Day before Mother’s day, 60-year-old woman set ablaze by son

The deceased has been identified as Veena Gogoi, the perpetrator identified as Manash Gogoi.

AFSPA removed from 4 districts of Assam

Now AFSPA is applicable in 4 districts of Assam - Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar and Tinsukia.

Assam: Charaideo ASP Shubhalaskhmi Dutta accused of harassing maid absconding

The victim domestic help has alleged that Dutta poured hot water on her on several occasions and also threatened her

Communal Harmony: Muslim family first to receive Prasad in Sivasagar

The Assamese Muslim family of the Doullahs earlier used to beat the traditional drums in the temple.

NIA court clears Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi of all charges

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court on Thursday cleared Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi in all cases registered against him related to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) violence in Assam in December 2019. The court said there is insufficient material against Gogoi to frame charges against him. With this, Akhil walked out of the Gauhati Medical […]

Jailed Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi gets 2-day parole, visits ailing mother in Jorhat

Jailed AssamMLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, met his ailing mother in Jorhat on Saturday. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi left Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments. He spent the night at his rented residence […]

PM Modi assails previous Assam govts for failing to protect land rights of indigenous people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday castigated the previous governments in Assam for depriving its lakhs of poor indigenous people of their land rights. The BJP-led government in the state is committed to ensuring that the indigenous people have legal rights over their land, Modi said, after launching a drive to give ownership certificates to […]

PM Modi distributes land pattas to indigenous people in Assam’s Sivasagar

Attending a public meeting at Jerenga Pathar at Sivasagar, prime minister Narendra Modi kick-started Assam’s largest land dole to distribute land pattas to over 1 lakh indigenous people of the state. In his speech, PM Modi cited an evergreen song of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika—O mor dharitri aai, charanate diba thai (Mother earth, give […]

PM Narendra Modi biggest well-wisher of Assam: CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Addressing the public meeting at Jerenga Pathar at Sivasagar, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said PM Narendra Modi is the biggest well-wisher of Assam and its people. “Prime Minister is the biggest well-wisher of Assam and its people. The development of Assam and the northeast region is due to his support,” Sonowal said. The prime minister arrived […]