All Assam Students Union(AASU) on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the amended Citizenship Act, said AASU chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya. Mr. Bhattacharya, who was addressing a meeting here amidst the indefinite curfew, hit out at […]
Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that from 2016 to October 13, 2019, 28 detenues had died either in detention centres or in hospitals where they were referred. As many as 28 inmates of detention camps in Assam have died for various reasons […]