Nava Thakuria talks to Suhas Chakma, Anup Sarma

Tarun Gogoi dies of post-Covid complications at 86, The Telegraph

The Telegraph 24 November 2020 He served as chief minister for 5,485 days, from May 18, 2001, to May 24, 2016, covering three straight terms Tarun Gogoi, Assam’s longest-serving chief minister who had helped the state “breathe freely again” after years of insurgency, died of post-Covid complications at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital on Monday […]

55 Indian Journalists Arrested, Booked, Threatened For Reporting on COVID-19: Report, The Wire

The Wire 16 June 2020 The report said that as many as 22 FIRs were filed against various journalists while the lockdown was in progress. New Delhi: Ashwini Saini is a contributor to a Facebook page that publishes news on the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.  Saini, who also works as a freelancer for the Hindi […]

Rights group urges contempt proceedings against Assam govt for disclosure of NRC data, Northeast Now

Northeast Now Published on 02 August 2019 Chakma said that the apex court in its order dated September 19, 2018 had rejected the plea of the Union government to share the draft data A day after Assam government made public the district-wise data of persons not included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), civil rights […]