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Assam: Christmas celebration disrupted in Silchar

December 26, 2021 2:53:41 pm

The disruptors claimed to be Bajrang Dal activists but the outfit has denied any involvement with the incident, said the police.

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Assam: Passport renewal of activist Pranab Doley stuck over ‘doubtful nationality’

December 23, 2021 12:15:31 pm

Pranab Doley belongs to the Mising tribe and had contested the recent state Assembly elections on a regional party ticket.

‘At present no intention to leave Cong’: MLA Sashi Kanta Das

December 21, 2021 10:38:23 pm

Asked what he would do if the party expels or suspends him, Das said he will consider his next steps when and if the time comes.

Assam Congress seeks MLA answer after Himanta Biswa Sarma says he ‘pledged support’

December 21, 2021 7:31:22 am

The Congress issued a show-cause notice to Das late on Monday and said his "actions and statements had created misgivings in the minds of the party workers and tarnished the party's image and discipline."

Ruckus in Assam assembly after Congress’ plea for discussion on ‘land scam’ rejected

December 20, 2021 9:01:16 pm

Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia and other Congress MLAs served a notice for an adjournment motion to discuss alleged violation of laws while acquiring 29 bighas and 9 lecha (around 18 acres) of government land by RBS Realtors Pvt Ltd

Congress MLA ‘pledges support’ to Himanta-led BJP govt in Assam

December 20, 2021 7:53:46 pm

Sashi Kanta Das, who represents Raha in Nagaon district, said he has not yet decided to resign from the Congress. Leader Of Opposition in Assam, Debabrata Saikia, has termed the development “bad politics”.

Justice Arun Mishra takes over as NHRC Chairman

‘Fake encounters are barbaric, no room for instant justice’: NHRC chairperson Justice Arun Mishra

December 17, 2021 8:53:20 pm

“Encounters should not happen...they are barbaric. There is no room for instant justice in this country. Law must take its own course, and the person who is guilty must be tried in court and then punished in accordance with law,” Justice Arun Mishra said.

Gauhati High Court orders release of woman first declared ‘Indian’, later a ‘foreigner’

December 16, 2021 9:38:12 am

🔴 Guwahati-based advocate Zakir Hussain, who is Bhanu’s counsel, said that she belonged to a family of “poor farmers” and that “all her documents were in order”.

Maradona watch, stolen in Dubai, recovered in Assam, 1 arrested

December 12, 2021 2:20:15 am

Assam Police recovered a limited edition heritage Hublot watch belonging to the legendary Argentinian footballer from Sivasagar in collaboration with Dubai Police

Assam: Silchar journalist booked for sedition over article on portal

December 5, 2021 7:59:30 am

Anirban Roy Choudhury, who runs Barak Bulletin, received summons from the Cachar Police after they registered an FIR, based on a complaint filed by a Santanu Sutradhar.

Give doubtful voters, whose names are in NRC, voting rights: Assam Cong MP in new private member’s Bill

December 4, 2021 5:54:26 am

🔴 Abdul Khaleque, who represents Barpeta constituency in lower Assam, introduced the 'Doubtful Voters in the State of Assam (Special Provisions) Bill, 2020' in the ongoing Winter Session of the 17th Lok Sabha.

Assam CM Sarma’s ‘zero tolerance’ to crime: 48 injured, 28 dead in police action since May

December 1, 2021 2:35:27 pm

On Wednesday morning, Niraj Das, the prime accused in the lynching of Animesh Bhuyan, a 28-year-old AASU leader, in Assam's Jorhat, was killed in a road accident in an alleged bid to escape from police custody.

Assam student leader lynching: Prime accused killed in ‘escape bid’

December 2, 2021 7:42:34 am

🔴Police say were escorting him to a site to recover drugs at 1.30 am; was to appear in court hours later

Assam: 13 arrested for lynching student leader

November 30, 2021 3:35:12 pm

The mob reportedly attacked Bhuyan, and two others travelling with him, after alleging that the trio’s vehicle had hit an elderly man riding a scooter.

Gauhati HC sets aside FT order which declared Cachar family as ‘foreigners’

November 30, 2021 8:28:12 am

The court has now asked the petitioners to reappear before the same tribunal by December 24.

In bid to boost ties, Assam reserves two medical seats for Bhutan students

November 22, 2021 9:54:29 pm

“We thought that it would be a good gesture. When we needed oxygen (during Covid second wave), Bhutan had allowed a plant to be installed in its territory," CM Himanta Biswa Sarma told The Indian Express.

Assam to become ‘laboratory’ for mother tongue-based education in India: Union Minister

November 20, 2021 10:37:57 pm

On the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the eight northeastern states, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the policy had “amplified the potential of language in education.”

Assam, Meghalaya to settle interstate border disputes in six areas by year-end

November 16, 2021 10:12:37 pm

The 884-km Assam-Meghalaya boundary witnesses flare-ups frequently. In all, there are 12 areas of dispute between the two states.

Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet adopts declaration on climate change

November 14, 2021 9:10:17 am

Chief Minister Pema Khandu called the declaration a “historic and significant milestone” and said the government would do its best to “protect the people from the challenges posed by climate change and its impact on biodiversity”.

Assam: DNLA militants, including top commander, lay down arms

November 13, 2021 6:51:21 pm

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the surrender had given an “impetus to the process of peace” in Assam.

Assam: Ten, including three minors, killed in road collision in Karimganj

November 11, 2021 1:23:41 pm

The deceased, belonging to four families, were returning from Chhath Puja festivities when their auto rammed into a cement truck in a stretch on the National Highway 8 at the Baithakhal area, along the Assam-Tripura border.

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Hindus anywhere in world have every right to come to India when faced with problems: Assam CM

November 10, 2021 10:21:36 pm

Attacking the Congress, Sarma also said that most of the problems the country has been facing are because of only "one family".

Assam: Govt evicts ‘encroachers’ from reserve forest, officials say process ‘peaceful’

November 8, 2021 10:59:18 pm

The alleged encroachers were evicted from an area of 500 hectares in Hojai district’s Lumding Reserve Forest in the presence of heavy security.

Former Assam chief minister’s son granted bail in loan-default case

November 8, 2021 9:06:17 pm

“His lawyers have informed me that bail has been granted and he will be out in some time… We will have more information soon,” Debabrata Saikia, his elder brother and Leader Of Opposition in Assam Assembly, told indianexpress.com.

Assam eviction drive: Displaced are ‘encroachers’, rehabilitation subject to citizenship status, among others: Govt tells HC

November 5, 2021 5:41:14 pm

The eviction drive in Dholpur on September 23 — done to free up land for an agriculture project at Gorukhuti to be carried out by “indigenous” local youths — had turned violent after clashes broke out between the police and protesters.

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