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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 in Guwahati, bringing together 75 artisans from 14 states to showcase India's rich handloom and handicraft heritage ...
News India » Assam » Social: Assam Police’s anti-drugs campaign on social media touches 4.6 million netizens
Assam Police’s latest anti-drug campaign ‘Think Before You Dope’ has clocked approximately 4.6 million views in just three days, striking a chord with young audiences on social media, officials said ...
News India » Assam » Social: Six officials arrested in Assam social welfare scam
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): The sleuths of Assam Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption (V&AC) have arrested six officials of social welfare department in connection with a multi crore ...
News India » Assam » Social: Assam entrepreneur Jahnabi Phookan named among global Meaningful Business 100 winners
Assam-based entrepreneur Jahnabi Phookan, founder of Lahé Looms, has been named among the winners of this year’s Meaningful Business 100 (MB100), an annual programme recognising leaders who combine ...
News India » Assam » Social: Shah on mission to eradicate India's problems: Assam CM extends birthday wishes to home minister
Guwahati, Oct 22 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday described Union Home Minister Amit Shah as a "patriot who cares about nothing but the nation" and said he was on a mission t ...
News India » Assam » Social: How Social Influencers, Non-Profits Are Helping Assam Flood Relief Efforts
Garima Saikia Garg, wife of late Assamese music icon Zubeen Garg, has also joined the relief initiative. Even as the flood situation gradually improves in parts of Upper Assam, thousands of families ...
News India » Assam » Social: How Political Patronage and Official Apathy Led to Encroachment of Government Land in India’s Border State of Assam
Encroachers belong to different communities, including local groups in some instances, but many are Muslim immigrants from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh. Violence erupted unexpectedly at West ...
News India » Assam » Social: Crackdown on child marriage tears families apart in India’s Assam
Assam, India – As Saidul Islam stares at rows of wilted cauliflowers and cabbages, the 33-year-old is unable to decide what is more frightening – his dying crop or weeks of imprisonment. The patch of ...
News India » Assam » Social: Assam University Threatens to Withhold Result of Student For Social Media Post; ABVP Leader Calls It ‘Undemocratic’
Guwahati: In a bizarre incident, a student at Gurucharan College has been threatened by varsity authority in Assam for writing a social media post criticising the institution’s delay in declaring ...
News India » Assam » Social: Assam: Jahnabi Phookan Named Among 2026 Meaningful Business 100 Winners
Guwahati: An Assam-based entrepreneur Jahnabi Phookan, founder of Lahé Looms, has been named among the winners of the 2026 Meaningful Business 100 (MB100), a gl ...