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A guest lecturer at a college in Assam's Silchar was arrested for posting alleged derogatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Facebook in wake of the violence in Delhi, police said on Saturday.
"These voters had their names enrolled in a faulty manner," Biren said. He added, "During the recent electors' verification programme, 75,000 people were confirmed to have been wrongly listed and hence they were de-listed."
The personal security guard of a Tripura minister and two police personnel were arrested with a huge quantity of drugs at Kanchanpur near the Mizoram border on Thursday.
State finance and PWD minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is one of the fiercest supporters of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the Sarbananda Sonowal cabinet, was shown black flags by Aasu members protesting against the new citizenship law in Sivasagar district on Friday.
The district and sessions judge of Karbi Anglong (Diphu) in Assam on Friday awarded life sentence to 12 people found guilty of lynching an 18-year-old in Diphu seven years ago.
A notification issued by M War Nongbri, the district magistrate of East Khasi Hills, said "there is apprehension of serious deterioration of law and order in Shillong and adjoining areas" after the incident.
Suspected rebels of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) and NSCN (I-M) on Wednesday night opened fire at two vehicles and the office of a construction company in Dima Hasao.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday directed banks to make accounts of all tea garden workers compatible for direct benefit transfer (DBT).
A joint team of the Indian Army and the Assam Police busted a recruitment racket of the banned ULFA(I) militants in Tinsukia district and arrested four cadres along with arms, officials said on Wednesday.
The anti-citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests that had rattled Assam's ruling BJP until the last month appears to have disintegrated into three fragments, with each drawing up their own plans to form their own political party.
Guwahati airport is all ready to get its new integrated passenger terminal building. At a meeting on Wednesday between Airports Authority of India chairman Arvind Singh, Assam chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna,
A SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Guwahati made a priority landing in Kolkata around 9am on Wednesday after the pilot suspected fuel leakage in the aircraft. However, inspection later revealed it was a water leak that had triggered the false alarm.
The MHA panel on recommending ways to provide constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to the indigenous Assamese submitted its report to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal here on Tuesday.
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) adviser Akhil Gogoi and three other jailed leaders of the peasant organization and its students' wing Satra Mukti Sangram Samiti (SMSS) will hold a 24-hour hunger strike in Guwahati Central Jail on March 1, demanding that the Centre should scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)
In its first ever convocation held here on Tuesday, Assam Women's University (AWU), conferred degrees on 580 students who have graduated from 15 departments from September 2014 to July 2019.
A Spicejet aircraft with 183 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday morning after the pilot suspected a leakage in the fuel tank, airport sources said.
The BJP government, whose image had taken a beating over the new citizenship law as it was perceived to be anti-minority, announced doles on Monday for over 900 places of worship of different faiths, including Muslims.
A court in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday convicted 12 people for lynching an 18-year-old boy in Diphu town seven years ago.
At first glance, it looked like just another graduating day event with the dignitaries on stage and students lining up to receive their degrees. Except for the fact that the customary western-style robes were missing. It was a choice of tradition over custom as for its 28th convocation on Monday, Gauhati University (GU) decided to turn on the 'desi' flavour with khadi convocation dresses replacing western gowns which are now considered to be a part of 'colonial legacy'.
Bengali Hindus, many of whom migrated to Assam till 1971, are worried whether they will be included among the "Assamese people", for whom constitutional safeguard is being sought under Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
Assam Police on Saturday said that Sharjeel Imam, who is currently in police custody for four days, has not revealed much even after two days of interrogation.
Amid uncertainty whether Union home minister Amit Shah would accept the report of the MHA-constituted committee on Clause 6 of Assam Accord in New Delhi,Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the members of the panel, if required, will be invited to the national capital for discussions after CM Sarbananda Sonowal accepts the report on February 25.
Three persons were arrested for taking the Class X examinations on behalf of others at Kalgachia in Barpeta district on Saturday. All three cases were reported from the same examination centre during the course of the general science paper
The terminal 2 of the Jaipur airport has secured third position in cleanest and safest airport category, handling more than 50 lakh passengers per year.
Nearly six months after publishing the final NRC, Assam authorities have found wrongful inclusion of names of persons declared as foreigners by tribunals, 'doubtful voters' and their descendants in the list of citizens.
With the aim of easing the woes of people affected by regular floods in Lorua and Bogibeel areas of Dibrugarh, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday launched the construction work of an embankment at Kolakhuwa Sesa
Two undertrial prisoners, including a Bangladeshi national, fled the Karimganj district jail on Thursday morning.The matter came to light around 8 am on Thursday, at the time of morning counting. Karimganj SP Kumar Sanjit Krishna said
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti chief Akhil Gogoi on Thursday said the Centre's non- acceptance of the report on Assam Accord Clause 6 prepared by a high-level panel was an insult to the people of Assam.
Power tariff in Assam may go up by 24% from April due to a rise in the cost of electricity the state is purchasing from outside to meet its requirements.
A 29-year-old cyclist from Assam on a pan-India mission to spread awareness on public hygiene reached Trichy on Thursday. Sensitising people to dump their waste only in dustbins, the man has so far covered 18 states and Union territories on his bicycle with the support of people he never knew.
Magsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey and social activist Medha Patkar accused the All Assam Student's Union (Aasu) of having an understanding with the the BJP-led state government and "guiding the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) movement as per their wishes".
Fearing a three-year ban after being expelled for cheating during the Class X board examination, a girl student from Assam's Barpeta district has committed suicide by consuming pesticides.
The opposition All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the All Assam Minority Students' Union (Aamsu) have raised strong objections to 1951 being made the cut off year for defining who is an Assamese.
Instances of "rampant cheating" have come to light from "vulnerable" centres where Class XII examinations are being held in the state. Sources in the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC),
The All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (Aasaa) on Monday organised a mammoth rally of tea garden workers in Doomdooma, Tinsukia district seeking Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the 70-lakh-odd Adivasi people living in the state. The protesters marched to the residence of Durga Bhumij, the Doomdooma Congress MLA, and staged a demonstration for over an hour.
North East Democratic Alliance (Neda) convener and Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said Congress is going to be BJP’s main opponent in the assembly elections slated next year. He added that the movement against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) won’t have any impact on the poll results unless anti-CAA forces float a political party.
Bengali Hindu brides and grooms in Assam choosing Assamese Hindu partners could receive around Rs 40,000 each as financial assistance under a scheme proposed by the state Linguistic Minority Development Board “to strengthen the bond between the two communities”.
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday unveiled a life-size statue of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, a pioneer of modern Assamese literature, at Assam House complex located at Russel Street in Kolkata. The statue has been installed through an initiative by the cultural affairs and general administration department of the Assam government.
The first page of the chemistry paper of the Class XII exam went viral on WhatsApp before the commencement of the exam on Saturday, exposing the loopholes in the system once again.
A total of ten vultures have died and several others have been fighting for life since Saturday morning after consuming the carcass of a poisoned goat in Bamunigaon area of Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam.
In an effort to maintain peace in Dima Hasao district following the clashes during the bandh called by some organisations on Tuesday, a peace committee was constituted under the initiative of the district administration at the conference hall of Haflong circuit house on Thursday.
Assam Police on Thursday arrested a gang of seven robbers from Hajo area of Kamrup (Rural) district.The arrested men were wanted for the past few months in connection with various cases of robbery and other crimes.
Addressing a food tech conclave under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) in Dibrugarh, Teli said that compared to other states, entrepreneurs from the northeasten region have failed to utilise the vast potential of the food processing sector.
Absu activists bid a tearful adieu to Boro - a signatory of the third Bodo Accord signed with the Centre last month - who announced his decision at the special two-day convention of the student body in Tamulpur in Baksa district on Thursday.
