The Assam cabinet recognised Tuesday around 40 lakh Assamese-speaking Muslims of the state as “indigenous Assamese Muslims” and a sub-group of the greater native Assamese community. These people do ...

The Assam Cabinet on Tuesday granted indigenous status to 40 lakh Assamese-speaking Muslims in the state to distinguish them from the Bengali-origin Muslim community, The Times of India reported. The ...

Students of a school run by the Catholics were reportedly barred from having their lunch and made to stand for 90 minutes for breaking the institution’s rule of speaking only in English. Assam’s ...

On July 6, the BJP-led government in Assam approved the identification of five Muslim sub-groups as ‘Khilonjia Musalman’ or indigenous Assamese Muslims to set them apart from Bengali-speaking or ...

Guwahati: Ignoring the Trinamul Congress’ demand for an apology over his remark that “writing Bengali as the mother tongue in the Census documents will quantify the number of foreigners in the state”, ...

“Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the culture, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the ...

The Assam cabinet on Tuesday recognized around 40-lakh Assamese-speaking Muslims of the state, who do not have any history of migration from erstwhile East Pakistan and now Bangladesh, as “indigenous ...