Guwahati: Hundreds of people representing 20 families in Jagiroad of central Assam, who converted to Christianity after temptation, have now returned to Hinduism again. Once they realized their past mistakes, they decided to return to their original religion and pledged to preserve the culture of their ancestors. Mentionable is that the Christianity invaded the cultural…
Many middle aged Assamese nationals may remember that Assam agitation was initially propagated as ‘Bohiragata Kheda Andolan’ (literally meaning agitation to deport outsiders). Later it was redefined as the agitation against illegal migrants (read Bangladeshi/East Pakistani nationals) by the intellectuals and media barons in Guwahati. After decades, the issue of outsiders (read non-Assamese Indians) came…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday graced the closing ceremony of 150th anniversary of the Cachar District Bar Association in Silchar. Speaking on the occasion, Sarma highlighted the historical significance of the Indian judicial system, stating that India, as the mother of democracy, has a judiciary which is one of its fundamental…
Guwahati: Two minors were rescued from a suspected trafficker in Chirang district of central Assam recently. One married man named Jahiruddin in Mozabari area under Sidli police station lured both the tribal girls and allegedly sexually assaulted them. The guardians of Koch Rajbongshi girls lodged a police complaint and thus the dark issue came to…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday visited Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) and dedicated a 20-bed Cardiology ICU to the service of patients in Barak valley. It may be noted that the Sarma on the last leg of his three-day south Assam tour visited the medical institution and besides inaugurating the…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, strongly condemns the killing of two reporters during a military raid in Mon State of Myanmar and demands a fair probe to the incident that led to the death of Htet Myat Thu and Win Htut Oo on 21 August 2024. Burmese media…
Guwahati: One of the prime accused in the Dhing minor gang-rape incident, Tafazzul Islam, died Saturday morning as he tried to escape police custody by jumping into a pond. Tafazzul was arrested by Nagaon police on Friday soon after the incident took place on 22 August 2024. He was taken to the place where the…
Guwahati: Union minister of State for road transport & highways and corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra visited Assam’s Darang district on 23 August to assess the progress of various development schemes in the district. The Minister began his visit by inspecting the Baghpari Chapari number 2 water supply scheme under Mangaldai division of the Public Health…
Within just 48 hours, three cases of rape and attempted rape of minors were reported from the various parts of the state. The severity of the situation has deeply shaken the people. All the victims of the three cases were helpless girls in the age group of 9 to 16 years. Significantly, all the accused,…
Guwahati: Hundreds of Assamese women on Friday hit the street of Dhing in central Assam demanding justice to a minor who was gang raped by a group of suspected Muslim migrants on 22 August 2024, while she was returning home from tutorial classes in the evening hours. Following a call by the Dhing unit of…
