From setting up space labs in schools to building IT parks and hosting football cups and literature festivals, Bodoland is now rewriting its story to claim its place on the map.
Rajib Brahma & Prabhat Basumatary, members of Council Legislative Assembly of Bodoland Territorial Region, and tea tribe leaders Gautam Dhanowar & Pradip Majhi joined BJP Sunday.
The Karbi insurgency for a separate state of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills is in the spotlight after 1,040 insurgents surrendered to the Assam govt this week.
BJP-BPF alliance failed to come to agreeable terms in the Bodoland Territorial Region. But the parties could still come together along with BJP’s new partner UPPL for 2021 polls.
With 9 out 40 seats in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls, the BJP has emerged kingmaker, opting to tie up with UPPL and GSP instead of ally BPF, the single largest party.
With BJP looking to unseat ally Bodoland People's Front, questions have risen if the ruling party will go alone in the state assembly elections next year.
The women speakers, who will be selected via debate & song competitions, will popularise both central and state govt achievements in the run-up to the 2021 polls.
The Bodo tribe has for over 3 decades been fighting for separate state but its rebel groups have abandoned an armed struggle with the signing of the Third Bodo Accord in January.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Massive scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh has endangered the very existence and culture of the Bodos – an indigenous minority community in Assam and Meghalaya.
Illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh must be identified and deported at the earliest.
Massive scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh has endangered the very existence and culture of the Bodos – an indigenous minority community in Assam and Meghalaya.
Illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh must be identified and deported at the earliest.