Assam

Guwahati: In a major haul, more than 4,700 kg of ganja has been seized in Karimganj district of Assam, officials said on Tuesday. The contraband was being transported in a truck when the Assam Police seized it on Monday during...

Guwahati: Researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati) led by Prof Vimal Katiyar, department of chemical engineering and centre for excellence in sustainable polymers (CoE-SusPol), have developed an edible coating to extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables.This...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, said that many madrassas in the state are being used by some radical elements as the hub for terrorism.Sarma made this statement while reacting to the recent demolition of madrassas...

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from the Superintendent of Police of Sivasagar district in Assam over the alleged custodial death of a 35-year-old man from Nagaland reportedly due to police...

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing displeasure on circulating a wrong photograph of Kanaklata Barua, the young martyr of India’s freedom struggle from Gohpur in Assam, urges the government to take the pain to paint a proper...

Guwahati: Mobile internet services would remain suspended for four hours and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC would be imposed in many districts of Assam for the free and fair conduct of the written examination for Grade III...

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has refused to put a stay on the Assam government’s decision to ban the Internet when examinations are held on Sunday.Hearing a writ petition, Justice Suman Shyam said on Friday that the petitioner...

Guwahati: Assam police have arrested a person with jihadi link from Bongaigaon district.Hafizur Rahman Mufti has links with AQIS/ABT (Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent/Ansarullah Bangla Team),” SP of Goalpara district of Assam – VV Rakesh Reddy said.Mufti was arrested from Jogighopa...

Guwahati: Perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has claimed that at least six Congress MLAs of Assam will join AIUDF.AIUDF MLA and party General Secretary Karim Uddin Barbhuiya told local media channels that at...

Guwahati: A local court in Guwahati has summoned Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia to appear on September 29 in a defamation case filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.Assam's chief minister had filed a criminal defamation case against...