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Saturday, May 4, 2024
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Topic: Assam

Assam Police arrest 1,800 men in crackdown on child marriage

More people, including those helping to register such marriages in temples & mosques, are likely to be arrested, says Assam CM.

Assam State Archives shows how it’s done—5 lakh documents, 6000 maps, digitisation drive

Under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, history in Assam has gained a new sheen with a digitisation drive.

Assam’s pyramids: All about Ahom dynasty ‘burial mounds’, India entry for UNESCO World Heritage tag

The Charaideo Moidams are mounds containing remains of Ahom dynasty royalty, who ruled present-day Assam from the 13th to the 19th century.

Assam CM suggests Bagh Hazarika never existed, Muslim leaders & scholars call for research

Himanta Biswa Sarma said at recent public events that ‘if you read the entire history of the Battle of Saraighat, you will find there’s no mention of Bagh Hazarika anywhere’.

From allies to bitter enemies: How Congress-AIUDF relations soured in Assam

Congress accuses All India United Democratic Front of being 'BJP mouthpiece', AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal says Congress leaders hand-in-glove with CM Sarma.

Even in defeat in Assam, Rajput general who led the Mughals praised his Ahom adversaries

In ‘The Ahoms: A Reimagined History’, Arup Kumar Dutta explores the Ahom dynasty’s fascinating 600-year rule over the Brahmaputra valley.

Daughter & grandson in Pakistan jail, Assam woman moves Delhi HC. Plea dismissed over ‘jurisdiction’

The 2, reported missing in Dec, were detained in Nov for trying to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan without valid documents. The woman's mother has alleged they were 'kidnapped'.

Row over EC’s Assam delimitation plan — ‘BJP trying to tinker with Muslim-majority seats’

EC has begun process of delimitation of assembly and LS constituencies in Assam on basis of 2001 Census. Previous exercise was undertaken in state in 1976 on basis of 1971 Census.

Assam mobile theatre tradition is just refusing to die out. Bringing in crores

Assamese mobile theatre, or ‘Bhramyaman’, is all about testing boundaries, taking risks, and highlighting social issues in an entertaining way.

Assam no longer fears ULFA(I). But it’s what angry, jobless youth turn to when all else fails

Defence sources reveal there are 3 ULFA(I) camps active under their Eastern Command: The Arakan Gut or 779, the Nilgiri Gut, and the Everest or Hoyat camp.

On Camera

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Sir William Jones’ monument with Hindu religious imagery was accommodated in a Christian church as independently validated proof of the truth of Christianity.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.