North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council

The BJP has retained power in Assam's North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), with the saffron party bagging 25 seats in the 30-member governing body in Dima Hasao district, officials said on Friday.

Violence broke out on Tuesday in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a tribal-dominated area, amid a call for indefinite shutdown by the North Cachar Hill Indigenous Peoples' Forum (NCHIPF). The NCHIPF have called for an indefinite shutdown as they demand a separate autonomous council by bifurcating the Dima Hasao district.

Employees of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), who have not received salaries since November 2016, have auctioned their household goods to make ends meet. Items such as televisions, motorbikes, scooters, utensils, chairs, tables and stoves were auctioned to raise money to pay medical bills, school fee, and to buy essential items, N...

The BJP has retained power in Assam's North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), with the saffron party bagging 25 seats in the 30-member governing body in Dima Hasao district, officials said on Friday.

Violence broke out on Tuesday in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a tribal-dominated area, amid a call for indefinite shutdown by the North Cachar Hill Indigenous Peoples' Forum (NCHIPF). The NCHIPF have called for an indefinite shutdown as they demand a separate autonomous council by bifurcating the Dima Hasao district.

Employees of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), who have not received salaries since November 2016, have auctioned their household goods to make ends meet. Items such as televisions, motorbikes, scooters, utensils, chairs, tables and stoves were auctioned to raise money to pay medical bills, school fee, and to buy essential items, N...