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Civil rights activists who had protested against the arrest of 26 Bangladeshi citizens by Dhubri police officials in Assam on May 20, 2020, now allege that one of them, Bakul Mian  has died  already under mysterious circumstances. They had…

At least twenty-one men and women have died in fierce landslides across Assam's Barak Valley region in the last 48 hours.Eight of those who died are minors.The landslides were reported after blinding rain in the Barak valley for more than…

The Gauhati High Court on Friday issued notices to respondents including the governments of Assam and India in a set of writ petitions that challenge the holding in prisons of those who have fallen afoul of measures meant to control…

In a bizarre turn of events, well known human rights activist and journalist from Assam, Zamser Ali, has been arrested by Mangaldoi Police .The arrest of Ali, who played a major role in organising poor victims of NRC exclusions, was said…

The Bengali speaking community in Assam is seemingly lost in the labyrinth of 3-D --- ‘D’ voter, Detention Camp and Declared Foreigner. The woes began during the AGP regime in 1997. The Election Commission classified voters in Assam with…