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Assam youth festival, born out of a stir, turns 50

The Karbi Youth Festival in Diphu, Assam, celebrates its 50th edition with cultural performances, ethnic cuisines, and international participation.

The Hindu · Jan 12, 2024

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra | Assam government denied nod for night halts at two places: Congress

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: The Congress said the Assam government has denied night-stay permissions at public grounds for its leaders in two districts during the ensuing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

The Hindu · Jan 11, 2024

Stay away from militants’ recruitment drives: Assam DGP to youth

Assam’s Director General of Police, Gyanendra Pratap Singh has advised the youth of the State to stay away from unsafe conflict zones by not falling prey to the recruitment campaigns of extremist groups. His appeal through conventional and social media platforms followed a drone strike on a mobile unit of…

The Hindu · Jan 10, 2024

Commercial, public vehicles off roads as 48-hour transport strike begins in Assam

Commercial vehicles and other modes of public transport stayed off the roads in most parts of Assam on January 5, owing to a 48-hour strike called by a joint forum of transporters’ unions to protest against the new penal law on hit-and-run cases.

The Hindu · Jan 5, 2024

Kerala face Kuldeep Yadav threat in Ranji Trophy opener

KOCHI: Kerala will bank on their senior pros to deliver when they begin their Ranji Trophy campaign against Uttar Pradesh at the SD College ground, Alappuzha on Friday. Kerala are placed in a tough group with Mumbai, Bengal, Andhra, Bihar, Assam, Chhattisgarh lining up alongside them in Group B apart…

The Times of India · Jan 4, 2024

ULFA pact: an accord of safeguards?

The tripartite peace deal between the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom, the Centre and the Assam government may have more to offer for the BJP agenda than for peace plans

The Hindu · Jan 3, 2024

Understanding the peace pact with ULFA | Explained

ULFA signs tripartite peace deal with Centre & Assam govt. to safeguard indigenous rights & accelerate State's development.

The Hindu · Jan 3, 2024

12 dead in Assam road mishap, PM announces ex-gratia

At least 12 killed, 30 injured in head-on collision between bus & truck in Golaghat, Assam. Investigation underway.

The Hindu · Jan 3, 2024

Extremism in Assam 90% over, says Assam CM

Peace accord between Assam govt & ULFA ends 90% of extremism; 11 accords since 2016, only ULFA (I) remains to be mainstreamed.

The Hindu · Jan 1, 2024

Endgame: On the tripartite agreement between the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom, Union government and the Assam government

The ULFA has long lost its potency as an insurgent force from its heydays in the 1990s, when it managed to tap the discontent that persisted in rural Assam even after the Assam Accord

The Hindu · Dec 31, 2023