India News: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi blamed the growth of Muslim population in the state on high birth rate among the community, dismissing suggestions th ...

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that illegal migration from Bangladesh has led to high growth of Muslim population in the state but blamed illiteracy for the ...

Stephen Prothero, the chair of the religion department at Boston University, has written an interesting, if somewhat dense, book on the astonishing state of religious illiteracy in this country ...

A file photo of Tarun Gogoi, who assumed the office of Assam chief minister in May, 2001 to form the government which is ruling the state for three consecutive term since then. Photo: AP/PTI ...

Illiteracy, poverty are root causes of child marriage Child marriage isn’t particular to Assam but is common among the most deprived and marginalised communities in India.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state and there is no resistance from the ...