By Allen Brooks Udalguri, March 14, 2024: More than 25,000 Christians representing various denominations gathered at Udalguri town in Assam on March 14 to pray for peace and harmony in the nation. The meeting took place in the backdrop of the northeastern Indian state passing the controversial Assam Healing (PreventionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Oct 27, 2022: The police in Assam on October 27 deported three Swedish nationals for violating visa norms by allegedly indulging in conversion-related activities in the northeastern Indian state. They were also fined US$500 each before they were deported around 3 pm, Allen Brooks, spokespersonContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: June 24, 2022: An archbishop is asking for help after floods have devastated parts of Assam, located in northeastern India. Widespread rainfall has caused severe flooding and landslides in the state, and the authorities say 4.7 million people have been affected, with 2.3 million people takingContinue Reading
New Delhi: At a time when the world is grappling with staggering amounts of plastic waste and its environmental ramifications, a woman in India’s northeastern state of Assam has hit upon a novel idea to address the problem while also helping poor women earn a livelihood from it. Rupjyoti SaikiaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: Allen Brooks, a top Catholic leader in northeastern India, has demanded a probe into the “bizarre” deaths of 18 elephants allegedly by lightning stroke. The elephants were killed on May 13 atop Bamuni Hills in Assam’s Nagaon district. The cause of death is yet toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati: The Assam Christian Forum, representing all denominations in the northeastern Indian state, has appealed to the people to vote for candidates who work for an inclusive and secular society and uphold the Constitution. In the first such pre-election appeal, the forum also warned against theContinue Reading
Titabor: Spread over more than twelve bighas of land, Goronga Kabarstan, a non-descript burial ground in Titabor sub-division of Assam, has been practising what states like Goa is pushing for – a common cosmopolitan graveyard. The only thing that has come up recently is a “T’ shaped concrete drain, restContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam’s education minister says the government money cannot be used to teach Quran in madarsas, Islamic schools. “In my opinion, teaching Quran can’t happen at the cost of government money, if we have to do so then we should also teach both the Bible and Bhagavad Gita. So, weContinue Reading
Guwahati, Jan 5, 2020: Naresh Koch became the first ‘declared foreigner’ to die in captivity in the New Year. He happened to belong to the Koch-Rajbongshi community that has been demanding Scheduled Tribe along with five other indigenous communities in Assam, eastern India. Doctors at the Guwahati Medical College HospitalContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 11, 2019: The recent suicide of a teenage girl has highlighted the anguish of hundreds of thousands of residents of Assam who have been anxious and distressed about their residential status in the northeastern Indian state. Noor Nehar Begum took her life on June 26, the same dayContinue Reading
