'Beef isn't banned in Assam': Locals react after mob thrashes 68-year-old Shaukat Ali in fresh cow vigilantism case
Syeda Ambia Zahan • 6 years agoAssam: In yet another case of cow vigilantism, an elderly Muslim man, Shaukat Ali, was beaten up and forced to eat pork, which is forbidden among followers of Islam, while his restaurant was vandalised by another group at some distance in Biswanath Chariali district in Assam on Sunday
Supreme court asks Assam NRC co-ordinator to submit district-wise percentage of excluded people
• 7 years agoSupreme Court asked the Assam NRC coordinator, Prateek Hajela, to place before it the data of district-wise percentage of population excluded from the draft in the state and has directed to make available the copies of draft NRC at all panchayat offices so that public can access it easily.
Meet the Assam youths using Facebook, WhatsApp to combat child marriage, change hearts and minds
Abdul Gani • 7 years agoIn several parts of Assam, where child marriage continues to plague society, a group of young people have come together and rescued over 1,000 children with the help of social media.
Disbanding madrasa and Sanskrit boards in Assam: How a progressive decision gets mired in controversy
Mayurbora • 8 years agoThe decision to simultaneously dissolve the Sanskrit Board has deprived the regular critics of the government a very good chance to lambast it by flagging the card of discrimination in the name of religion.