Barak Valley

Assam Assembly Election 2021: In Barak Valley, Congress battles religious fault lines; local factors bother BJP

Suddenly the Barak Valley has become a difficult terrain for the BJP despite its strong hold in the urban areas

Assam Assembly Elections 2021, Sushmita Dev profile: Congress leader faces uncertain future in party, politics

A lawyer by profession, Dev has a BA (Hons) in Political Science, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Masters in Law(LLM) and Bar-At-Law (UK)

At least 19 dead, two others seriously injured in Assam's Barak Valley as incessant rain triggers landslides

State Minister Parimal Suklavaidya, who was in Hailakandi town to review the COVID-19 pandemic situation, has directed district authorities to immediately send their reports on the landslide to the government for payment of Rs Four lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased.

Only those who study Assamese till Class 10 will get state govt jobs, says education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that rule will be applicable to all areas in the state, barring three Barak Valley districts and Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts

Assam cabinet nod to accord stature of state language to Assamese may stifle growth of other tongues spoken by a few

The cabinet proposal for a state language will have adverse effects on the other minor languages in the sphere of literature.

Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP chasing ghosts in Assam; Census data shows number of Hindu immigrants may have been exaggerated

The BJP's goal of cultivating the support of a large chunk of Bengali Hindus in Assam using the the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 could very well be based on misconceptions if the available Census data is taken into account

Rs 1,220-cr and 10 years later, NRC leaves group favouring exercise dissatisfied, raises doubts over migrant numbers in Assam

The NRC in Assam, which took ten years, employed 52,000 government employees and cost the government Rs 1,220 crore, is now being considered as a fruitless exercise by the very same people who sought it in order to detect and deport of illegal migrants from the northeastern state

Assam clashes: Day after one killed in violence, Hailakandi remains tense; curfew extended till 7 am on Monday

An Assam government release said the curfew was extended as the district administration apprehended breach of peace in the district.

Assam villagers battered by recurrent floods rue inadequate relief, castigate politicians for not providing solution

The Singara village in Assam, adjacent to the rivers Singara and Ranganadi gets submerged every year and the water refuses to recede even after the monsoon is over

Congress opposes citizenship bill: Will Priyanka Gandhi's Silchar roadshow help stave off anti-incumbency against Sushmita Dev?

While the Barak Valley, consisting of a large Bengali Hindu population, has vouched for 'protection' of people whose names were not included in the National Register of Citizens by passing Citizenship Bill, the whole of Assamese-majority Brahmaputra Valley stand opposed to it