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By: Mariola Sequeira Goalpara: A Salesian organization has joined hands with government agencies in Assam to train local people in disaster management techniques to deal with flood and other natural calamities. More than 160 people, including women, from four village clusters attended the day long training session on April 23Continue Reading

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By Swapnaneel Bhattacharjee April 21, 2017: Even as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent trafficking of women in the country, the existence of an organised red-light area in the heart of Silchar town, the headquarters of Cachar district of Assam state, explicitly reveals how prostitution over the yearsContinue Reading

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Guwahati: A crusader of transgender rights has asked the Gauhati High Court to direct the Assam government to secure the community’s rights and welfare. Assam in northeastern India has of more than 20,000 transgender people, says Swati Bidhan Baruah, who approached the court March end. The plight of transgender inContinue Reading

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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the state home department to set up special women police battalion to curb increasing crimes against women. Sonowal on March 17 directed the home department to constitute a high level committee with it as the nodal agency to carry out anti-trafficking drivesContinue Reading