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Serious irregularities in Assam draft electoral roll after Special Revision, claims Cong
Guwahati: Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “serious irregularities” in the draft electoral rolls of the state, published after a Special Revision (SR). The…
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11 arrested in Assam, Tripura for links with Bangladeshi fundamentalist groups
Guwahati: Eleven people were arrested in Assam and Tripura for their alleged links with Bangladesh-based fundamentalist groups, police said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Guwahati’s Police Commissioner Parthasarathi Mahanta said the…
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Amit Shah arrives in Assam on day-long visit
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived here on Monday on a day-long visit to Assam to inaugurate several projects and address a public meeting. Shah was received at the Lokpriya Gopinath…
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Amit Shah’s Guwahati visit postponed due to dense fog
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled arrival in Guwahati on Sunday for a two-day visit to Assam was postponed by a day as his flight was cancelled due to dense fog,…
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Assam: Ex-IAS officer accused of threatening journalist over son’s police role
Guwahati: A journalist of a Guwahati-based satellite channel has filed a complaint with the police, accusing a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of threatening him and his family over a recent…
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Zubeen Garg’s body arrives in Guwahati, thousands pay homage
Guwahati: The mortal remains of popular singer Zubeen Garg arrived at the airport here on Sunday morning as thousands of fans gathered to welcome the artiste back home one last time. His…
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Pork wrapped in polythene thrown inside mosque in Assam
Communal tensions were witnessed in Assam’s Guwahati when a man threw a piece of pork at the premises of the Eidgah mosque late Sunday night. The act was caught on CCTV showing…
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Tata Motors unveils registered vehicle scrapping facility in Guwahati
Guwahati: Tata Motors on Saturday launched its registered vehicle scrapping facility (RVSF) here that has the capacity to safely dismantle up to 15,000 end-of-life vehicles annually, using sustainable and environmentally conscious processes.…
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Assam: 8 arrested in gang rape case after video goes viral
In a major search operation, Assam police on Friday, December 13 arrested eight individuals in connection with the alleged gang rape of a young woman in Guwahati, which reportedly occurred on Sunday,…
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Two ‘IED-like devices’ found in Guwahati: Police
Guwahati: Two ‘IED-like devices’ were found in Guwahati on Friday, August,16, taking the total number of ‘bomb-like substances’ seized across Assam in the last 24 hours to 10 after the banned ULFA…
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IIT-Guwahati student arrested under UAPA for ‘links with ISIS’
Guwahati: An IIT-Guwahati student who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Sunday, a senior official said here. The accused Touseef Ali Farooqui, who is…
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Congress yatra stopped from entering Guwahati, barricades broken
Guwahati: The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was stopped from entering the city on Tuesday, triggering protests from Congress workers who broke barricades and raised slogans. The police had to use…
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Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Dhaka
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight en route to Guwahati from Mumbai was compelled to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday. The diversion was prompted by…
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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…
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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…
