Assamese to be compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts and other such works in Assam, announced Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday. He further said that ...

The umbrella organisation of literary bodies of eight prominent tribes in Assam has sought the modification of the term “Assamese people” mentioned in Clause 6 of the Assam Accord signed more than ...

The Assam government has mandated the use of Assamese in all official communication alongside English, effective Tuesday. This directive, aimed at preserving Assamese identity, is part of implementing ...

In Assam, the publication of the final National Register of Citizens was received largely with disappointment. Many Assamese nationalists found the number of “foreigners” detected through the exercise ...

Almost 35 years since the signing of the Assam Accord, the question of who qualifies as ‘indigenous’ under Clause 6 of the accord — the Assamese or the “more primitive” Kachari — still remains an ...

I am a Delhi-based journalist working for the Edit Page of The Times of India. I am again in Guwahati, Assam, and the big political conversation here unsurprisingly is the National Register of ...

In April, a government-appointed committee in Assam suggested separate identity cards and political representation for those it described as “indigenous” or “Assamese Muslims”. This would help ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 15 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that Assamese will be the compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, ...