The BJP’s vision document for Delhi assembly election that described people from the North East India as “immigrants” and “migrants” fired protests in the region on Wednesday, February 04, 2015. Tension prevailed at the State BJP headquarters for over an hour as hundreds of National Students’ Union of India activists staged a dharna blocking entry […]
The BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District) clashes started when forest officials tried to evict some migrant Bengali Muslims from a burial ground at the edge of a reserve forest in Kokrajhar district. On 29th May, ABMSU (All Bodoland Minority Students Union) called for a bandh in Kokrajhar town. On July 6th, two ABMSU members were […]
By- Amir Zahedi | Date- September 05, 2012 Sanjeevani Management Institute a company designed to train management students the art of communication and soft skills relating to customer care was allegedly running it as a company to sell cosmetic related products to customers in the rural area in the name of beautification of skin and […]
By- Pulakesh Upadhyaya Regionalism, as a political ideology is gaining ground in India. If we go back to history, we will find that, after the regional movements in the South and in Punjab, the movement in Assam can be counted as one of the oldest regional movements in the country. The paradigm shift that the […]
By- Staff Reporter | Date- June 12, 2012 The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Monday lashed at Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for expressing his inability to punish culprits behind the infamous ‘secret killings’ in Assam during the last AGP regime (1996-2001) due to lack of evidence. In a statement issued to […]
By- Staff Reporter | Date- May 31, 2012 Normal life in Assam was affected today by the Bharat bandh called by the BJP and several other parties, including the opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), to protest the hike in petrol prices. Schools and colleges were closed besides some financial institutions. Government offices reported thin attendance […]
Since 1826, the British ruled Assam as a part of Bengal under a Commissioner. With the annexation and clubbing of Cachar, Naga Hills, Khasi and Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills, the territorial area of Assam grew to 30,000 sq miles. Soon it became difficult for the British to run such a vast area. The Lt. […]
By- Staff reporter | Date- April 06, 2012 Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Pramod Gogoi passed away today morning, at GNRC hospital, Guwahati. Late Gogoi was 82 years old at the time of death. It is reported that Gogoi returned from Bihar after attending his party meeting and admitted at GNRC Hospital the same […]
By- Staff Reporter | Date- March 21, 2012 The debate on the President’s Address saw MPs from North East India bring out their share of grievance and anger against the injustice by the center, long claimed as the Step Mother of the Region. China’s suspected plan of diversion of the lifeline of the region Brahmaputra […]
Before militants like ULFA or Maoists grab the opportunity due to our lack of vision, a reconciliation process in Assam to foster unity amidst different ethnicity and express apology for the decades of de-nationalizing them is required from us. By – Priyankan Goswami Ever since the Republic of India came into existence more than six decade ago, […]