Assam

Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora returns to party after stint with TMC

Former MP Ripun Bora returned to the Congress fold on Sunday after a short-lived stint with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.…

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Himanta Biswa Sarma mandates ‘NRC application’ to get Aadhar Card in Assam: ‘There are doubtful citizens…’

Assam Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswas Sarma has announced that every new applicant for an Aadhar Card in…

1 week ago

Singer held in Assam for ‘inciting’ hatred | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: A young singer from Assam's Dhubri district was taken into custody Saturday for allegedly inciting hostility against the state's…

3 weeks ago

’Won’t let Miya Muslims take over Assam,’ says BJP CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assembly

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday, August 27, that he will keep taking sides and won't let…

3 weeks ago

Assam man chops off wife’s hands over ‘infidelity’ | Guwahati News

SILCHAR: A man chopped off his wife's hands in Jamalpur village under Dholai police station of Assam's Cachar district over…

3 weeks ago

‘Sick mind and a loud mouth…,’ says Congress slamming Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for ‘targeting’ Muslim scribe

Congress party on Thursday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly targeting a journalist’s religious identity in response…

3 weeks ago

Govt approves ₹50,655 crore investment for eight new highways to achieve vision of Viksit Bharat 2047

The government on Friday approved the construction of eight new highways with a total investment of ₹50,655 crore as part…

1 month ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma mandates ‘only vegetarian, satvik food’ at government functions—Here is why

On Monday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that his government will serve only vegetarian and satvik food at…

2 months ago

Iconic Assam composer Ramen Barua goes missing, last seen on Brahmaputra riverbank | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: Octogenarian Assamese composer Ramen Barua, revered as a living legend by generations who have grown up on his music,…

2 months ago

’Deeply appreciate generosity’: Assam CM Himanta Sarma’s rare post for opposition INDIA bloc leader Hemant Soren

In a rare thank-you post, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to social media X to "appreciate the generosity"…

2 months ago

Himanta Biswa Sarma govt’s CAA order provides ‘exemption’ to Assam’s Bengali Hindus. Why is it termed ’problematic’?

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government has asked the state’s border police not to directly refer citizenship cases of…

2 months ago

Riyan Parag’s father places India cap on son’s head, nearly tears up in historic moment for Assam in IND vs ZIM 1st T20I

2024-07-06 21:50:02 Emotions have been running high in Indian cricket ever since they won the T20 World Cup, beating South…

2 months ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Bangladesh-origin minority community ‘voted for Congress because…’

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted the Bangladesh-origin minority community people and claimed that they voted for the Congress…

3 months ago

Minutes after wife’s death, Assam home secretary Shiladitya Chetia shoots himself in ICU | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: Assam home and political secretary Shiladitya Chetia, a 44-year-old IPS officer with a President's gallantry medal to his name,…

3 months ago

IMD ‘red alert’ in 3 northeast states as rain, flood wreak havoc | Shillong News

SHILLONG: The unrelenting rains in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have prompted the IMD to extend the 'red alert' for…

3 months ago

Woman from Assam on a solo world tour on a bike

Meenakshi Das and her bike | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Meenakshi Das is a little over 40 years old, a…

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