Tripura election: A Prince and the 'Last battle' for Tiprasa honourA sea of men and women colourfully decked in the red and yellow colours of the two-year-old Tipra Motha party burst into cheers of 'Bubagra...
12 Feb, 2023, 08.10 AM IST
Hundreds go homeless during second day of eviction drive in Assam's LakhimpurThe drive to evict encroachers from a forest land in Assam's Lakhimpur district continued for the second day on Wednesday, with 299 familie...
11 Jan, 2023, 08.23 PM IST
Many 'illegal settlers' vacate forest land on eviction drive eve in AssamAn eviction drive to clear 501 hectares of Pava reserve forest in first phase in Adhasona and Mohaghuli villages will be carried out on Tue...
09 Jan, 2023, 04.29 PM IST
Meet the Bengali refugees who now dominate businesses, farms in Chhattisgarh's tribal beltThey control three commercial hubs in and around Pakhanjore, a town in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
19 Jan, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
CAA protests in Assam: Why it is different from the rest of the countryOn Sunday, when the artists gathered in Chanmari field in Guwahati to register their protest against CAA, the fear found voice. Bipin Chawd...
17 Dec, 2019, 06.57 PM IST
View: Citizenship act has corrected a historic blunderThe CAB addresses only a part of the problem caused by the movement of peoples across international borders. There is still the outstanding...
15 Dec, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
Mamata govt is not going to complete its full term: Kailash VijayvargiyaBJP workers in West Bengal were attacked when they were celebrating after Lok Sabha results.
04 Jun, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
View: Don’t corral illegal migrants into camps, resettle them in other statesThe best solution is to resettle them in other states that are short of labour, and are willing to receive workers.
12 Aug, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi didn’t pursue Assam accord as it would have impacted Congress vote bank, says Ram Pradhan, former Home SecretaryPradhan told that a survey to identify the immigrants began in November 1985, which angered the Muslims and the Bengali community living in...
03 Aug, 2018, 06.48 AM IST
India leaves four million off Assam citizens' list, triggers fearResource-rich Assam, which borders Muslim-majority Bangladesh, is in the grip of social and communal tension as residents campaign against ...
30 Jul, 2018, 04.25 PM IST
NDFB-S militant wanted to target meat marketInvestigations revealed that the attacker was alone and carried an AK-47 and grenades and was under the influence of alcohol when he boarde...
15 Aug, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections: Bengali settlers hold the key in Mahakalpada Assembly constituencyCM Naveen Patnaik, who is the younger son of Biju Patnaik, is not taking the fight at Mahakalpada lightly and has already campaigned twice ...
15 Apr, 2014, 02.43 PM IST
Andamans: Welfare of Jarawas key poll issueThe issue remains so critical that parties like Congress and BJP have promised removal of Buffer Zone notification to give a boost to touri...
09 Apr, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
- No saviour for Buxa tiger reserve
For Raju Karki (name changed) of Raimatang, one of the 12 villages dotting the core area of Buxa Tiger Reserve, sneaking into the forest on...
23 Jun, 2013, 07.13 AM IST
Assam: Control over land key reason for clash between Bodos, MuslimsA primer on the continuing ethnic conflict between the indigenous Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers in western Assam.
19 Aug, 2012, 02.05 PM IST
- PM's resolution for peace in Assam hits BJP wall
BJP insisted that any such statement would have to include a reference to the "historical" situation in the state - the code for illegal im...
10 Aug, 2012, 12.11 PM IST
- Assam flares again; government must act firmly but the state needs broader dialogue
State government in Assam failed to react preventively first when some members of the minority community were killed earlier this month.
27 Jul, 2012, 04.32 AM IST