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…
On the occasion of her 45th birthday, actress Rani Mukerji visited the iconic Kamakhya Temple in Assam. The actor was spotted leaving Mumbai from Kalina airport on Tuesday morning. For her spiritual trip, Rani wore a pink Indian suit with…
The Assam assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking action against BBC for its documentary on Gujarat riots - 'India: The Modi Question'. The resolution said the documentary propagated "malicious and dangerous" agenda. The opposition, meanwhile, demanded screening of the…
Assam currently has 99,942 Doubtful voters (D-voters), while more than 33,000 such people were declared foreigners since 2017, the state assembly was informed on Monday. D-voters are those who could not provide evidence in favour of their Indian nationality. Chief…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Monday that his government is determined to eliminating the child marriage menace by 2026 from the state. Samra, while replying to a question by Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, said, “The state…
The Indo-Bangladesh border along Dhubri district is a 'hot zone of crime', including cattle smuggling, and the BSF has to maintain strict vigil in the area to control such activities, CM Himanta said in the assembly on Monday. While local…
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…
Assam government on Saturday suspended four state bureaucrats for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities in utilization of MPLAD funds of Rajya Sabha member Ajit Bhuyan. Government notifications said that the CM's Special Vigilance Cell found irregularities in execution of…
Seven students in Assam’s Sivsagar district are being questioned in connection with the alleged leak of Class 10 state board’s Geography paper, police said on Sunday. They are all 'admins' of a WhatsApp group through which the purported first page…
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made the announcement while disclosing names of winners of a cleanliness drive carried out last month among 172 villages and tea gardens in Khumtai constituency in Golaghat district. The Assam government will conduct a…