The members of the insurgent groups -- ULFA (I), NDFB, RNLF, KLO, CPI (Maoist), NSLA, ADF and NLFB -- surrendered in presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a programme in Guwahati. GUWAHATI: A total of 644 militants of…
Cultural troupes performing on the open session of the event at Daoharu Fwthar on the outskirts of Khoirabari town in Udalguri district of Assam on January 21, 2020. Image: Northeast Now The second day of 59th annual conference of Bodo…
Sanmilita Lachit Sena protests against CAA in front of the DC office complex, three of its members tonsure their heads Assam Congress rally against CAA at Jorhat. Image credit - Northeast Now The Assam Congress under the leadership of state…
GUWAHATI: Residents of about 75 villages in Dibrugarh district have donated 45,000kg of paddy to the All Assam Students Union (Aasu) to help fund its legal battle against the new citizenship law. The donation drive at Sasoni mouza in oil-rich…
The Army was deployed for counter-insurgency operations in the State in November, 1990 Security force personnel in action mode. Image credit - Northeast Now The Centre is mulling withdrawal of the Army from Assam as the militants’ activities have come…
The 30 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has performed its first community outreach programme for the year 2020 at Sonitpur district of Assam. This time it has opted for free distribution of sports kits to children belonging to…
A mother and daughter reunion took place 40 years after the 10-year-old went missing in Guwahati. Hajera Khatun, 70, with her daughter Shahiton Nesa. Like a script straight out of Bollywood, a 70-year-old woman from Assam finally met her daughter…
Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi attended an ex-servicemen rally held at 51 sub-area in Narangi Military Station of Guwahati on Sunday. Addressing the rally, Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi while hailing role of the ex-servicemen said, “The unrelenting endeavour of the…
Clause 6 provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect the cultural, social heritage of the Assamese people. The panel in its preliminary report is said to have suggested the introduction of Inner Line Permit, reservation of seats in…
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Saturday sounded brajra garjan against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) with the beat of drums and said in unison that Assam will not shoulder the responsibility of a single Bangladeshi. Including senior…