Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) members showed black flags to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday when he was entering the Chowkidinghee playground here to attend the concluding func...

The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, on Monday gave its nod to passing the bill in its original form.JPC chairman and BJP MP Rajendra Agrawal said in the meet...

The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a partner in the BJP-led Assam government, toughened its stance on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, on Monday, threatening to pull out of the alliance if the BJP g...

The stage is set for the first phase of panchayat polls on Wednesday, a vote which will to some extent throw light on the “health” of the ruling coalition in Assam with the AGP and the BJP contest...

Mohammed Salim has just returned from Raiganj, his constituency, 400 kilometres north of Calcutta. He is in the city to attend a wedding reception and take care of some official work. The very next da...

Maa Bharati is a potent image. The prime minister seized upon it to turn the right knobs among his audience in Jammu. His vision of hundreds of children of Maa Bharati suffering in Bangladesh, Pakista...

The Congress Legislature Party in Assam on Thursday demanded a special Assembly session to adopt a resolution that the Assam Accord will not be violated.In the wake of widespread protests in the state...

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When the Congress’ Sushmita Dev defeated Kabindra Purkayastha in Silchar in 2014, she was called a giant killer. This time, the fight was expected to be tougher. The National Register of Citizens an...

Not all fires are natural; some are lit because of political imperatives. The unrest that was witnessed in Assam and some other parts of the Northeast after the passage of the citizenship (amendment) ...