Only Rs.1 crore allocated in 2019-20 under North East Industrial Development Scheme, reveals reportSushanta TalukdarThe Modi Government allocated only Rs.1 crore for the year 2019-20 under the North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS), 2017, states the 227th
Congress, Left and other opposition parties in Assam form anti-BJP grand alliance for Assembly electionSushanta TalukdarSix opposition parties of Assam on Tuesday formed a ‘Mahajotbandhan’ (grand alliance) to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in
Assam police scam Cash-for-jobs scam in Assam PoliceSushanta TalukdarThe unearthing of a cash-for-jobs scam in police appointments in Assam involving a BJP leader and department officials exposes the ground reality of r
COVID-19 Update Assam: Caution to the wind Sushanta Talukdar Political rallies and official functions, along with large gatherings at UIDAI centres for government assistance, are hampering the State’s progress
Naga peace talks Naga peace talks at a dead end?Sushanta TalukdarA single final accord between the government and all the Naga factions is nowhere in sight as the stakeholders disagree on interpretations of the cont
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 cases show no decline in Assam, political parties busy in electioneeringSushanta TalukdarIn Guwahati The number of cases in the State shows no signs of declining, and with political parties resuming electioneering activities and students getting ready
Citizenship Assam: Defining issueSushanta Talukdar The recommendation of the high-level committee on the Assam Accord on the definition of “Assamese people” has caught the BJP governments at the Ce
Assam and CAA CAA protests: Winds of change in AssamSushanta Talukdar The Citizenship (Amendment) Act has triggered a resurgence of regionalism in Assam and fuelled speculation about a new party that may be formed to tak
Citizenship Amendment Act CAA: The north-eastern quagmireSushanta Talukdar The CAA has added to the complexities of settling the question of who is an “illegal migrant” in the north-eastern region. Defining who is indigen
Anti-CAA protest Fiery reaction in AssamSushanta TalukdarThe anti-CAB protest turns into a mass resistance, reviving the anti-foreigner agitation in Assam.
Assam’s angerSushanta Talukdar In GuwahatiThe people of Assam and other north-eastern States are up in arms against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which they believe will undermine the Assam
Interview: Hiren Gohain Hiren Gohain: CAB serves the agenda of Hindu RashtraSushanta Talukdar Interview with the noted public intellectual Hiren Gohain.
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
