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ASSAM Report released on Assamese Sikhs The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) organized a panel discussion on ‘Assamese Sikhs in Transition’ a research project which has been prepared in collaboration with Majha House and supported by Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS). Hazarika outlined the rationale for including the issue of Mazhabi Sikhs … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’ The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved. Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while … Read more
ASSAM 5 lakh out of 40 lakh yet to apply for inclusion in NRC: Sources Over 35.5 lakh people, out of the total 40 lakh, who were excluded in the draft National Register of Citizens ( NRC), have not yet come forward to include their names in the final list of the Supreme Court-monitored … Read more
ASSAM Why 2G service in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, asks SC The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and BSNL on a petition by NGO ‘Telecom Watchdog’ alleging a huge scam in the decision to deploy outdated 2G mobile services in Arunachal Pradesh and two districts of Assam and that too at almost eight … Read more
ASSAM China alerts India about ‘abnormal’ increase in Tsangpo volume Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have been put on high alert after China alerted India about an “abnormal” increase in the volume of water in the Yarlung Zangbo (or Tsangpo) river due to a cloudburst in the Tibetan region. According to a report received … Read more
ASSAM 41,000 posts in govt schools lying vacant in Assam Around 41,000 posts, including those of over 27,000 teachers, are lying vacant in various government run schools across Assam. A total of 40,845 posts are lying vacant in various government-run schools and out of these, 27,202 posts are of teachers. The state government had … Read more
ASSAM Assamese community in London opposes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill The Assamese Community in London has joined in the ongoing opposition to centre’s Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the state describing it as a threat to Assam’s demography, culture, and the Assamese language. There is a strong probability that a significant beneficiary of this amendment … Read more
ASSAM · 1951 NRC should be valid for filing claims: ASM ð The AssamSanmilita Mahasangha (ASM) – one of the stakeholders in the NRC update process – said documents pre-dating the first NRC from 1951 should have been admissible. ð The remaining five – including the 1951 NRC, pre-1971 voters’ list, citizenship certificate, refugee registration … Read more
ASSAM Literary body signs MoU to promote indigenous languages Assam Sahitya Sabha (ASS), the apex literary body of the state, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) to together carry out documentation and research work on indigenous languages. The two bodies will also work together on the … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’ The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved. Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while the … Read more