A bill to change the nomenclature of the aboriginal ethnic group inhabiting in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh was introduced in the lower house of the Parliament today. The bill was moved by Ms Bijoya Chakraborty, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP), who represents Guwahati parliamentary constituency of Assam. The ethnic Mising people are constitutionally recognized as Miri/Miching...
In a sudden eviction drive carried out by the forest department of Assam yesterday,an indigenous Mising people's village houses were destroyed by forest personnel of Assam.It needs to mentioned here that the new village was founded few years ago in forest area of the city's hilly terrain by people mostly hailing from flood hit Lakhimpur,Dhemaji,and Majuli of upper Assam.Most of the victims belongs...
The Tarun Gogoi government has not in any way handled the problem of erosion and the issue of rehabilitation of those rendered homeless by erosion with the required sincerity, despite being in power for three consecutive terms, something not seen earlier in Assam’s political history.
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GUWAHATI, Dec 6: It was in the 1950s that the problem of erosion, which all this whil...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today gave away the Sukapha Award to eminent linguist, singer, author, educator and administrator, Dr Tabu Ram Taid, during a function held on the occasion of the Asom Divas celebrations today at Sukapha Bhawan in Borborooah, some 10 km from here. The award consists of a cheque of Rs 2 lakh, a sarai, an eri shawl and an appreciation scroll.
Asom Divas, which earlier was...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today advocated a Central development package for backward pockets of the State – especially the border areas – on the lines of projects being implemented in Naxalite-affected areas of the country.
Addressing a press conference, Gogoi said that the border areas lacked abysmally in infrastructure and were breeding grounds of insurgency. “Assam shares several inter-State an...
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