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Assam-Meghalaya border dispute explained
On November 22, at least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following ‘unprovoked’ firing by Assam police and state forest guards. According to Meghalaya chief minister…
- India
Modi remembers general ‘who defeated Mughal oppressors’, says ‘history misrepresented’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Friday that India’s history had been purposefully misrepresented during an event held at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan commemmorating Ahom Kingdom’s general Lachit Barphukan. Lachit Barphukan was…
- India
Assam continues ‘advisory’ against travel to Meghalaya
Guwahati: Assam on Friday continued to ‘advise’ people from the state not to travel to Meghalaya as the “situation is not very good” following a clash in a disputed border area between…
- India
Son kills mother for not giving money to buy mobile phone
Guwahati: A youth has allegedly killed his mother in Assam’s Dibrugarh district when she refused to give him money for buying a mobile phone, an official said on Thursday. The incident happened…
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Firing incident: Assam police could have shown more restraint, says CM Sarma
Guwahati: Reacting to violence that claimed six lives in a village along the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that police could have shown more restraint before…
- Politics
Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now: Assam CM
Ahmedabad: Addressing a public meeting in Ahmedabad for a BJP candidate ahead of next month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that nowadays Rahul Gandhi…
- India
UN’s highest environmental honour for Assam conservationist
Guwahati: Assam’s leading conservationist Purnima Devi Barman has been awarded the United Nation’s highest environmental honour, ‘Champions of the Earth’, for 2022. Barman, a wildlife biologist, bagged the award along with four…
- India
Five civilians, forest guard killed in police firing near Assam-Meghalaya border
Shillong/Guwahati: At least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following “unprovoked” firing by Assam Police and state forest guards on Tuesday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K.…
- India
Assam CM Himanta raises Mehrauli killing issue, demands law against ‘Love Jihad’
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against “Love Jihad” as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal…
- India
Gauhati High Court pulls up SP on bulldozer action in Assam
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday slammed the bulldozer action in Assam and condemned the Superintendent of Police for not following procedure. A division led by Chief Justice RM Chhaya pulling up…
- India
FIR lodged against Assam madrasa for ‘teaching jihadi ideology’
Guwahati: An FIR has been lodged against a private madrasa in Assam’s Cachar district for allegedly “teaching jihadi ideology”, an official said on Friday. Sahab Uddin Khan, a resident of the Sonai…
- India
‘Forcible religious conversions in Assam’s BTC areas’
Guwahati: Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that there were reports of multiple incidents where Bodo…
- Bangalore
Banned PFI’s student wing leader held in Bengaluru, brought to Guwahati
Guwahati: A leader of the student wing of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), Amir Hamza, who was arrested in Bengaluru, was brought to Guwahati on Sunday, the Assam Police said.…
- India
84 fresh dengue cases detected in Assam
Guwahati: At least 84 fresh dengue cases have been detected in Assam, taking the total to 726 this month, a bulletin by the National Health Mission, Assam, said on Friday. Sixty-five cases…
- India
Madrasas in Assam asked to submit details of teachers
Guwahati: Assam government has asked all the madrasas in the state to provide information about the teachers employed by them latest by December 1, an official said on Wednesday. The madrasas came…
