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A seven-storey commercial building named Nexia Tower has recently been completed near GS Road in the Sixmile area of Guwahati. Built on a plot of approximately 1 bigha, the project is owned by Nexia Developers Private Limited, a company headed…
The Government of Assam is preparing to re-table the report of the Commission of Enquiry on Assam Disturbances, 1983, chaired by Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary, 0n 25th November 2025. Submitted in May 1984, the Tewary Report, which is more than 500 pages, has remained largely inaccessible to the public for four decades. It’s reappearance now is not only administrative; it unfolds in a political moment where questions of citizenship, settlement, land and belonging again occupy the centre of public debate and concern.
We are glad to inform you that The Crosscurrent is organising a special discussion session on the report of the Tiwari Commission, which was constituted to inquire into the disturbances in Assam in 1983. The Crosscurrents obtained the report under…
The main organizer of the North East India Festival in Singapore was the High Commission of India in Singapore, functioning under the Union Ministry of External Affairs. The Minister of State for this ministry is Rajya Sabha MP Pabitra Margherita.…
The entire state is plunged into grief over the mysterious death of the beloved singer Zubeen Garg. Amid this, the state government is preparing to sign the largest power purchase agreement in the state’s history with Adani Power Limited, owned…
“You as if a river of rod (sun) landing on my torso”-while translating this to tell a friend how Zubeen says-often simply, intimately, innocently, romantically, melodiously, I realised that his voice and what it says have been having a home…
The International Press Institute (IPI) has urged authorities in Assam to drop Section 152 charges against The Wire, its founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan, and senior journalist Karan Thapar, calling the charges a clear retaliation for the outlet’s critical reporting. Section…
The actions of the Assam Police against the national news outlet The Wire and its founding editor Siddharth Vardarajan have stirred widespread controversy across the country. The police’s issuance of a fresh summons, despite an interim Supreme Court order, has…
In a move widely criticized as a blatant disregard for the Supreme Court’s directive, the Assam Police has issued a fresh summons against Siddharth Varadarajan, senior journalist and founding editor of The Wire, raising serious concerns about press freedom and…
Raijor Dal held a press conference at its Mathgharia, Guwahati headquarters on Tuesday, raising serious allegations against the BJP government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The party accused the administration of facilitating large-scale land acquisitions to expand Gautam…