Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. Tamulpur, in the Bodoland Territorial Council area, is heading into a tense election with an unsettled mood. Every vote here carries the heavy weight of past sacrifices, violence, and decades of Bodo struggle. In the 2026 Assam Assembly polls, the 43-Tamulpur (ST) seat is […]
Frank Krishner looks at the Assam Assembly Elections in this series. The fierce personal attacks on 27-year-old Kunki Chowdhury, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from the newly carved Guwahati Central constituency, reveal how nervous the BJP is about losing the seat. AJP has aligned with the Indian national Congress. Local buzz suggests that on […]
Upendra Brahma was born in Boragari village of Dotma, a small township at Kokrajhar district of Assam, India. He was a son of Mr. Monglaram Brahma and Ms. Lefsri Brahma. He was the fifth, and youngest, child. He was called “Thopen” during his childhood. He grew up in poverty. From 1963, Brahma studied at various […]
The first of May is a special day for the Bodo tribes in Assam and around the world, as it is the death anniversary of the first Bodo visionary Upendra Nath Brahma. The 29th death anniversary of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, who is fondly regarded as father of the Bodos, was observed at Tulungapuri, Dotma, […]
GUWAHATI – In the aftermath of violent protests in Arunachal, a convention of Assam’s student tribal organisations held on Tuesday(Feb 26)have formed a political platform named ‘Tribal Political Action Committee, Assam’ for the tribal peoples of the State. The purpose o is to unite the movements of the State’s tribes and to chalk out a […]
Guwahati: Security forces on Sunday gunned down three top National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) rebels during a series of counter-insurgency operations in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, an official reported ro the local media.. “Retaliating to heavy non-discriminatory fire, a team of the Army and Assam Police neutralised three hardcore NDFB(S) militants. Two of them have […]
