The Sivasagar district unit of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) protested against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central Government’s move to grant Indian citizenship to illegal migrants, including Hindu Bangladeshis. Holding a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Sivasagar on Saturday, AASU demanded immediate[Read More…]
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Assam Killings: Silliguri-Assam bus services witness new low
Assam’s Tinsukiya killing has started showing the hazards of the event as the bus services has been affected immensely. The business of bus services between Siliguri of West Bengal and Assam are witnessing a new low. “The allegations that BJP leader Shiladitya Dev made that ULFA is also involved in[Read More…]
Assam: Ulfa’s Anup Chetia dismisses Paresh Baruah death claims
Guwahati: The United Liberation Front of Asom’s (ULFA) pro-talk faction’s General Secretary, Anup Chetia on Wednesday dismissed media reports that said Paresh Baruah, the commander-in-chief of the rebel group’s anti-talk faction, has died. Assam-based news portals on Wednesday reported that Baruah met with an accident and succumbed to his injuries[Read More…]
Those responsible for violence will not go scot-free: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said those responsible for the killing of five people in Tinsukiya on Thursday will be brought to justice. Condemning the killing of innocent people and terming it as an act of cowardice, Sonowal said the state police have been directed to nab[Read More…]
Assam killings: TMC links deaths to NRC, protests in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday held protests across the state against the killing of five Bengalis in Assam’s Tinsukia as it put the blame on the Assam government and their NRC move. The Trinamool claimed that the discriminatory attitude of Assam towards the Bengali-speaking population in the[Read More…]
TMC protest led by Abhishek Banerjee; Against the gruesome murder of five Bengalis in Assam
Kolkata: All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) organises protests across the state to condemn the gruesome murder of 5 Bengalis in Assam. TMC condemn the brutal killings of innocent Bengalis in Bhartiya Janata Party-ruled State. Thousands of people have hit the streets in protest today. West Bengal Chief Minister has urged[Read More…]
Five dead in Assam : ULFA(I) suspected behind the shooting
As many as five people were shot dead by suspected ULFA (Independent) militants in Tinsukia district, Assam. West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, strongly condemned the attack. In a two-tweet post, she said, “Terrible news coming out of Assam. We strongly condemn the brutal attack in Tinsukia and the killing[Read More…]
Assam: Retired teacher commits suicide to avoid humiliation over foreigner tag
Guwahati: Nirod Kumar Das 74, a retired teacher and practicing lawyer was in deep distress after his name was excluded in the National Register of Citizens (NRC), committed suicide to avoid humiliation. This is the third case of suicide after the NRC excluded over 40 lakh people in the state. His[Read More…]
NDRF teams sent to Assam, Arunachal Pradesh after warning by China
Guwahati: The Centre has sent eight companies of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) to Arunachal Pradesh followed by six others to Assam after intimation from the Chinese government that landslide has blocked the Milin section of the mainstream of Yarlung Zangbo or Brahmaputra river recently and that it might impact[Read More…]
Guwahati: Bomb blast in Panbazar, four wounded
Assam: In a shocking incident, a bomb blast happened in the busy Panbazar area behind the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital in Guwahati on Saturday afternoon at around 11:55 am. Preliminary reports said the explosion damaged a boundary wall along the Brahmaputra riverside and debris was scattered on the adjoining pavement and[Read More…]
