[ad_1] Guwahati: As the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) revised its books for various classes, including the Class 12 History textbook by omitting the chapters on the Mughal empire, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Assam on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demolish monumentsContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Guwahati: At least 50 packets containing five lakh Yaba tablets worth crores of rupees were seized from a Mizoram-bound vehicle in Assam’s Silchar town on Monday, an official said, adding that two people were arrested in connection. According to the police, the vehicle had entered Assam throughContinue Reading
[ad_1] Guwahati: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised free electricity and jobs if AAP came to power in Assam, while he accused the ruling of BJP of doing nothing but play “dirty politics” in the Northeastern state. Aam Aadmi Party governments in Delhi and Punjab are giving freeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Assam’s Director-General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Sunday said threat to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by a pro-Khalistan group was being taken very seriously. In a purported audio clip, sent to some journalists, Sikh for Justice founder Gurpatwant SinghContinue Reading
[ad_1] Gurugram: A 34-year-old woman from Assam was allegedly raped by a “friend” in a car near Hero Honda chowk here, police said on Thursday. According to the woman, a private firm employee, she was in touch with the accused, Sandeep, for the past few days and had been talkingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Guwahati: The ECI on Tuesday said civil society organisations did not oppose Assam’s delimitation process, but several political parties have expressed reservations over issues like the exercise being done based on 2001 census or not putting it off till 2026 when the next nationwide delimitation is due. Chief ElectionContinue Reading
[ad_1] Guwahati: The Bangladeshi Independence Day celebrated in Assam and Tripura on Sunday with numerous functions and events in the two Indian states that share border with the neighbouring country. Bangladesh’s Assistant High Commissions in Guwahati and Agartala organised a series of programmes to observe the day. Artistes, including renownedContinue Reading
[ad_1] Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Dispur: Assam Legislative Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution condemning the “malicious documentary” recently aired by the BBC to “malign India’s growing international standing and foment domestic instability,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. Assam Chief Minister Sarma said that theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Guwahati: The Assam government on Tuesday said altogether 57 state civil servants of 2013, 2015 and 2016 batches have been arrested and dismissed from service for “cash for job scam”, while three others have become approvers. Replying to a query by Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah, ChiefContinue Reading
[ad_1] Dibrugarh: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s uncle Harjit Singh was brought to Assam by the Punjab Police on Tuesday morning, a senior official said. Harjit Singh, who was moved to the Dibrugarh jail by road from Guwahati, is the fifth person linked to Amritpal’s ‘Waris Punjab De’ (WPD) to beContinue Reading