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Sukrita Baruah
Sukrita is a reporter based in Guwahati, covering India's North East for The Indian Express. She was earlier a correspondent covering the education beat for The Indian Express in Delhi. She tweets at @BaruahSukrita
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What’s in Assam’s anti-polygamy Bill? Jail terms for offenders, compensation for women
November 10, 2025 07:50 IST
The state’s Cabinet has approved the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill-2025, which Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said will be tabled in the Assembly later this month.
Mon, Nov 10, 2025
580 more families face eviction as Assam resumes demolition drive
November 09, 2025 11:47 IST
The eviction campaign, which the govt has linked to efforts to stem a ‘demographic invasion’, reached its crescendo in July-August, before taking a backseat to the outrage over Zubeen Garg’s death
Mon, Nov 10, 2025
3 students from NIT Silchar fall into waterfall in Dima Hasao, search ops underway
November 08, 2025 21:45 IST
They had visited the area, located in Harangajao around 60 kilometres from their campus, on the weekend with a group of friends
Sat, Nov 08, 2025
A regional unity move has the Northeast abuzz, but can the gaps be bridged?Subscriber Only
November 08, 2025 08:00 IST
BJP was the first party to realise the potential of bringing different outfits in the Northeast, rooted in the identities and aspirations of diverse communities, onto one platform. The new move suggests fatigue with national parties
Sat, Nov 08, 2025
Gateway of Guwahati: First-of-its-kind floating terminal inaugurated in Assam
November 08, 2025 07:30 IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called it a statement of Assam’s progressive vision
Sat, Nov 08, 2025
FM visits upcoming OSAT project in Assam, highlights transformative potential of industrial units
November 07, 2025 23:58 IST
The project, with an investment of Rs 27,000 crore, is expected to produce up to 48 million semiconductor chips per day, the FM’s office said in a post on X
Fri, Nov 07, 2025
Assam Chief Information Commissioner, whose brother is accused in Zubeen death case, steps down citing ‘moral grounds’
November 06, 2025 12:29 IST
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta was appointed as CIC in 2023. His brother Shyamkanu was the organiser of the Singapore festival that Zubeen had gone to attend
Thu, Nov 06, 2025
Assam BJP’s most high-profile loss is regional party’s gain: Rajen Gohain, who belonged to faction at odds with Himanta’s, joins Asom Jatiya Parishad
November 05, 2025 16:29 IST
‘My main aim in joining a regional party is that we have seen the rule of different national parties here…. It is not advisable to place our state in the hands of Delhi…’
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
Alarm bells as Meghalaya river known for its pristine waters turns murkySubscriber Only
November 05, 2025 07:17 IST
The Umngot flows through the West Jaintia Hills district, and its pristine water in the winter makes locations along it such as Dawki and Shnongpdeng among the top tourist attractions in Meghalaya
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
Amid churn in Northeast, move for a pan-region party; BJP’s Meghalaya, Tripura allies plan mergerSubscriber Only
November 04, 2025 18:34 IST
NPP president Conrad Sangma, Tipra chief Pradyot Debbarma, and leaders from Assam, Nagaland announce that the proposed entity would be a “strong, unified and indigenous political voice” from the region.
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
‘I will not call it a mishap’: Assam CM Himanta calls Zubeen Garg’s death a ‘murder’
November 03, 2025 17:55 IST
‘Yesterday, I apprised Home Minister Amit Shah as well, so that the approval (for submitting the chargesheet) may be granted quickly’
Tue, Nov 04, 2025
In Zubeen’s film, glimpses of his life — and death
November 02, 2025 04:00 IST
The protagonist is played by superstar Zubeen Garg, who passed away over a month-and-a-half ago while swimming in the sea in Singapore at the age of 52. The film, posthumously released on October 31, is the final one he had written, produced and starred in.
Sun, Nov 02, 2025
‘Learnt Amar Sonar Bangla as a child!’ says bewildered 74-yr-old Congress worker in Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s crosshairsSubscriber Only
October 30, 2025 15:44 IST
Bidhu Bhushan Das, a lifelong Seva Dal activist, sang the Tagore song -- now Bangladesh national anthem -- at an event in Sribhumi. Once, this Assam district was part of Sylhet, a majority of which is now in erstwhile East Pakistan, a past that lingers in the area
Thu, Oct 30, 2025
How an Assam vigilante group long seen in step with Himanta Sarma govt is stepping on its toes nowSubscriber Only
October 30, 2025 08:02 IST
Assam CM accuses Veer Lachit Sena of extortion and threatens it of ban. The outfit that claims to work for “indigenous Assamese against outsiders” has been supportive of BJP govt
Thu, Oct 30, 2025
As Muivah wraps up Manipur visit, a massive reception, and a call for ‘unified Naga homeland’
October 29, 2025 22:25 IST
Muivah, 91, a Tangkhul Naga from Manipur, had arrived in Ukhrul on October 22 and headed to his village Somdal, where he had his first homecoming since he left it to join the fight for Naga self-determination in the 1960s.
Thu, Oct 30, 2025
Assam’s semiconductor gain becomes Karnataka’s loss, Priyank Kharge and Himanta trade bitter barbsSubscriber Only
October 28, 2025 13:46 IST
After Congress leader asked ‘is there talent’ in the Northeastern state, CM calls him a ‘first-class idiot’
Tue, Oct 28, 2025
Decode Politics: In poll-bound Assam, why Sarma govt is planning to table a much-delayed report on Nellie massacreSubscriber Only
October 28, 2025 10:25 IST
Amidst Assam Agitation, thousands of mostly Bengali Muslims were killed at Nellie in 1983. Is Sarma govt, facing heat over Zubeen Garg death, trying to turn tables on Congress, in power in 1983?
Tue, Oct 28, 2025
IAS officer from Arunachal, posted in Delhi, arrested days after 19-year-old allegedly names him in ‘suicide note’Subscriber Only
October 27, 2025 22:02 IST
The IAS officer, Talo Potom, who is from the AGMUT cadre and was serving as Special Secretary with the Delhi government’s Public Works Department
Tue, Oct 28, 2025
Why Assam has been excluded from next round of SIR by Election CommissionSubscriber Only
October 27, 2025 21:29 IST
CEC Gyanesh Kumar says the state, which goes to the polls next year, has “separate citizenship provisions” and an SC-monitored citizenship identification process has not yet concluded; Congress alleges move "politically motivated."
Mon, Oct 27, 2025
Suspect in Assam railway track blast gunned down in police encounterSubscriber Only
October 25, 2025 16:37 IST
The deceased, identified as Epil Murmu, is believed to be a member of the National Santhal Liberation Army, the Assam Police said.
Sat, Oct 25, 2025
42 years on, Assam Cabinet to table Nellie massacre report in AssemblySubscriber Only
October 24, 2025 07:20 IST
The massacre of February 18, 1983, was the most violent flashpoint of the Assam Agitation against illegal migration from Bangladesh, taking place over several hours
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
50 years after he left, Muivah returns to a hero’s welcome, stirs Naga hopesSubscriber Only
October 22, 2025 18:54 IST
The NSCN leader reiterates that a settlement would have to be on the lines of the Framework Agreement, signed with the Modi government in 2015, and would have to recognise a separate Naga flag and constitution
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
A rebel returns: Manipur district prepares for Muivah visit home today after 50 yrsSubscriber Only
October 22, 2025 08:25 IST
With Manipur caught in a separate conflict, Naga talks with the Centre in a limbo, and his own advanced age, there has not been resistance to Muivah’s proposed visit to his village in Ukhrul district
Wed, Oct 22, 2025
In Nagaland, two major players are now oneSubscriber Only
October 19, 2025 07:18 IST
The Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio, merged under the NPF banner on Saturday.
Sun, Oct 19, 2025Himanta’s BJP gets a new ally, churning Assam’s political landscape months ahead of Assembly pollsSubscriber Only
October 18, 2025 17:08 IST
Two weeks after Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) swept Bodoland Territorial Council elections, its leader Charan Boro is inducted into state Cabinet, bringing party into NDA fold
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