Members of Adivasi extremist groups handing over firearms to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Almost 1,200 members of five Adivasi extremist groups formally laid down their arms and ammunition in Assam on July 6. The five groups are – All Adivasi National Liberation Army, Birsa Commando Force, Santhal Tiger … 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
Security arrangement at the Barsapara Cricket stadium. File. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar : The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has engaged pest controllers to spray the Barsapara stadium complex in Guwahati with snake repellents ahead of the first of the three one-day international (ODI) matches between India and Sri Lanka on January 10. Serpents … Read more
BJP and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) swept the polls to the Guwahati Municipal corporation (GMC) winning as many as 58 seats in the 60 seat GMC. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened its account in the civic body. BJP won 52 wards including the three which were earlier elected unopposed by the saffron party … Read more
Assam’s Panchayat, Rural Development Departments Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that a cabinet subcommittee has been formed to look into the problem of 19 lakh people, whose names were not included in the supplementary list National Register of Citizens (NRC), published in August, 2019. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma himself recently raised the issue in … Read more