Assam govt proposes district land tribunals to protect tribal belt lands
Nov 25, 2025The Assam government on November 25 introduced a bill proposing the creation of district-level tribunals to safeguard land rights in tribal belts and blocks, in accordance with the Assam Accord. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Keshab Mahanta tabled The Assam District Land Tribunal Bill, 2025 in the Assembly
Assam moves to grant land rights to tea workers; bill seeks removal of ‘labour lines’ from plantation land
Nov 25, 2025The Assam government on November 25 introduced a key amendment bill in the state Assembly to exclude tea garden ‘labour lines’ from land reserved for ancillary plantation activities, paving the way for distributing such land to tea workers for their housing ownership. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Keshab Mahanta tabled
Assam Christian Forum flags ‘direct attack’ on minority school autonomy, urges govt to review fee regulation bill
Nov 25, 2025The Assam Christian Forum (ACF), an umbrella body representing Christian communities and minority educational rights across the state, on November 25 voiced deep concern over the state cabinet’s decision to table the Assam Private Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Amendment Bill, 2025, in the ongoing winter session of the assembly.
Tamulpur DC stresses holistic growth as district launches Arohan 2025-26 for class IX achievers
Nov 25, 2025Tamulpur Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Chakravarty, ACS, emphasised the need for a holistic approach to student development, underscoring the importance of nurturing talent, ensuring access to healthcare, and supporting mental well-being.
Assam unveils ambitious MRO Policy 2025, sets sights on becoming India’s next military-industrial powerhouse
Nov 25, 2025Assam has cleared the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Policy 2025, laying out an ambitious roadmap to transform the state into India’s premier aviation MRO hub in the Northeast by 2030.
Tewary commission says 1983 Assam violence had ‘no communal colour’, blames AASU–AGSP for unrest
Nov 25, 2025The Tewary Commission, constituted to probe the large-scale violence that engulfed Assam in the first four months of 1983, has concluded that the unrest — which also witnessed the horrific Nellie massacre — did not carry any “communal colour”, even as it acknowledged that the Assamese people’s fear of being “numerically overwhelmed” was “not imaginary”.
Gaurav Gogoi questions “mastermind” behind Zubeen Garg’s murder, accuses Assam CM of voter import plot
Nov 25, 2025Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on November 25 demanded that the state government reveal the “real mastermind” behind the killing of singer Zubeen Garg, accusing Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of suppressing key information and misleading the public.
Awareness camp in Margherita marks day to end violence against women
Nov 25, 2025An awareness camp marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was organised on 25 November 2025 in Margherita, Assam.
Two MLAs suspended for entire Assam Assembly session over ‘misconduct’ toward deputy speaker
Nov 25, 2025Two opposition MLAs were suspended from the Assam Assembly on November 25 for the remainder of the ongoing winter session following the adoption of a Privilege Committee report that found them guilty of misconduct toward Deputy Speaker Numal Momin.
Assam: 5 students injured after being hit by speeding truck, driver nabbed by locals
Nov 25, 2025A major road accident in the Suprakandi area of Sribhumi on Tuesday, November 25 left five school students critically injured after a speeding truck rammed into them. The injured minors were rushed to Sribhumi Civil Hospital for urgent medical attention.
Dhubri Police bust gambling racket; seven detained
Nov 25, 2025Dhubri police on Monday night, November 24, busted an alleged gambling racket operating covertly in the Hariarkuti area under Gauripur police station, detaining seven individuals in a swift, targeted operation.
Assam: Baksa gets new gender resource centre to strengthen community support for women
Nov 25, 2025In a significant step towards strengthening gender-responsive community support, District Commissioner Gautam Das on Tuesday, November 25 inaugurated the Pahi Gender Resource Centre under the Block Mission Management Unit of the Assam State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ASRLM) in Baksa district.
"One killed, others assisted": Assam CM calls Zubeen's death ‘plain murder’ in assembly
Nov 25, 2025Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, November 25 urged political leaders and the public not to undermine the ongoing investigation into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, asserting that the case has been officially established as 'murder' with one person committing the crime and others assisted in the act.
ST status to six Assam communities only if safeguards for current tribes remain: Hagrama Mohilary
Nov 25, 2025Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Executive Member Hagrama Mohilary on Tuesday, November 25 reiterated his stand on the proposed inclusion of six Assam communities in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list, stating that he supports the move provided it does not dilute the rights of existing tribal groups.
Assam CM tables polygamy ban bill; Mehta and Tewary commission reports circulated in Assembly
Nov 25, 2025Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on November 25 tabled the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025 in the state Assembly, marking a significant step toward outlawing the practice in the state.
Former bureaucrat Hitesh Dev Sarma summoned, questioned over alleged threats to journalist
Nov 25, 2025Retired IAS officer Hitesh Dev Sarma appeared before the Pathsala Police Station on Tuesday, November 25 in connection with allegations that he issued death threats over phone to journalist Rana Deka and the reporter’s eight-year-old child.
"It is a case of murder from very first": Himanta Biswa Sarma on Zubeen's death case
Nov 25, 2025Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, November 25, made a sensational statement in the Assam Legislative Assembly, asserting that renowned singer and composer Zubeen Garg’s death was not an accident but an “outright murder.” Garg, 52, died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19, during a yacht trip linked to the North East India Festival (NEIF).
Grazing land re-encroached in Assam's Jogighopa, 533 bighas turn into new settlement overnight
Nov 25, 2025A massive 533-bigha stretch of government grazing land in Jogighopa’s Pachania area has once again come under illegal occupation, months after the Bongaigaon district administration cleared the area through a peaceful eviction drive.
Debabrata moves adjournment motion to discuss death of Zubeen Garg in Singapore
Nov 25, 2025The winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly opened on a tense note as Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia moved an Adjournment Motion demanding clarity on the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of music icon Zubeen Garg and the government’s continued silence on the issue.
How one Assamese youth put the state on India's rail map
Nov 25, 2025In a region where entrepreneurship often battles infrastructural limitations, Kanak Deka, a young businessman from Kamalpur in Kamrup district, Assam, has rewritten the rulebook. His journey from a small-town youth to the architect of Northeast India’s first private rail corridor reads like a milestone moment in the region’s industrial transformation.
Assam: 3 dead after ambulance crushed in fatal collision with bus in Tinsukia, several injured
Nov 25, 2025At least three people were killed in a tragic road accident in Makum, located in Assam’s Tinsukia district, early Tuesday, November 25 morning.
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