North East

Lamenting that despite being such a wonderful place, the general attitude toward the North East to this day is largely characterised by ignorance, lack of appreciation and stereotyping in the rest of ...

CPM politburo member Brinda Karat has urged Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to immediately halt eviction drives while seeking immediate relief to those displaced in the Darrang district pocke...

The six-year struggle of the employees of two defunct Assam paper mills is finally moving towards a resolution with the state government deciding to extend a Rs 570 crore relief package besides taking...

By-election to five assembly constituencies of Assam will be conducted on October 30, the Election Commission of India said on Tuesday. Counting of votes will be undertaken on November 2 and the enti...

State Trinamul leaders, including Subal Bhowmik,  went on the offensive flagging Deb’s unbecoming remarks. Trinamul is trying to emerge as an alternative to the BJP in the 2023 Assembly po...

The numbing sight of a photographer stomping on a motionless Maynal Hoque in Assam’s Darrang district on Thursday has overshadowed another feature of the video: the manner in which uniformed men...

The shock came in two waves. First, one of the official victims of the police firing in Assam’s Darrang on Thursday was a child who was aged 12 years and seven months and who had collected his ...

Imam Mohd Taizuddin ensured that the Friday prayers went on at the masjid which was demolished during the first round of eviction on Monday to remove encroachers  in the minority-dominated settle...

The BJP on Friday alleged that "third party political and apolitical forces" including Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) could be behind instigating protesters to attack Assam Pol...

At least two people were killed in police firing in Assam’s Darrang on Thursday during an operation to evict alleged encroachers in a minority-dominated settlement. A macabre element was inject...