For a man who saw his mother move mountains to make ends meet following the death of his father when he was just five, Sasanka Samir is now moving people to tears — not with the painful story of his ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on May 26, accused sections of the opposition of attempting to use singer Zubeen ...

Demographically, Nagaon is one of Assam’s most politically sensitive districts because of its Muslim-majority pockets, largely comprising people of Bangladesh-origin. Out of the seven assembly ...

The Assam Government acquired land at Cotton Green for a second Assam Bhawan in Mumbai, a move welcomed by Assamese ...

GUWAHATI: As Assam prepares to elect a new government, regionalism remains a core issue for the state, which has been grappling with concerns over safeguarding its "identity" from the threat of ...

Today, members of the Assamese-Chinese community say they do not seek separate recognition at election time. They vote, but without raising demands tied to their origin.Wei Laim Lee, of Chinese origin ...

Lakhimpur (Assam) [India], March 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday accused the Congress of subjecting the Assamese people to "decades of ...

Himanta Biswa Sarma observed that there had been a steady increase in the turnout of Assamese voters since 2016, and it peaked this election. GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is ...

'The real fault line in Assam is not Hindu versus Muslim. It is Assamese versus Bengali -- and within that, the specific anxiety about undocumented Bangladeshi settlers claiming land and altering the ...