Assam

A politician-official-trader nexus has kept the illegal activity alive for decades.

Several police officers from Assam trained the Mukti Bahini in guerrilla warfare in the run-up to the war.

A border dispute between Assam and Mizoram in India’s Northeast recently erupted into violence.

Rampant illegal encroachment of land along with depleting forest cover has led to a perilous situation in Guwahati.

Illegal logging is depleting forest cover in the region, aggravating the fallout from climate change.

A fire at the Baghjan natural gas well in Assam once again brings to fore the recklessness of India’s state-owned companies.

Floods are a perennial problem in the northeastern Indian state, but the government has yet to find an effective mitigation strategy.

What officials hid from public scrutiny about coal mining at the ‘Amazon of the East’

The Indian state of Assam is resuming a lockdown amid concerns about the virus.

Northeast India is taking precautions as the World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a global pandemic.

A new land rights regime in Northeast India’s Assam threatens the existence of ethno-religious minorities.