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Assam cabinet expansion: Four newly sworn-in ministers allotted key portfolios in major reshuffleThe Assam government has just released its latest lineup of ministers as Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rolls out a cabinet expansion. ...- Assam Elections: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren predicts tea tribe vote shift to JMMAssam Elections: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren predicted a shift in the tea tribe-Adivasi vote towards Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He c...
- Assam polls: Schemes used to compel women to attend rallies in Assam, says Priyanka GandhiCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has accused the BJP government in Assam of exploiting women-focused schemes. She claims women are com...
- JMM entry shakes up BJP bastion in Assam's tea beltJMM has fielded 21 candidates for the elections to the 126-member Assam assembly. Assam is home to nearly 60 lakh tea tribe and Adivasi vot...
- Tiwa student group stage blockade over need for proper implementation of Tiwa Autonomous Council and moreTiwa students blocked National Highway-27 demanding proper implementation of the Tiwa Autonomous Council and land rights, leading to clashe...
- Assam's ST status plan for 6 groups to be taken up 'positively'Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has indicated a positive consideration for granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities in Assam. T...
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says ST plan for six groups will not affect existing tribesAssam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated new ST status recommendations will not impact current tribal communities. A three-member ...
- GoM backs ST status for six Assam communities, cites strong justificationA Group of Ministers has recommended granting Scheduled Tribe status to six major communities in Assam. These communities have long sought ...
- Bodoland University students protest ST move, breach BTC secretariatStudents from Bodoland University protested and vandalized the BTC secretariat in Kokrajhar, Assam, opposing the proposed Scheduled Tribe (...
- Assam CM Sarma says protesters seeking ST status are genuine; BJP workers may join the demandAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has voiced support for the genuine demand for Scheduled Tribe status by several communities. Prote...
- Assam government ties up with SBI to provide 1,181 former rebels loans of Rs 3 lakh and FDs worth Rs 4 lakh eachThe Assam government has partnered with the State Bank of India (SBI) to provide financial assistance to 1,181 former rebels. Each individu...
- Assam cabinet approves Assam Right to Public Service (Amendment) OrdinanceThe commission to be an independent quasi-judicial 3-member body with a Chief Commissioner and 2 Commissioners. The commission can recommen...
- Tribal aspirations from better education to emancipation rise, with Droupadi Murmu set to be PresidentTribal aspirations, ranging from better schools to simplification of forest laws in favour of tribals, to recognition of tribal religions a...
- Congress leaders go back in time to connect with tea tribesThe Congress leaders talked about past connections the tribes had with Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chotta Nagpur and how they migrated to ...
- Narendra Modi blames Congress for Assam Accord delay in Northeast rallyModi also touched up on the topic of infiltration.
- Bengal Decides 2016: Tea crises keep TMC in a tizzy in terai & dooarsThe Dooars and Terai region in North Bengal, comprising 20 seats, is perhaps one area where Trinamool Congress is actually on a sticky wick...
- Battleground Assam: No party can take Adivasis for grantedKnown as the tea tribe, Assam's nearly 60 lakh Adivasis are a dominant chunk of voters in 800-odd tea gardens spread across 126 Assembly se...
- Ethnicity-based politics: Why Assam’s adivasis are soft targetsAdivasis, say observers, suffer because they are caught in the vortex of Assam's ethnicity-based politics. The BTAD has tried to use the ad...
- Schedule Tribe status demanded for Adivasis by tribal organisationsMurmu said a delegation of ASA, would soon meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hand over a memorandum in support of their demands.
- Uproar in LS on Assam violenceThe Guwahati violence in the wake of a demonstration by tribals demanding ST status triggered a storm in the Lok Sabha, resulting in its ad...
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