Assam says it banned madrassas and Sanskrit schools to secularise education. Critics say look closer

The move appears to target religious learning in madrassas.

Arunabh Saikia

· Dec 17, 2020 · 06:30 am

Bodoland goes to polls after a new peace accord. Will it mean a change in government?

The accord has thrown up new challengers to the reigning ‘chief’, Hagrama Mohilary, who was the face of the old accord.

Arunabh Saikia

· Dec 06, 2020 · 09:00 am

Gauhati High Court stays Nagaland government’s ban on sale of dog meat

The court said the government had not yet submitted its response to a petition filed against the ban by licensed dog meat traders.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:58 pm

In Manipur, infighting has riven a militant group. The media got caught in the middle

For two days, news channels went off air, newspapers did not go to print.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 27, 2020 · 09:00 am

On the Assam-Mizoram border, a territorial dispute acquires an ethnic tinge

The two states have clashed over the boundary before but hostilities have never been this intense.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 14, 2020 · 06:30 am

Panel formed by home ministry proposes definition of ‘Assamese people’ – to mixed responses in Assam

The state’s BJP leadership frowned on the release of the ‘confidential report’.

Arunabh Saikia

· Aug 12, 2020 · 06:30 am

With dog meat ban, India is still trying to ‘civilise’ the Nagas

There are continuities between British imperialists who viewed Nagas as ‘barbaric’ and the Indian mainlander who sits in judgment on their ‘wild’ food habits.

Roderick Wijunamai

· Jul 08, 2020 · 06:30 am

Will the BJP be able to hold on to government in Manipur this time?

The Congress has moved a no-confidence motion against the government.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jun 19, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘They are saying they defeated us’: In Nagaland, a war memorial for Indian soldiers faces a backlash

For many Nagas, it brings back memories of violence unleashed by the state during a decades-long insurgency.

Arunabh Saikia

· Feb 14, 2020 · 09:00 am

Mann ki Baat: North East insurgencies have considerably reduced, claims PM Modi

The prime minister said violence can never resolve any dispute, and urged people to resolve problems through dialogue.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 26, 2020 · 08:25 pm

Bru refugees in Tripura will be allowed to stay. Brus in Mizoram have mixed feelings about it

The ethnic minority was driven out by violence in Mizoram. Those who returned fear it will undermine their political rights and security.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 21, 2020 · 06:30 am

The mothers of Nagaland are taking it upon themselves to keep the peace – yet again

Despite being on the frontlines of peacekeeping, Naga women have been denied a stake in official peace talks.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 26, 2019 · 09:00 am