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Sabrang India
Assam Boat Tragedy Could Have Been Averted had the Majuli Bridge Been Built
10 Sep 2021
Delays in bridge construction and lack of oversight at river crossing led to loss of innocent lives
PTI
Two Mizoram Ministers, Home Secy to Engage in Border Dispute Talks with Assam: Top Official
04 Aug 2021
A festering border dispute between the two states had triggered a bloody conflict on July 26, leading to the death six Assam Police personnel and one civilian. Over 50 people suffered injuries in the…
Newsclick Report
Assam-Mizoram Boundary Dispute Intensifies, Charges Filed Against Assam CM and Mizoram MP
31 Jul 2021
Assam CID has summoned Mizoram’s lone Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena, while Mizoram Police has filed several charges against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and several police officials.
Ajaz Ashraf
How Assam is Turning Beef into a Federal Issue
16 Jul 2021
Assam’s new Cattle Preservation Bill violates Article 48 of the Constitution and will give a fillip to vigilantism.
Newsclick Report
Assam: Over 250 Egrets Die After Muncipal Body Fells Trees over COVID-19 Scare, CM Orders Probe
26 Jun 2021
The incident occurred after the local municipal authorities ordered the felling of a bamboo grove and trees, housing the nests and chicks of the protected species, taking recourse to a bizarre…
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Two-child Norm Politically Motivated to Create Polarisation
23 Jun 2021
The implicit message by those advocating this policy, essentially from the Hindu Right, is that Muslims have more children than Hindus and the government has displayed daring by penalising families…
Ram Puniyani
Busting Myths About Muslim Population Growth in India
16 Jun 2021
The threat of a declining Hindu population and growing minority numbers lacks a basis in logic and facts.
Newsclick Report
Assam CM’s Distasteful Comment on MLA Akhil Gogoi’s ‘Mental Health’ Draws Flak
25 May 2021
Four activists belonging to different organisations were picked up by the Assam Police during a midnight raid on Monday in Sivasagar district fearing protests over CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s comments,…
Newsclick Report
Newly Elected MLA Akhil Gogoi Accuses Security Personnel of Mistreating Ahead of Oath Taking Ceremony
22 May 2021
Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019 on charges of sedition and inciting violence during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Assam, is the first from the state to contest and…
Omkar Poojari
Assamese Sub-Nationalism, Fragmented Opposition Are Defining Traits of Assam’s Electoral Politics
11 May 2021
The AJP-RD significantly split opposition votes in Upper Assam, harming the enemy’s enemy more than their ‘main opponent.’