The BJP has 61 legislators and its allies, the AGP and the BPF has 14 and 12 MLAs, respectively, in the 126-member Assam Assembly.
Maqbool put his life at stake with a curfew in force and took out his auto and drove them to the hospital
After downloading Assam CEE 2019 result, candidates should thoroughly check all the information provided in the scorecard
The two of them established the school “Akshar” in 2016
The doctor said that Bora’s life is out of danger and that he is required to be kept under observation for two days
Three of the five accused have been arrested by the police
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Friday said that it had not asked the Assam government to take any action against editors and journalists who have expressed their opposition to the controversial Citizenship Bill. “It has been reported in a section of media that Union Home Ministry has asked[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 68-year-old Muslim man was abused by the mob, and forced to eat pork for allegedly selling beef in Assam’s Biswanath district. The incident happened on Sunday, April 7 when the mob suspected the man, identified as Shaukat Ali, of selling pork and cornered him. Reports suggest,[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Assam government for its “lackadaisical approach” in detecting and deporting the over 50,000 foreigners whose presence in the state was once described, by the top court, as “external aggression”. Noting that the Assam government had identified just 900 foreigners staying in[Read More…]
Guwahati: On a day when Asom Gana Parishad leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta expressed his unhappiness over his party’s decision to ally with the BJP again, Assam finance minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the BJP, AGP and Bodoland peoples’ Front have already finalized seat-sharing for the[Read More…]
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi: Ahmed Ali from Assam’s Karimganj district, while pulling his cycle rickshaw one day in the late 1970s, felt miserable at the realization that like him his soon-to-be-born child too will remain illiterate and may have to pull a rickshaw for a living. Hailing from Madhurband[Read More…]
A college teacher was suspended here for a Facebook post over the February 14 suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF troopers. In her post on Thursday, Papri Banerjee, who works as an Assistant Professor of the English department at the city’s Icon[Read More…]
India’s champion athlete Hima Das has just flown back from Turkey Hima Das after her undergoing practice following the Asian Games to give her Class 12th exam. When on Tuesday Das reached to give her first higher secondary final examination after a year gap. Earlier she was appointed as The[Read More…]
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Assam capital Guwahati on Friday evening amid tight security even as different agitating organisations waved black flags as the convoy passed from Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport to Raj Bhavan in the city. A group of people including students’ who were waiting on[Read More…]
Guwahati, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday called “frivolous and baseless” the charge made against him by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that there was “evidence” of his involvement in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. Banerjee’s allegation on Sunday triggered a war of words in Assam[Read More…]
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday slammed the Congress and the Left Front for spreading misinformation about the Citizenship Amendment Bill and said that they are creating confusion among people. Sonowal made it clear that the Bill was drafted keeping in mind the national policy of the Union[Read More…]
Kharge has slammed the Centre for not giving Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, to spiritual leader Shivakumara Swami.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8.
Bailley drinking water has been banned for production for 30 days.
The incident happened in suncity hotel in paltan bazaar, Guwahati on January 1.
Guwahati: Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday appealed to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders to return to the BJP-led alliance. The regional political party, which contested the 2016 assembly polls along with BJP and BPF, had snapped ties with the saffron party on January 7 after differences cropped[Read More…]
New Delhi, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday called Congress President Rahul Gandhi “Gabbar Singh” and accused the party of standing with Pakistan, saying they were traitors. Speaking at the second day of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Council, Sarma said: “The GST is not ‘Gabbar Singh’,[Read More…]
Asom Gana Parishad, the ally of BJP in Assam has decided to cut its ties with the Party over the Citizenship Bill. While the regional parties announced breaking it’s cords with the saffron party, Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) drew sharp criticism for maintaining its alliance with party. Former Chief Minister of[Read More…]
Guwahati: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stirred a row over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) drew flak even from within for failing to come out of the alliance with the saffron party. While the regional political party has been announcing that it will[Read More…]
The Digital Media Journalists Association of Assam (DiMJAA) has registered an FIR against the chief of All India United Democratic Forum (AIUDF), Badruddin Ajmal. Ajmal is an MP from Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency. Following Ajmal’s misbehaviour with a journalist, the DiMJAA filed an FIR. In the FIR, the association said[Read More…]