A teenage couple – a Garo girl and a Muslim boy – attempted suicide for their unfulfilled love by consuming poison. While the girl hailed from Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, the boy hails from Bhimkoch near […]
NEW DEHLI: Just over a year ago, my mother became an illegal immigrant. It happened when the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority in the northeast Indian state of Assam released the final draft of the register, which is a […]
GUWAHATI: Amid sporadic incidents of assaults on dalits in several parts of the country, the Gauhati University (GU) has constituted a seven-member committee, headed by university vice-chancellor PJ Handique, to look into the discrimination complaints to be received from SC, […]
At the time when people are fighting over Ram temple, a Muslim man in north Guwahati is offering his services to a centuries-old Lord Shiva temple across the Brahmaputra river. The temple has been looked after for centuries by members […]
At a time when the country is grappling with communal conflicts, a Muslim man in north Guwahati is spreading the message of peace and harmony with his infallible service to a centuries-old shrine of Lord Shiva, across the mighty Brahmaputra […]
Tensions have been stoked by a recent citizens’ register in the state of 33 million that its proponents hope will weed out “non-indigenous” people, many of them Muslims Even in the topsy-turvy world of Indian religion, Motibar Rahman stands out […]
GUWAHATI: Indian police in Assam last week stripped and tortured a pregnant Muslim woman and her two sisters at a police outpost in the Darrang district of the restive state, according to a report published by news website New Indian […]
Assam Police officers picked up 3 Muslim women from their houses late at night ,The women were stripped naked and tortured for hours, One of the woman, who was pregnant, lost her baby after being kicked in the stomach In […]
The NRC, is a process that is complex and not so easy to understand. So far, it has been unique to Assam. It was a consensual process arrived at after the tumultuous years that preceded the Assam Accord, when aggression, […]
GUWAHATI, INDIA: The Indian state of Assam was due on Saturday to publish a highly contentious citizens’ register that could potentially lead to several million people becoming stateless. Most of those left off are expected to be Muslims, stoking fears […]
