IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

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

Aman Wadud: Assam’s advocate fighting the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Aman Wadud: Assam’s advocate fighting the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Lawyer Aman Wadud wants to be the voice of his people and change the narrative. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When the first list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam in 2018, it excluded 4 million residents. They had to reapply to be included and submit their biometrics. That day, … Read more

CAA implementation live reaction | ‘Everyone will get equal rights,’ says Amit Shah

CAA implementation live reaction | ‘Everyone will get equal rights,’ says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of India. “There are a lot of people, there is … Read more

Will resign if one person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, says Assam CM

Will resign if one person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, says Assam CM

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

BJP and allies will win 22 seats out 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast India: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

BJP and allies will win 22 seats out 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast India: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has predicted the results for the 25 Lok sabha seats in northeast, Sarma has claimed the party will win at least 22 seats along with allies in Northeast India. He said that Prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam is not linked to polls and he keeps on … Read more

Assam CM’s security strengthened after threat from Sikh outfit

Assam CM’s security strengthened after threat from Sikh outfit

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The Assam Police have strengthened the security of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma following a threat from a banned Khalistani outfit. A caller claiming to be the supporter of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh, lodged in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail, alleged that the latter … Read more

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

GUWAHATI An umbrella body of church organisations in Assam has criticised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his “misguided and misleading” statement equating magical healing with proselytisation. The Assam Christian Forum (ACF) has also rejected the demands of a radical Hindu group for the removal of Christian symbols from missionary schools across the State. The … Read more

Oil pipeline bursts in Assam, one killed

Oil pipeline bursts in Assam, one killed

GUWAHATI A contractual employee was killed and four others were injured after a pipeline burst during repair work at a facility of Oil India Limited (OIL) in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Wednesday afternoon. Two of the injured were admitted to the Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh while the other two were receiving … Read more

BJP to win all seats covered by Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

BJP to win all seats covered by Rahul Gandhi during  Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himatna Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that the BJP will win all constituencies covered by Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam. He also alleged that the holding of the Yatra in Assam during the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony was a political conspiracy to create communal tension. “The … Read more

Morning Digest | Assam Police book Rahul Gandhi for ‘violence’ during Nyay Yatra; Maldives rules out research by Chinese vessel in its waters, and more

Morning Digest | Assam Police book Rahul Gandhi for ‘violence’ during Nyay Yatra; Maldives rules out research by Chinese vessel in its waters, and more

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the supporters during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Police book Rahul Gandhi for ‘violence’ during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra The Assam Police on Tuesday booked Rahul Gandhi for “wanton acts of violence” as the political confrontation between the Congress leader … Read more