Assam
- India
Assam govt will give permission for Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra : Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said the government will give permission to the Congress to hold its Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra if it seeks permission. But there is no…
- India
Himanta says hackers, likely from Pakistan, tried to hack his Facebook account
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday night said that hackers, possibly from Pakistan, made an attempt to hack his Facebook account. He said that an investigation was underway to…
- India
151 Myanmar soldiers who fled to Mizoram sent back: Assam Rifles
Aizawl: Altogether 151 Myanmar soldiers, who fled during armed clashes with an ethnic insurgent group in the neighboring country and came to Mizoram, were sent back on Tuesday, January 2, an Assam…
- India
ULFA to be disbanded: Amit Shah after peace deal with Assam outfit
Guwahati: A significant chapter in Assam’s 44-year-long journey of twists and turns in the ULFA insurgency has been written with the signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the pro-talks faction…
- India
BJP leaders will not be spared if involved in land grabbing: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has issued a stern warning to those involved in land-grabbing racket in the state, and said that even the BJP leaders will not be spared…
- India
Trinamool Congress to demand four Lok Sabha seats in Assam
Guwahati: Trinamool Congress Assam President Ripun Bora on Tuesday said that they will demand for at least four Lok Sabha seats in the state from the INDIA bloc. He told IANS that…
- India
Assam: Woman burnt alive on suspicion of witchcraft; 6 held
Guwahati: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly burnt alive over suspicion of practising witchcraft in Assam’s Sonitpur district. Although six persons have been arrested on charges of murder, the police have not yet…
- India
To achieve its 20-plus target in northeast, BJP to go all out in Assam
Guwahati: Although winning at least 20 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the northeast is a difficult challenge, the BJP is optimistic that it will succeed in Mission 20 plus for…
- India
Crackdown on child marriage, proposed law to end polygamy Assam’s major highlights in 2023
Guwahati: A crackdown on child marriage with most arrests made in minority-dominated districts, an initiative to enact a law in the assembly to end the practice of polygamy and a socio-economic survey…
- India
Assam: Former militants to make sanitary pads, run rice mills
The hands that once trained to fire guns are now learning to make sanitary pads in Assam’s Udalguri district. Former women militants are being trained in making sanitary napkins by the Bodoland…
- India
Assam to introduce bill to ban polygamy in Feb 2024
New Delhi: At the upcoming session of the Assam Assembly in February 2024, a bill to outlaw polygamy will be introduced, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced. According to him, after months…
- India
Assam: Nearly 1.3K English medium Madrassas converted into schools
Guwahati: Nearly 1,300 Middle English (ME) Madrassas have been converted into general ME schools across Assam with immediate effect, according to a state government order. The order issued by Elementary Education Director…
- India
Assam: Organizations resolve to resume stir if govt implements CAA
As tributes were paid to five people killed during an anti-CAA stir in Assam four years ago, various organizations on Tuesday, December 12, resolved to again build up a movement against the…
- India
Assam: Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 strikes Guwahati
Guwahati: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale hit Assam’s Guwahati on Thursday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology. According to the data shared by the NCS, the…
- India
SC seeks data on grant of citizenship to immigrants in Assam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday sought data on the beneficiaries of section 6A of the Citizenship Act in Assam, saying there was no material before it which could indicate that the…
