‘Police high-handedness’: What a government inquiry said about a shooting in Assam

Assam has seen numerous police shootings since last year. This is the only incident where the government set up an inquiry commission.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Dec 09, 2022 · 09:00 am

In Assam, a police crackdown on European visitors sparks demand for an anti-conversion law

Ten Europeans were detained and deported, with the police investigating whether they were conducting ‘mass conversions’ to Christianity.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Nov 10, 2022 · 06:30 am

In Assam, there is widespread resentment against internet shutdowns for government exams

The government argued it was necessary to conduct ‘free, fair and transparent’ exams.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Aug 26, 2022 · 06:30 am

Why many in Assam are unhappy with a proposal to count ‘Assamese Muslims’

Muslim communities considered indigenous to the state resent the emphasis on religion over ethnicity.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Jun 02, 2022 · 06:30 am

Assam’s tea gardens will have high schools for the first time. But tea workers have one concern

They want the tea garden managements to stay out of the running of the schools.

Rokibuz Zaman

· May 14, 2022 · 06:30 am

Why wild mushrooms are causing deaths in Assam’s tea gardens

Impoverished tea garden workers have been driven to the free source of protein but knowledge of which mushrooms are poisonous is scarce on the ground.

Rokibuz Zaman

· May 08, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘Deliberately creating enmity’: Assam MP Abdul Khaleque on his complaint against Himanta Biswa Sarma

The two men were once political allies in the Congress. Khaleque now wants Sarma booked for hate speech.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Mar 29, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘In the womb of the Brahmaputra’: A flawed land policy lies behind violent eviction drives in Assam

A close study of Sipajhar, where an eviction drive left two dead last month, reveals the many factors shaping ethnic tensions.

Bidyut Sagar Boruah

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Anshuman Gogoi

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Gaurav Rajkhowa

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Ankur Tamuli Phukan

· Oct 18, 2021 · 06:30 am

How African Swine Fever – and government inaction – pushed Assam’s pig farmers into penury

The sector was flourishing till the virus wiped out farm after farm across the state last year as the government failed to cull the animals in time.

Arunabh Saikia

· Feb 04, 2021 · 09:00 am

In Assam’s Bodoland, a new peace accord propelled a new party to power

But so did the support of the BJP.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Dec 15, 2020 · 09:30 am

As Kaziranga National Park spreads, residents tear down their homes before they are evicted

The park became central to Assamese pride, and the tussles over eviction grew political.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 20, 2020 · 09:00 am

In Assam, the Congress spars with BJP over its chief ministerial candidate's past

Last week, ULFA accused Sarbananda Sonowal of being involved in two 'secret killings'.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Mar 29, 2016 · 12:30 pm