Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended the 62nd annual conference of Bodo Sahitya Sabha held at Patgaon in Kokrajhar district. Addressing the gathering, Sarma lauded the role of Bodo literary forum in enrichment of Bodo language, literature and culture. Assamese culture has benefitted immensely from the richness of Bodo art and…
Suranjann G Dutta If something defines Northeast India precisely, then the rich cultural diversity of the indigenous tribes residing in north-eastern states. These tribes have been following their unique traditions and cultural practices for ages. However, one thing that must be noted here is that their cultural diversity never became a point of conflict as…
Guwahati: Veteran Rajasthani politician Gulab Chand Kataria was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Assam at a swearing-in-ceremony held in Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra on Wednesday, where Gauhati High Court chief justice Sandeep Mehta administered the oath of office to the new Governor. Kataria, who hails from Udaipur and served his State as the leader…
Balrampur police have arrested a Maulana in connection with an FIR lodged in July 2022 in which he was accused of allegedly forcing a woman and her children to embrace Islam. The accused had allegedly offered them money and assured the woman of a permanent job in return. Incharge of Jarwa police station in Balarampur,…
Guwahati: As Ganga Vilas cruise ship arrived at Indo Bangladesh border at around 10:30 am of Saturday after sailing through the Bay of Bengal, Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal termed it as a watershed moment in the inland waterways transportation towards transformation of northeast India. Congratulating the people of Northeast…
Geneva, 14 February 2023: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expressed serious concern over the recent closure of a leading independent media outlet, available in Cambodia’s official language Khmer and English by the government and condemns all kinds of media restrictions in the south-east Asian country ahead of the scheduled national elections in July. Voice of Democracy (VOD), the online outlet…
Religious conversion in India is continuously posing great threats to the scheduled tribes’ people of India since pre-independence. The conversions of tribal’s of Assam by foreign religions are not a new event but in the last few decades the conversion rate has increased drastically. Particularly the scheduled tribe people are the easiest prey or victim…
Kochi (VSK). CPM and DYFI goons tried to disrupt RSS Shakha in Kottakkal, Malappuram district, last night, February 6, 2023. They came to Sanghasthan within the premises of Kottakkal Shiva temple when Sakha was going on peacefully and in usual RSS discipline. When the miscreants came just before the culmination of Shakha, that is, just…
Guwahati: A massive rally is planned at khanapara locality of the city on 12 February by Janajati Dharma-Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JDSSM) with an aim to raise voices against the religious conversion among the tribals in India. The program called ‘Challo Dispur’ will also insist on removing those Schedule Tribe (ST) individuals, who had undergone a…
Guwahati: Academic activities at up-and-coming medical colleges in Nagaon, Nalbari and Kokrajhar of Assam are expected to begin very soon. Moreover, treatment facilities for the people in those college hospitals are also planned to begin by this year, said State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He also referred to the inspection by a team of…
