RPF seize unaccounted cash, gold ornaments hidden in 10 cartoons in Guwahati railway station
Mar 04, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized at least 10 cartoons loaded with cash and gold-silver ornaments at Guwahati railway station on Tuesday evening.
Assam Congress demands govt's clarification on credibility of NRC
Mar 03, 2020, at 08:36 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the BJP-led Assam government said that, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority will start the process of issuing the rejection slip to over 19 lakh people excluded from the final NRC list from March 20, the opposition Congress has demanded that the government should first make clarifications whether they accepted the NRC or not.
Police constable allegedly commits suicide at official residence of Assam CM
Feb 17, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: An Assam police constable posted at the official residence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had allegedly committed suicide in Guwahati.
Assam government launches student scholarship programme
Feb 13, 2020, at 02:37 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Wednesday launched ‘Gyan Deepika Scholarship’ and distributed one-time educational financial grants to the children of the employees of Hindustan Paper Corporation for pursuing higher education.
Police arrest most wanted mobile thief in Assam’s Biswanath
Feb 13, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police have arrested a most wanted mobile thief along with several mobile phones worth Rs 2 lakh in Assam’s Biswanath district.
Assam government launches student scholarship programme
Feb 13, 2020, at 12:56 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Wednesday launched ‘Gyan Deepika Scholarship’ and distributed one-time educational financial grants to the children of the employees of Hindustan Paper Corporation for pursuing higher education.
7 people injured in clash between police and protesters during bandh in Assam’s Dima Hasao
Feb 11, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least seven protesters were injured during clashes between the security personnel and bandh supporters in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Tuesday during the ongoing indefinite bandh called by the Indigenous People’s Forum (IPF) demanding bifurcation of Dima Hasao district.
Assam government appeals ULFA (I) to join peace talks
Jan 28, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Tuesday urged anti-talk United Liberation Front of Asom (Independence) or ULFA (I) and its chief Paresh Baruah to join peace talks with the government.
Four people killed in road mishap in Assam’s Karimganj
Jan 14, 2020, at 04:30 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least four people, including a 5-month-old child, were killed and six others were injured in a road accident in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday evening.
No genuine Indian Muslim will be harassed, they will be fully protected: Sarbananda Sonowal
Dec 20, 2019, at 09:15 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday assured the Muslim community of Assam that no genuine Indian Muslim will be harassed and they will be fully protected.
Fresh protest erupts in Assam over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Dec 12, 2019, at 02:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Despite the imposition of curfew and the deployment of Army, fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, erupted here on Thursday.
Four people killed in a road accident in Assam’s Tezpur
Dec 03, 2019, at 03:24 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least four people were killed after a speedy vehicle in which they were travelling met with an accident in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Monday night due to fog.
Police arrest three Nigerians in Assam’s Karimganj district
Nov 04, 2019, at 01:38 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police arrested three Nigeria nationals including a woman in Assam’s Karimganj district on Sunday night for entering into India without valid documents.
Assam: Family members refuse to accept body of 65-year-old man declared as illegal foreigner
Oct 16, 2019, at 12:17 pm
Guwahati: The family members of a 65-year-old dead man, who was declared as an illegal foreigner and lodged in a detention centre, have denied to accept his body.
Assam police recover huge cache of arms and ammunition
Sep 24, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Guwahati, Sep 24 (IBNS): Security forces have recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam's Chirang district.
Army organises medical camp in Assam’s Biswanath
Sep 12, 2019, at 11:28 pm
Guwahati, Sept 12 (IBNS): Continuing the endeavor to provide humanitarian assistance to the less privileged populace of Biswanath district, the troops of Indian Army organised a medical camp at village Maranabari in Gophur on Wednesday under Operation Sadbhavana.
Forest officials rescue an Indian flap shell turtle
Sep 12, 2019, at 12:51 pm
Guwahati: The Assam forest department officials had rescued one Indian flap shell Turtle and arrested one person in connection to the incident in Assam’s Biswanath district.
Assam: District Sports Officer caught red-handed for accepting bribe
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:33 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption branch of Assam police on Wednesday caught a government official red handed while accepting a bribe amount Rs 30,000 from a person.
Sep 04, 2019, at 09:32 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): A case has been registered and one more complaint has been lodged against National Register of Citizens (NRC) State Coordinator Prateek Hajela for 'deliberate exclusion of genuine Indian citizens' from the final NRC, which was published on August 31 that left out more than 19 lakh people.
Assam: Four forest personnel killed, two injured in road mishap in Sivasagar
Aug 30, 2019, at 01:55 pm
Guwahati, Aug 30 (IBNS): At least four forest personnel were killed and two others injured in a road mishap in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Friday morning.
Aug 02, 2019, at 01:06 pm
Guwahati, Aug 2 (IBNS): Every third person in Assam’s Hojai district excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Fifteen-year-old girl gang raped for three days in Assam's Karimganj
Jul 27, 2019, at 02:31 pm
Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS) : A 15-year-old minor girl was gang raped for three days in Assam’s Karimganj district and she is now admitted in hospital in critical condition.
Two stabbed to death in clashes over road rage incident, leads to mob fury
Jul 05, 2019, at 03:14 pm
Guwahati, July 5 (IBNS): A clash between two groups left two persons stabbed to death and three others injured over an incident of road rage in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.
Sahitya Akademi winner Durga Khatiwada not named in Assam NRC draft
Jul 02, 2019, at 12:17 pm
Guwahati, July 2 (IBNS): Sahitya Akademi Award winner Durga Khatiwada is among the 1,02,462 people whose names have been dropped from the draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
More than 1000 bottles of cough syrup seized in Assam’s Karimganj district
Jun 28, 2019, at 02:45 pm
Guwahati, June 28 (IBNS): Police had seized huge cache of illegal cough syrup from a passenger bus and arrested the driver of the vehicle in Assam’s Karimganj district last night.
Assam: Power dept staff electrocuted during repairing work on electric pole
Jun 26, 2019, at 09:02 pm
Guwahati, Jun 26 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, an employee of Assam state power department was electrocuted on Wednesday while carrying out repair work on an electric pole in Assam’s Biswanath district.
Two army personnel killed, one injured in an accident in Assam’s Sonitpur district
Jun 04, 2019, at 12:57 pm
Guwahati, Jun 4 (IBNS): Two army personnel were killed and one injured in an accident in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Tuesday morning.
Assam police CID busts illegal call centre, arrests 37 persons
May 21, 2019, at 10:05 pm
Guwahati, May 21 (IBNS): The Assam Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) busted an illegal call centre in Guwahati and arrested 37 persons including nine women on the charge of cheating people in the name of the unauthorised call centre.
Illegal drugs seized, one person arrested
May 21, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Guwahati, May 21 (IBNS): Police had seized huge quantity of drugs and arrested one person in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday evening.
Assam: Curfew continues in Hailakandi district
May 11, 2019, at 05:07 pm
Guwahati, May 11 (UNI) Curfew remained clamped in Hailakandi district of southern Assam for the second day today as tension simmered following yesterday’s clashes in the headquarter town of Hailakandi, in which one person was killed and several others injured.