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Assam: Police seize 60 kg of fake gold

Apr 13, 2022, at 09:43 pm

Guwahati: Police seized 60 kg of fake gold and arrested a person in Assam’s Biswanath district.

Assam to hand over land to Centre by May 10 for modernisation and expansion of existing airports

Apr 13, 2022, at 06:02 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, for modernisation and expansion of the existing airports in Assam, the state government will handover required plots of land to the Civil Aviation Department by May 10.

Assam CM directs DCs to recruit Grade IV staff for new schools in tea gardens

Apr 09, 2022, at 03:06 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday held a video conference with the Deputy Commissioners of seventeen districts of the state to review the progress for the formal inauguration of the Academic Year at the 97 newly established model schools at tea garden areas by the State Government. 

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma requests parents of 'specially abled children' to use state government scheme Sneha Sparsha

Apr 08, 2022, at 01:29 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that ‘specially abled children’ hold immense possibilities as the State government has taken several initiatives for their empowerment and uses them as an important component of state’s human resources.

Two former NLFB militants killed in Assam encounter

Apr 06, 2022, at 01:43 am

Guwahati: Two former militants of National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) were killed in an encounter with police in Assam’s Chirang district in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Man arrested with pistol in Assam’s Golaghat

Apr 04, 2022, at 07:38 pm

Golaghat/IBNS: In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and police recovered a 9 mm pistol along with ammunition and apprehended a person in Assam’s Golaghat district along Assam-Nagaland border on Sunday night.

Drugs worth Rs 3 crore seized in Assam’s Jagiroad

Apr 04, 2022, at 02:28 pm

Guwahati: Police seized drugs worth around Rs 3 crore and apprehended three persons in Assam’s Morigaon district.

Assam CM distributes 26 ambulances for the tea gardens of Lahowal LAC

Apr 04, 2022, at 02:05 am

Guwahati: In a bid to provide an advanced, accountable and accessible health care delivery system to the people living in the tea garden areas of the state, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed one ambulance each to 26 tea gardens of Lahowal Legislative assembly constituency in a programme held at Matak Tea Estate, Lahowal in Dibrugarh district on Sunday.

BJP wins both RS seats in Assam, taking its tally in Upper House to 100

Apr 01, 2022, at 07:07 pm

New Delhi: The BJP has won both the Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, after which its strength in the Upper House reached 100. With this, it also became the first political party to do so since 1988.

Area under AFSPA reduced in North-East: Amit Shah

Mar 31, 2022, at 11:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The government has decided to reduce the area under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur, Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Thursday.

Assam police to get online downloading facility of FSL reports

Mar 30, 2022, at 05:05 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Assam has got developed the FSL Report Online Downloading facility for the districts and Guwahati City Commissionerate.

Assam, Meghalaya sign 'historic' pact in presence of Amit Shah to resolve long-standing dispute

Mar 30, 2022, at 04:32 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma on Tuesday signed an agreement regarding their border disputes that have been pending for 50 years.

After landslide win in Punjab, AAP to contest in Guwahati Municipal Corporation election

Mar 29, 2022, at 04:52 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: After a landslide win in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is now eying to spread its base in Assam as the party has decided to contest in the forthcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election.

Assam government takes over assets of Nagaon and Cachar Paper Mills

Mar 29, 2022, at 04:28 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: After long and sustained efforts, dialogues and meetings, the Assam government has finally taken over the assets of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) Nagaon at Jagiroad under Morigaon district; Cachar Paper Mill, Panchgram under Hailakandi district on Monday.

360.85 million kg of tea sold at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in last two years

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Despite COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre has witnessed a sharp rise in tea selling in the last two years.

Three persons injured in black panther attack in Assam's Mangaldoi

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:00 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: At least three people including a forest personnel were injured after a rare black panther strayed into Mangaldoi town in Assam's Darrang district, attacking them.

Assam CM attends 30th conference of Karbi Lammet Amei

Mar 25, 2022, at 02:34 pm

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the people belonging to Karbi community to be relentless in the practice of their language and culture to be able to march forward in their journey towards prosperity.

Heroin worth Rs 28 crore seized from Siliguri bound bus in Assam's Bongaigaon

Mar 23, 2022, at 11:07 pm

Guwahati,: Police seized heroin worth Rs 28 crore in Assam's Bongaigaon district and arrested  two persons, police said on Wednesday.

Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission approves hike in tariff by 8pct in Assam from Apr 1

Mar 22, 2022, at 09:28 pm

Guwahati: Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) has approved a hike in tariffs in Assam by 8 percent with effect from 1 Apr, 2022.

Police official shoots himself inside police station in Assam’s Silchar

Mar 22, 2022, at 03:40 pm

Silchar: A police officer, who was posted at Silchar Sadar police station in Assam’s Cachar district, allegedly shot himself dead with his service pistol inside the police station on Monday evening, officials said.

Police seize 700 cartons of illegal liquor from a truck in Assam’s Biswanath

Mar 19, 2022, at 10:09 pm

Guwahati: Police have seized 700 cartons of illegal liquor from a truck and apprehended three persons in Assam’s Biswanath district on Friday night.

Assam: Two jawans die after a BSF vehicle falls in a deep water body

Mar 19, 2022, at 02:41 am

Guwahati: Two BSF jawans died after a vehicle of the Border Security Force met with an accident and fell into a deep water body along Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district on Friday.

Assam government to pay expenses for Olympic preparations of Lovlina Borgohain and Hima Das

Mar 16, 2022, at 09:11 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government decided to bear the expenses of Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain and sprinter Hima Das who is known as ‘Dhing Express’ for their preparations of the Olympics.

Assam govt employees to get half-day special leave to watch The Kashmir Files

Mar 16, 2022, at 04:41 pm

The state government employees in Assam have been offered a half-day special leave to watch director Vivek Agnihotri's film The Kashmir Files, which is based on the true event of the exodus of Kashmir Pandits from the erstwhile northern state in 1990.

Drugs worth Rs 427 crore seized in Assam since May 2021 : Governor Prof Mukhi

Mar 15, 2022, at 12:02 am

Guwahati: Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on Monday said in the frontal attack on drugs which the Assam government had started in May 2021, more than 4000 people have been arrested and drugs of estimated value of Rs 427 crore seized across the state so far.

Ease of Doing Business in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma directs all departments to dispose off pending applications before Apr 15

Mar 12, 2022, at 10:02 pm

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma instructed the Chief Secretary of the state government to direct all state government’s departments to dispose off pending applications before April 15 this year.

Police arrest top Maoist leader Kanchan Da in Assam's Cachar district

Mar 07, 2022, at 11:17 pm

Guwahati: Assam police have arrested top Maoist leader Kanchan Da and one of his aide in Cachar district.

Police recover 297 grams of heroin from Tripura bound car in Assam’s Karimganj district, two held

Mar 07, 2022, at 08:40 pm

Karimganj/IBNS: Police seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs and arrested two persons from Ashimganj area under Patharkandi police station in Assam’s Karimganj district on Sunday.

Cargo ship carrying foodgrains from Patna docks at Pandu

Mar 07, 2022, at 02:21 pm

Guwahati: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal received the maiden voyage of food-grains from Patna to Pandu via Bangladesh in Guwahati on Sunday.

Assam: Police arrest five persons for suspected Al-Qaeda link

Mar 06, 2022, at 12:05 am

Guwahati: Assam police have arrested five persons, including a Bangladeshi national, for their suspected links with terror outfit Al-Qaeda, a top official said on Saturday.