Assam

Guwahati: A 20-year-old student, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, is alleged to have died by suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, police said on Monday.The student, identified as Gudla Mahesh Sai Raj, was a fifth-semester B Tech student...

Guwahati: One suspected drug dealer was killed in police firing in Tinsukia district of Assam.The incident took place at Tongona Sengapathar area in Tinsukia district of Assam on Sunday.Police opened fire at the suspected drug dealer, after his gang...

Guwahati: BJP's biggest office in the Northeast was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the party's national President JP Nadda in Guwahati on Saturday. This office will serve as the party's headquarters in the region. Chief Minister Himanta...

Guwahati: Three persons have been killed in a fatal road accident at Sonapur area near Guwahati in Assam.The accident took place after a speeding sedan car rammed into a truck parked on the National Highway 37 at Nazirakhat in...

Kozhikode: A 28-year-old migrant labourer hailing from Assam was strangled to death by using a belt around the neck by two other Assamese youths at Mayan beach near Koyilandy barbour on Wednesday.Police arrested two Assamese coworkers in this connection.According...

Guwahati: Three offices of the banned Popular Front of India, Assam (PFI) have been sealed in Assam, police officials said on Thursday.Cases have been registered against 25 activists and the police of the districts concerned are investigating them. The...

Guwahati: Drugs worth over Rs 160 crore have been seized by the police in Cachar district of Assam.The seizure was made on Tuesday night during a checking along the Assam-Mizoram border. According to reports, Yaba tablets worth over Rs...

Guwahati: Assam Congress MP Abdul Khaleque on Wednesday demanded that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be made the party president.Khaleque said being the daughter-in-law of the Vadra family, Priyanka is no more a member of the Gandhi clan.“As Rahul Gandhi is...

Guwahati: Assam Police on Tuesday arrested 25 Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders and activists from eight districts.According to officials, 10 PFI members were arrested in Goalpara, five from Kamrup, three from Dhubri, two each from Barpeta and Baksa...

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday upheld the life sentence of now-disbanded National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-R) chief Ranjan Daimary in the 2008 serial bomb blasts case.At least 88 people were killed and 540 others were injured...