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Assam: Provincialised tutors seek clarity after CM's qualification remarks

India, Feb. 22 -- Provincialised tutors across Assam have expressed sharp resentment over a recent remark by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who described the transition from tutor to teacher as a... Read More


Capped langur disappearing from forests of Upper Brahmaputra Valley: Study

India, Feb. 20 -- The endangered Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is rapidly disappearing from fragmented rainforest patches in Assam's Upper Brahmaputra Valley, according to a study published ... Read More


Assam: Western Hoolock gibbon electrocuted in Hollongapar sanctuary; calls to reroute railway

India, Feb. 19 -- The electrocution of a critically endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon inside Assam's Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary has triggered a significant social media campaign, with conse... Read More


Assam: Doomdooma Press Club condemns armed attack on Manipur senior editor

India, Feb. 19 -- Abhijit Khataniar, Vice President of the Doomdooma Press Club in Assam's Tinsukia district, has strongly condemned the armed attack on Khoirom Loyalakpa, editor-in-chief of the Manip... Read More


Timber Mafia's violent empire ravages Assam's ancient green wealth

India, Feb. 14 -- Organised timber mafias are relentlessly destroying Assam's ancient forests through illegal logging, cross-border smuggling, and violent intimidation. Recent arrests in western Assam... Read More


Assam: Rich tributes paid to litterateur Nirod Choudhury in Doomdooma

India, Feb. 13 -- Writers, cultural figures, and residents in Doomdooma in Tinsukia district gathered this week to honour eminent Assamese litterateur, journalist, and author Nirod Choudhury on his 26... Read More


Assam: Corporal punishment persists in Dibrugarh schools despite legal ban, study finds

India, Feb. 9 -- A recent academic study has revealed that corporal punishment remains widespread in schools in Upper Assam's Dibrugarh district, despite being legally banned under the Right to Educat... Read More


Assam: Tinsukia student dies after alleged corporal punishment, teacher arrested

India, Feb. 8 -- The death of a 13-year-old student following alleged corporal punishment at a private school in Assam's Tinsukia district has triggered widespread outrage across Upper Assam, with the... Read More


Assam conservationist flags institutional lapses in Mayodia human-tiger conflict

India, Feb. 6 -- Tinsukia-based wildlife conservationist Devajit Moran has described the recent human-tiger conflict in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley as a "preventable institutional failure,... Read More


Assam: Traffic SI killed, 15 injured after speeding vehicle hits crowd in Tinsukia

India, Feb. 5 -- A routine traffic duty turned fatal on Wednesday evening after a speeding vehicle rammed into on-duty police personnel and civilians at Chamdang (Samdang T.E.) Bypass Chariali under t... Read More