Guwahati: Nearly eight and a half years after police firing at Maibang Railway Station in Assam’s Dima Hasao district left two protesters dead and a dozen others injured, the Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay exemplary compensation to the victims’ families, while declining to order a fresh independent probe. A division […]
Author Archives: Mahesh Deka
Mahesh Deka is the Executive Editor of Northeast Now, based in Guwahati, with around 15 years of experience in journalism. He previously worked with The Sentinel and Eastern Chronicle and focuses on in-depth reporting on conflict, environment, and politics in Northeast India. He has received fellowships from IGSSS, the National Foundation for India (NFI), REACH, the LAADLI Media Fellowship, and UNICEF, and has also been part of the Environment Data Journalism Academy and Google’s AI Skills Academy. His work has appeared in Economic & Political Weekly and National Herald. He can be reached at: [email protected]
