Assam border dispute: A case of cartographers' lines vs people s perception of boundaries"Sometimes the lines were drawn across a hill, sometimes through a forest on maps which did not clarify whether the hill slope or forest pa...
30 Jul, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
State polls: When elections come around, tea workers — nobody’s people — become everyone’s votersOn the eve of International Women’s Day, Varia and 2,000 labourers took to the streets under the All Adivasi Women’s Association (AAWA), de...
18 Apr, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
- Industry hails Assam budget 2020-21, CM Sonowal terms it as pro people
Sonowal said that the budget will benefit all sections of the people living in all districts. He also said that the budget will stimulate d...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.09 PM IST
Not Bean There: Why hasn't artisanal coffee taken off in India?As the 'third wave' of a global coffee culture goes mainstream, conversations over a cup of coffee have moved from just single origin or cu...
08 Feb, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
CAA protest: Director of Higher Education Assam asks govt servants not to criticize the govtIn an office order G Phukan Director of Higher Education stated, “It is brought to the notice of all concerned that under 7 of the of the A...
31 Dec, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
Mayday calls from the wild: Why Assam needs to revive elephant habitatsTo minimize incidents of human-elephant conflicts, the state needs concerted efforts to create sustainable solutions. They include reviving...
29 Nov, 2019, 11.19 PM IST
Citizenship amendment bill will not help those left out of NRCNGO Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) recently said that the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill will not help the minority communitie...
02 Nov, 2019, 10.40 AM IST
Meet the wildlife photographer from Bengaluru who doubles as city tour guideKartiki Gonsalves is constantly shuttling between the quiet solitude of the jungle and city chaos.
11 Apr, 2018, 10.03 AM IST
Fireside Ventures closes first fund at Rs 340 crore backed by PremjiInvest, Unilever, ITC & othersThe fund has set up an advisory board comprising Amazon India’s Amit Agarwal, Marico’s Harsh Mariwala and Bain & Company India’s Chairman, ...
20 Mar, 2018, 02.37 PM IST
Battleground Northeast: Brisk early voting in TripuraPolling is being held for 59 of the 60 assembly seats today, after the demise of CPM Candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma in Charilam assemb...
19 Feb, 2018, 05.24 PM IST
Desi travellers are now fascinated by exotic villages in India and abroadWhile villages are a recent addition to experiential travel, rural Ladakh and Northeast are the popular choice.
25 Oct, 2017, 12.14 PM IST
Assam government's move to regularise landholdings can improve the fortunes of small tea growersThe British started cultivating tea in Sadiya, 60 km north of Tinsukia, and in 1838, Assam tea was sent to be auctioned in London for the f...
15 Oct, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Tension in Tinsukia following death of 11 personsIn protest against the death of 11 persons , Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) had called Tinsukia bandh.
12 Apr, 2016, 10.07 PM IST
Another reason to visit North-East: Hornbill FestivalHotel rooms are sold out months in advance as people from India and abroad visit the Naga heritage village on the outskirts of Kohima.
06 Dec, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
Will Jharkhand finally get a stable government 14 years after it became a state?Bihar, which was largely left an agrarian state after the creation of Jharkhand, has outperformed it. Jharkhand also lags Uttarakhand and C...
23 Nov, 2014, 07.04 AM IST
Assam government for CBI probe into border row incident: CM Tarun GogoiGogoi said the first priority of the state government was to restore peace in the affected areas and to send back the displaced people to t...
23 Aug, 2014, 12.07 AM IST
- Stop honour killings: Apex court to states
The SC has directed state governments to stamp out honour killings practised by Khap Panchayats to dissuade inter-caste marriages.
20 Apr, 2011, 02.40 AM IST