Sukrita Baruah

Excessive rain, now becoming more frequent due to climate change, may not be the only cause of the devastation in Upper Assam. Human activities such as excavations and deforestation could also have played a role.

A protest, called by the Students' Federation of India (SFI), had been held at Guwahati's designated protest site in Chachal, attended by a few hundred protesters, and had taken place largely without incident.

In videos from protest in Guwahati, Assam minister Keshab Mahanta’s daughter was purportedly heard raising slogans against PM Modi and condemning police action against protesters in Delhi

Among those who backed the protests against paper leaks were the daughters of an Assam minister from a BJP ally, a BJP MP from Osidha, and a former UP BJP MLA.

Kapil Sibal announces Rs 1-crore legal fund to assist protesters detained or arrested during demonstrations against paper leaks; Cockroach Janta Party launches online “evidence-gathering platform”.

In the discussion on these amendments, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that they were “secular”.

Pranab Doley was arrested on July 12 in connection with protests against a proposed luxury hotel project in Kaziranga

In a July 29 order granting bail to Doley, an Additional Sessions Judge in Golaghat observed that there is prima facie absence of footage demonstrating these allegations and no “deadly weapon” was seized during investigation.

As a rapidly ageing Japan looks overseas to plug a growing labour shortage, youngsters in small towns across the Northeast are learning Japanese, clearing skill tests and preparing to leave home for caregiving, agriculture jobs

The 16-year-old's body had been discovered in a pool of blood by her mother and younger brother on the night of August 1 in their house