North Lakhimpur: Amidst the election battle afflicted with communal undertones, the reports of a Hindu family donating their land for a Muslim burial ground brings a sense of relief that our foundational basis of harmony and fraternity yet exists. Breaking […]
Activists say 40 million Muslims and 30 million Dalits not on electoral rolls, raising fears of targeted suppression. The country’s election commission says nearly 900 million voters are eligible to vote in the seven-phase voting, which started on April 11 […]
In Assam, the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Bill have reopened ethnic and communal divides. For this series, Arunabh Saikia and Ipsita Chakravarty travelled across the state to find out how it affects voter choices. Two years ago, […]
GUWAHATI: Prominent Dalit and youth leader, and MLA from Gujarat Jignesh Mevani has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will curb all the basic rights under democracy if it is voted back to power. Mevani was in Guwahati to take […]
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the Triple Talaq Act come under cloud Pluralism and diversity are the strengths of modern democracy. Our constitution states that there should be no discrimination on the grounds of one’s language, culture, belief and gender. […]
The police have so far arrested 12 people, including the owners of the illegal country-made liquor factory, in Jugibaari area near the garden. New Delhi: One hundred and forty tea garden workers in Assam have died after consuming toxic liquor, […]
Kokrajhar district topped the list, where 88 cases were filed against NDFB(S), KLO and NSLA(AT), he informed the House. Guwahati: In what has raised many eyebrows, Assam government has registered nearly 245 sedition cases against various outlawed organisations and individuals […]
