RANCHI: Jharkhand should treat Assam as a cautionary tale of how demographic change caused by “infiltration from Bangladesh” has become “a matter of life and death” for the state’s indigenous population, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Wednesday in Ranchi.“In Assam, Muslim population is 40%. It was 12% in 1951. We lost districts due to infiltration…
GUWAHATI: Assam has had just eight applicants for citizenship under CAA to date and six of them are still to report for interviews, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, contradicting projections by some organisations that the state’s population could potentially swell by up to 50 lakh because of this provision.“When I contacted some Hindu Bengali…
SHILLONG: The unrelenting rains in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have prompted the IMD to extend the ‘red alert‘ for an additional day in the three states until Wednesday, even as floods and landslides continued to wreak havoc across the northeast, cutting off several areas.In Assam, the number of people affected by floods crossed 1.61…
GUWAHATI: The unrelenting downpour persists in Assam, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh, prompting the IMD to extend the ‘red alert‘ for an additional day in these three northeastern states until Wednesday. Mawsynram, renowned as one of the wettest locations globally, experienced the season’s peak precipitation within the past 24 hours, exacerbating the already dire situation in…
GUWAHATI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a militant, who is currently in an Assam jail in connection with a case, for his alleged involvement in the killing of four civilians in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Jan 18, reports Mukut Das. It is the first arrest in the case in Manipur, which has been embroiled…
GUWAHATI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a militant, who is currently in an Assam jail in connection with a case, for his alleged involvement in the killing of four civilians in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Jan 18. It is the first arrest in the case in Manipur, which has been embroiled in ethnic strife…
GUWAHATI/AIZAWAL/SHILLONG: Floods and landslides triggered by continuous rain from Cyclone Remal’s impact and the onset of monsoon claimed six more lives Thursday in the North-East, increasing the death toll to 45 across the region.In Meghalaya‘s East Khasi Hills district, four people are feared dead due to a landslide, with one body found so far. One…
NEW DELHI: At least three coal miners are trapped inside an illegal rat-hole mine in the rugged terrains of Patkai hills, Tinsukia district, Assam, following a landslide. Officials confirmed the incident on Sunday, highlighting the precarious conditions rampant in such unauthorized mining operations.The mishap unfolded around 12:30 am at the illicit Tikok West mining site,…
RANIBARI (WEST GUWAHATI): In the tranquil village of Ranibari in the foothills of Meghalaya and “part of both Guwahati and Shillong parliamentary constituencies”, residents face a unique predicament every election. With a population of nearly 500 from 96 families, and nearly 230 voters, the village is gearing up to vote for the Guwahati Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is a burning issue in West Bengal, is BJP’s game plan to “brand Bengali Hindu migrants as Bangladeshis“.Addressing an election rally in Nadia’s Ranaghat in West Bengal, the TMC national general secretary claimed that if anyone, despite…
