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The BTR Tribal Sangha Coordination Committee strongly opposed non-tribal candidates running in Scheduled Tribe (ST)-reserved seats in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections on Wednesday. The committee's head, Niranjan Brahma, told reporters at Kokrajhar's Bodo Sahitya Sabha Bhavan that non-tribal candidates had been running for seats that were designated for STs by getting ST certificates fraudulently. According to him, at least 13 non-tribal candidates have already submitted their nomination papers this year, especially from Baksa district, even though 30 of the 40 BTC constituencies are set aside for ST candidates. "Nomination papers have been filed by candidates with surnames like…

The Dibrugarh District Commissioner's Office Training Hall hosted the district-level "Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan" orientation session. The primary goal of the Union Government's "Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan," an ambitious and forward-thinking program administered by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is to raise the standard of living and independence of the tribal people. Through the provision of suitable training and the involvement of non-governmental organizations, this program aims to empower government employees as original workers. The Tribal Affairs Department of the Government of India launched the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan with the goal of achieving the full development of the tribal community through the…

Under the direction of District Commissioner Ananda Kumar Das, a district-level orientation session for the Aadi Karmayogi Abhiyan-Responsive Governance session was organized on Monday at Conference Hall-II, Office of the District Commissioner, Sonitpur. Along with master trainers and heads of the relevant departments under the Sonitpur district administration, the meeting was graced by Karabi Saikia Karan, the chief executive officer of Sonitpur Zilla Parishad; Jintu Borah, the additional district commissioner; Iris Arman Ahmed, the assistant commissioner-cum-district master trainer; and Nishinath Sarma, the deputy CEO of Sonitpur Zilla Parishad. CEO Karabi Saikia Karan gave the program's opening comments, outlining the Abhiyan's…

Through the Bodoland Space Education Program, 15 schools in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Assam now have dedicated space laboratories, integrating space subjects into the curriculum. The newest school to join the effort was Tamulpur Higher Secondary School, which celebrated its first National Space Day on August 23 and opened the Haladhar Ujir Memorial Space Laboratory. The institution, which was founded in 1953, had never seen anything like this before. According to Nilutpal Kashyap, Officer on Special Duty (Education), BTC, "The first lab was set up in July 2024 at Sidli-Kashikotra Higher Secondary School in Chirang, the first in…