Assam Inspector General of Police (IGP) Partha Sarathi Mahanta in a press conference after ISIS India head and one of his associates were arrested in Dhubri district, in Guwahati on March 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI An IIT-Guwahati student who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was travelling to join the terror group … Read more
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 12 said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship. His comment comes after protests erupted across Assam with Opposition parties flaying … Read more
Bodoland Territorial Region’s chief Pramod Boro (second from left) and Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner Varnali Deka at the children’s room in the DC’s office. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Children in a western Assam district can now accompany their mothers to the office and stay as long as they work. In what is said to be … Read more
The police at an anti-encroachment drive undertaken in Nagaon district of Assam. | Photo Credit: PTI An eviction drive to clear over 500 hectares of forest land in Assam’s Lakhimpur district will be undertaken by the administration on Tuesday, affecting nearly 100 families, officials said. Lakhimpur Superintendent of Police Bedanta Madhab Rajkhowa said 600 personnel of the State police and … Read more