Schools, colleges and other educational institutions in 11 districts in Assam will remain closed till December 22 because of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.Schools in Kamru...

Cotton University students, who are on an “uninterrupted hunger strike” since Monday night despite ongoing examinations, on Tuesday also announced a non-cooperation movement against the government...

Bollywood actress and cancer survivor Manisha Koirala led the Deepsikha Foundation’s Vijay — Walk Against Tobacco and Cancer from Judges Field to Cotton University on Sunday.Besides Manisha, nearl...

Cotton and Dibrugarh universities hoisted black flags and demonstrated in front of their institutions on Wednesday in protest against Sunday’s “barbaric attack” on students and teachers of Jawah...

The scene inside the exam halls at Cotton University on Friday was slightly different from the previous ones, courtesy gamosas.Nearly 1,200 students entered the campus and wrote their end-semester exa...

Voices of children filled the air as they sang Aa aa ulai aa, hojag jonata (Come, come, be aware, Assamese people), a protest song against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. During a rally against the A...

Boarders at hostels at Cotton and Gauhati universities, designated as quarantine centres for returning passengers from Wednesday, were hard-pressed to vacate as the time allotted was not enough.The Ka...

Fearing that implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will “affect” the demography and culture of Assam “in the long run”, several young women from the city demanded that the act be s...

Hundreds of college and university students in Assam on Thursday hit the streets for the third consecutive day and decided to launch a united statewide students’ forum on January 18 against the Citi...

Students and animal welfare organisations are running campaigns here to provide food and water to stray animals during the lockdown period.Touch of Humanity, an NGO led by Cotton University student Hi...