Samujjal Bhattacharya

Assam's NRC quandary Part 4: Confusion on 'original inhabitant' may be major bottleneck in identifying legal citizens

The Congress insisted that the use of the term “Original Inhabitants” would create a divide among those included in the NRC, which the party said is not warranted.

Assam education minister breathes fire to weed out rot, but faces uncomfortable questions in process

Compared to last year's 62 percent, this year the pass percentage in state board held matric examination slipped to 47.94 percent with only 1,78,656 among a total of 3,80,733 candidates.

Assam: BJP govt's Sanskrit dictate for schools receive sharp criticism from student bodies, parties

Assam cabinet's decision to introduce Sanskrit as a compulsory subject till Class 8 has evoked sharp criticism from students organisations and opposition political parties in the state

Protests against Congress RS nominee Sanjay Sinh in Assam

The KMSS alleged that Congress could resort to "horse trading" during the Rajya Sabha poll.