Guwahati – The All Assam Students’ Union and 25 other ethnic bodies, mostly student organisations, arrived at a consensus today that there should be Constitutional safeguard and 100 per cent seat reservation in local bodies, State Assembly and the Parliament for ‘Indigenous and Indigenous Assamese’ people. The student body claimedContinue Reading

Ranaghat – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening travelled to Ranaghat and met an elderly nun who was gang-raped at her convent school over the weekend. However, the chief minister’s convoy was blocked for almost an hour by angry crowds, demanding justice for the nun. Ms BanerjeeContinue Reading

Hisar – The Haryana police said on Monday that 14 miscreants have been booked on charges of vandalising an under-construction church in Kaimri village in the state’s Hisar district on Sunday. The Cross in the Williwarsh Church was replaced with an idol of Hanuman. The police booked the accused underContinue Reading

Dimapur – With a population of about 20 lakh, Nagaland is considered the second highest tobacco consuming State with 57 per cent of the populace into the tobacco habit. The statistics is more worrisome as 37 per cent of students are into smoking habit while 41 per cent school childrenContinue Reading

Kokrajhar — Protest wave continued in Assam against BJP leader and Member of Parliament Dr Subramaniam Swami’s remarks mixing religion and politics while visiting Assam. The Kokrajhar district committee of All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) and All Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Minority Students Union (ABMSU) protested and burnt effigy of Dr Swami,Continue Reading